“You can feel yourself inside the river.” Irene Aritsitizábal tells me, as I look up into an enormous piece of patterned silk curling like a serpent from the high ceiling. The light catches the material, highlighting its earthy... Read Article
(h/t Daniel Felsenthal for The Village Voice) Colombian artist Iván Argote’s A Place for Us is on display at the Perrotin Gallery in Manhattan’s lower east side through the 13th of August. Writes Felsenthal: “In A Place For... Read Article
2019 has seen right-wing governments (re)gain power all over the world. It’s also been a year of protest and uprising against corrupt governments and capitalism. Social media has catalysed these movements – used by social organisers, individuals and... Read Article
It’s hard to believe there is only one museum in the world dedicated to exhibiting and preserving artwork that speaks about the LGBTQ experience. The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, based in Soho in New York... Read Article
We’ve featured artists on these pages that play all sorts of instruments, but this may be the first time we feature one whose weapon of choice is the cello. Meet Philadelphia based musician and multi-media artist, Daniel de... Read Article
Cultural movements are hard to put into words. They involve pictures, sounds and complex ideas, but a good way to try and define them is to talk about them. That is exactly what New Latin Wave is about. It’s a... Read Article
There’s never a shortage of art exhibits in New York City, but the spring and summer are a great time to view exhibits by Latino artists from all over the diaspora. Harlem’s El Museo del Barrio, for instance,... Read Article
Fuerzafest, the first and only Latino LGBTQI Festival in the Northeast region, is back in New York City for its second edition until the 21st of May (see schedule here). Following a theme of “Breaking Down Walls,” the multi-day... Read Article
Independent Art Advisor and Curator, Sandra Higgins is back in London after living the last seven months in Colombia. She has organised an exhibition to highlight a variety of the contemporary art and culture of Colombia she discovered.... Read Article
February 11th 1922 marked the start of Brazil’s first Semana de Arte Moderna (Week of Modern Art), and this year, to mark its 94th anniversary, it was announced that the house in which artist Tarsila do Amaral lived... Read Article
In many cases, our first images of women and their beauty regimens are our own mothers. New York City -based artist, M. Tony Peralta, is paying homage to his late mother and many of the women he grew... Read Article
If there is one thing I equate with Colombia and its people, flag, music, Carnival, Feria de las Flores, and several other festivals, it is bright, exuberant colors. So I wasn’t surprised when I stumbled upon works by... Read Article
