Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This newsletter announces the opening of a new exhibition of works by the Argentinean artists who took part in Arte y Cibernética (CAYC, 1969). On this occasion, the artists showed their works at Le Musée Cybernétique, an [...]

A presentation of works by the group of Argentinean artists who took part in Arte y Cibernética (the first exhibition organized by the CAYC in 1969) and Creatividad Artificial (the exhibition that was part of the Festival de Arte e Investigaci [...]

An article in this newsletter announces the participation of Argentinean artists, represented by the CAYC, at the exhibition Tendencies-5, at the Zagreb Gallery of Contemporary Art. This was another example of the center’s ties to Eastern [...]

An article in this newsletter lists the exhibitions that the CAYC organized in 1972. The list includes events held at the center’s premises as well as those that were presented at the local and international institutions with which the CAYC [...]

This article announces the opening of a new exhibition of works by the group of Argentinean artists who took part in Arte y Cibernética—the first exhibition organized by the CAYC in 1969. This time their works were shown at the National [...]

This is a list of the artists and scientists who took part in Arte y Cibernética, the exhibition that was on display at the CAYC premises from December 29, 1970, to February 7, 1971. Pursuing its exploration of the link between art and [...]

This text announces the opening, on December 29, 1970, of a new edition of Arte y Cibernética, which will feature works by the Argentinean artists who took part in the earlier exhibition presented under the same title at the Galería [...]

Rafael Squirru writes about a project for the company Fiat Concord—railcar maker—to incorporate art into its wagons. He maintains that Argentina is experiencing a moment of liberation of creative energies. Squirru is pointing out the importance [...]

This article reports on the awards ceremony for the 1968 Braque Prize (sponsored by the French embassy in Argentina). It was interrupted by the actions of “a group of painters and poets” that were members of the Frente Antiimperialista de [...]

This is from the catalogue of the Nuevo Arte de la Argentina [New Art of Argentina] exhibition (Buenos Aires: Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, February 18 through March 8, 1964). The document explains that the goal of the exhibition was to present, in [...]

In this text, critic Aldo Pellegrini points out that Rogelio Polesello’s work has begun moving away from an initial tendency toward pure formal spectacle and, now, is approaching the search for spontaneous gesture, although a peculiar sense of [...]

Favorable critique of the works of ModestCuixart Tàpies, an artist from Barcelona who according to Kenneth Kemble required careful observation for their understanding, due to a certain intensity, refinement, and ambiguity. On the other hand, he [...]

Luis Felipe Noé considers the critic’s function to be the comprehension of the “artistic will” of an artwork, without positing a value judgment. The aforementioned act of understanding requires something of intuition. Noé offers an example, [...]