Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The Sociedad de Arte Moderno [Society of Modern Art] names a long list of “associates,” including its president, Jorge Enciso, the avant-garde painter who subsequently devoted himself to historical and anthropological research and to public [...]

On the fifteenth anniversary of the Galería de Arte Mexicano [GAM, Mexican Art Gallery], Margarita de Ponce reviews its activities and discusses what she considers to be its greatest contributions toward the distribution and promotion of Mexican art [...]

In this article the abstract painter and sculptor Manuel Felguérez reviews the Primer Salón Nacional de Pintura[First National Salon of Painting] that included a great number of artists from all the aesthetic trends. The Zacatecan artist notes the [...]

The Argentine critic Raquel Tibol interviews the director of the Galería de Arte Mexicano [GAM, Gallery of Mexican Art] Inés Amor, and they discuss the early days of the gallery, which opened twenty-one years earlier. The interview highlights the [...]

In this essay, Teresa del Conde traces the artistic evolution of Enrique Echeverría during the 1950s-1960s; during the years that an artistic renovation was occurring in Mexico. Del Conde explains how from the beginning Echeverría’s career was [...]

In spite of the campaign of negative criticism against him, Rufino Tamayo said he was pleased with the way he had been received by the people of Mexico. He also said that a Mexican’s success was always a source of great satisfaction. Tamayo was [...]

The reviewer discusses the efforts of the Galería de Arte Mexicano (GAM) to promote the work of promising young talent like Jesús Guerrero Galván as well as paintings by famous artists such as Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros. The writer insists that [...]