Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The Cuban critic Manuel López Oliva reviews the collection of Puerto Rican works of art from the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña [Puerto Rican Cultural Institute] (ICP) that was exhibited at the Galería Latinoamericana at Casa de las Américas [...]

The editors of La voz del ratón [The Mouse’s Voice], a journal published by the Fundación Galería Latinoamericana, asked nine Puerto Rican artists what each one thought about art criticism on the island. The Puerto Rican artist, Marta Pérez, [...]

One hundred fifty years after the birth of photography, the Puerto Rican photographer, Héctor Méndez Caratini, writes in 1991 about art photography in New York. He notes what a different reception this work is given in New York, compared to the [...]

The Puerto Rican artist and writer, Eduardo Lalo, states that Puerto Rican art suffers from amnesia because of the lack of awareness of its own historical tradition; in Puerto Rico, there is no meditation on artistic problems. In his opinion, there [...]