Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Juan Ríos discusses the I Salón Municipal de Lima, which in his opinion, was a failure because most Peruvian artists decided to boycott the event due to widespread mistrust of the jury, which was made up of “distinguished civil servants or [...]

In response to de Szyszlo’s controversial statement “there are no painters in Peru,” sculptor Cristina Gálvez mentions four whom she considers excellent: Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru, Ricardo Grau, Sérvulo Gutiérrez, and Julia Codesido. [...]

This anonymous cultural affairs newspaper column reports on conflicting opinions regarding the decision to “void” the competition organized by the Gobierno Revolucionario de las Fuerzas Armadas (in its first phase, 1968–1975) to create an [...]

The subject of this interview is the Peruvian artist, writer, and critic Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru, who was at that time the director of the ENBA (Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes) in Peru. The conversation refers to the institution’s trajectory [...]

Several European intellectuals responded to the final question in the survey about “classical” painting and “modern” painting that was published in the Lima newspaper El Comercio. Paul Linder states that, in the course of history, there are [...]

In response to the question in the survey published by the Lima newspaper El Comercio as to whether “modern” painting is an improvement on “classical” painting or a step back, the various respondents agreed that different styles from [...]

In Raúl María Pereira’s opinion, the existence of the Primer Salón Municipal de Pintura in the Peruvian capital is a positive development, despite a number of flaws in the event. First off, with the exception of academic painter Enrique Domingo [...]

In this interview, Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru states his belief that Latin America has its own “Western” painting, but this body of art differs from the latest trends in Paris. In his opinion, the work coming from Paris is picturesque and [...]

This article perhaps overoptimistically heralds an “auspicious renaissance in Latin America” that was due to the publication of works by a number of Latin American authors on subjects concerning the Americas as a whole, according to the article [...]