Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This brief interview with Fernando de Szyszlo took place upon his return to Lima after having lived in Paris—which he calls “a fountain of life”—for a number of years. With enthusiasm, he describes the stimulating cultural milieu of the [...]

Juan Larrea wrote these words while looking at the panel shown by Joan Miró, the famous Spanish painter, in his country’s pavilion at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. Though it is a product of the [...]

Jacques Lassaigne’s presentation text gathers some of the impressions that were brought forth regarding the purity of the original expression, and motivated by the production of Joan Miró. It emphasizes the usage of different materials (textiles, [...]