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Tag: July 2018
Histórias afro-atlânticas Histórias afro-atlânticas
July 29, 2018 — Blog

Histórias afro-atlânticas

Group show

Instituto Tomie Ohtake & Museu de Arte de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil 06/28/2018 – 10/21/2018

More than 400 works, over five centuries of production, from around 210 artists from Brazil and abroad, from various contexts and times, occupy both institutions. At Instituto Tomie Ohtake, two exhibition rooms will be occupied, while at MASP all the temporary exhibition spaces will be dedicated to the show. Among the participating artists there are …

Group show. Exhibition view of Histórias afro-atlânticas at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018. Courtesy of MASP and Instituto Tomie Ohtake Group show. Exhibition view of Histórias afro-atlânticas at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018. Courtesy of MASP and Instituto Tomie Ohtake Group show. Exhibition view of Histórias afro-atlânticas at Museu de Arte de …

Aquí y allá
July 27, 2018 — Blog

Aquí y allá

Lucía Hierro

Casa Quién Santo Domingo, República Dominicana 05/03/2018 – 07/27/2018

Casa Quién Gallery presents a new solo show by conceptual Dominican-American artist Lucia Hierro. Titled Aquí y allá, the show is a clear allusion to the exchange generated among Dominicans in the diaspora with the country of origin. The artist is currently developing an artistic residency at the gallery and contemporary production space Casa Quién, …

Lucia Hierro. Vista de la exposición Aquí y allá en Casa Quién Gallery, Santo Domingo, 2018. Cortesía de Casa Quién Gallery Lucia Hierro. Vista de la exposición Aquí y allá en Casa Quién Gallery, Santo Domingo, 2018. Cortesía de Casa Quién Gallery Lucia Hierro. Vista de la exposición Aquí y allá en Casa Quién Gallery, Santo Domingo, 2018. …

Crónicas de estar y desaparecer Crónicas de estar y desaparecer
July 26, 2018 — Blog

Crónicas de estar y desaparecer

Curada por Maricruz Alarcón, Margarita Sánchez Urdaneta y Paz Ortúzar

Galería Gabriela Mistral Santiago, Chile 06/22/2018 – 07/27/2018

La Galería Gabriela Mistral (GGM) inaugura la segunda muestra correspondiente a la exhibición de los ganadores del Concurso de Arte Contemporáneo Galería Gabriela Mistral Convocatoria 2018. Esta es la 14ª convocatoria del concurso en la que se seleccionaron las propuestas que serán exhibidas a lo largo del año. Para esta ocasión se contó con un …

Exposición colectiva. Vista de la exhibición Crónicas de estar y desaparecer, en Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile, 2018. Cortesía de Galería Gabriela Mistral Exposición colectiva. Vista de la exhibición Crónicas de estar y desaparecer, en Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile, 2018. Cortesía de Galería Gabriela Mistral Obra de Felipe Muhr. Exposición colectiva. Vista de la exhibición Crónicas …

Body and Construction
July 24, 2018 — Blog

Body and Construction

Ivens Machado

Carpintaria Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 05/19/2018 – 07/28/2018

  Carpintaria, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel’s venue in Rio de Janeiro, presents Corpo e construção [Body and Construction], Ivens Machado’s first gallery exhibition after his sudden passing in 2015. The show presents six sculptures made from 1991 to 2005, a photo tryptic from Performance with Surgical Bandages, 1973, and a series of photographic records of …

Ivens Machado. Corpo e construção [Body and Construction]. Exhibition view at Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, 2018. © Acervo Ivens Machado. Photo: Eduardo Ortega. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo/Rio de JaneiroIvens Machado. Sem título [Untitled], 2002. Iron, pigment and cement, 245 x 21 x 22 cm. © Acervo Ivens Machado. Photo: Eduardo Ortega. Courtesy Fortes …

El Museo Extemporáneo de Arte Popular
July 22, 2018 — Blog

El Museo Extemporáneo de Arte Popular

Ivan Krassoievitch & Edward Salas

BWSMX Ciudad de México, México 06/02/2018 – 07/28/2018

BWSMX presenta El Museo Extemporáneo de Arte Popular, una exposición de obras hechas por Ivan Krassoievitch y Edward Salas. Ambos artistas utilizan el lenguaje de la artesanía y el arte vernáculo como un punto de partida para explorar temas relacionados al consumismo, la identidad, el turismo cultural y la autenticidad. http://bws.mx/es

Ivan Krassoievitch & Edward Salas. Vistas de la instalación El Museo Extemporáneo de Arte Popular en BWSMX, Ciudad de México, 2018 Ivan Krassoievitch & Edward Salas. Vistas de la instalación El Museo Extemporáneo de Arte Popular en BWSMX, Ciudad de México, 2018 Ivan Krassoievitch & Edward Salas. Vistas de la instalación El Museo Extemporáneo de Arte Popular en BWSMX, Ciudad de …

aqui now here agora nowhere
July 21, 2018 — Blog

aqui now here agora nowhere

Pedro Caetano

Luciana Brito Galeria São Paulo, Brazil 06/12/2018 – 08/18/2018

Luciana Brito Galeria presents Pedro Caetano’s (b. 1979, São Paulo) first solo show at the gallery, aqui now here agora nowhere. The most recent addition to the gallery’s roster of representations, Pedro Caetano was enthusiastically received by critics, curators and collectors at the latest editions of the art fairs Art Basel Miami Beach and SP-Arte, …

Pedro Caetano. Exhibition view of aqui now here agora nowhere at Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018. Courtesy of Luciana Brito Galeria Pedro Caetano. Exhibition view of aqui now here agora nowhere at Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018. Courtesy of Luciana Brito Galeria Pedro Caetano. Exhibition view of aqui now here agora …

No Turns No Turns
July 20, 2018 — Blog

No Turns

Brittney Anele, Luis Miguel Bendaña, Libby Black, Steven Evans, Lovie Olivia and Robert Raphael

Jonathan Hopson Gallery Houston, Texas, USA 06/10/2018 – 07/29/2018

Jonathan Hopson Gallery presents No Turns, a group exhibition celebrating Pride and the rich history of our Montrose neighborhood. The title references a sign restricting traffic on our street—“No Turns 7 PM–6 AM”. The sign and others like it were originally installed in an effort to curb “cruising” through Montrose, historically known as the center of …

Group show. Exhibition view of No Turns at Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018. Courtesy of Jonathan Hopson Gallery Group show. Exhibition view of No Turns at Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018. Courtesy of Jonathan Hopson Gallery Group show. Exhibition view of No Turns at Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018. Courtesy of Jonathan Hopson Gallery Jonathan …

Ya había explicado esto antes, pero la historia cambia cada vez que la explico de nuevo Ya había explicado esto antes, pero la historia cambia cada vez que la explico de nuevo
July 19, 2018 — Blog

Ya había explicado esto antes, pero la historia cambia cada vez que la explico de nuevo

Jordi Ferreiro

TEOR/éTica San José, Costa Rica 05/31/2018 – 07/21/2018

Cada vez que recordamos un suceso, en realidad lo que estamos recordando es la última vez que lo hemos reconstruido y no el suceso original. De alguna manera, al intentar acercar la memoria a lo que ocurrió, lo que hacemos es alejarla. Nuestra memoria es como una grabadora alterada que es incapaz de parar de …

Jordi Ferreiro. Vista de la exposición Ya había explicado esto antes, pero la historia cambia cada vez que la explico de nuevo en TEOR/ética, Costa Rica, 2018. Cortesía de TEOR/ética Jordi Ferreiro. Vista de la exposición Ya había explicado esto antes, pero la historia cambia cada vez que la explico de nuevo en TEOR/ética, Costa Rica, 2018. Cortesía de TEOR/ética Jordi …

We Suffer to Remain We Suffer to Remain
July 18, 2018 — Blog

We Suffer to Remain

Graham Fagen, Sonia Farmer, Anina Major and John Beadle

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas 03/22/2018 – 07/29/2018

We Suffer to Remain is a collaborative exhibition whose seed was sprouted in November 2015, when I was invited to be a part of a curatorial cohort that visited Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland, as a part of the British Council expanding and investing in the emerging and burgeoning visual art ecology in the Caribbean. This …

Group show. Exhibition view of Troubling Narratives: This is how we suffer to remain, at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, 2018. Photo: Dante Carrer. Courtesy of The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas Group show. Exhibition view of Troubling Narratives: This is how we suffer to remain, at The National Art Gallery …

Roly-Poly
July 8, 2018 — Blog

Roly-Poly

Flora Rebollo, Thiago Barbalho and Yuli Yamagata

Pivô São Paulo, Brazil 06/09/2018 – 07/21/2018

Pivô presents the group show Roly-Poly in its Annual Exhibitions Programme with the artists Flora Rebollo, Thiago Barbalho and Yuli Yamagata. The project takes over the institution’s second floor exhibition space, and is the outcome of an encounter initiated during these artists’ participation at Pivô Research residency programme, between 2017 and 2018. The spiral is …

Installation view, Roly-Poly, 2018, Flora Rebollo, Thiago Barbalho and Yuli Yamagata at Pivô, São Paulo. Image courtesy of Pivô Installation view, Roly-Poly, 2018, Flora Rebollo, Thiago Barbalho and Yuli Yamagata at Pivô, São Paulo. Image courtesy of Pivô Installation view, Roly-Poly, 2018, Flora Rebollo, Thiago Barbalho and Yuli Yamagata at Pivô, São Paulo. Image courtesy …