Lygia Pape and Neo-Concretism: Art Is an Experience
Breaking with all the patterns of what had been art in Latin America up to then, Lygia Pape with Grupo Frente created a unique Brazilian artistic...
Dévra Taboada 19 June 2023
South American Art
Life and Art of José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (1850–1899) was a popular Brazilian artist from the late 19th century. His commendable paintings paved the...
Maya M. Tola 30 March 2023
Tarsila do Amaral: Joy is the Decisive Test
Tarsila do Amaral left behind 230 paintings, five sculptures, and hundreds of drawings, prints, and murals. She led Brazilian art into modernism. In...
Alicja Gluszek 19 February 2023
The Beautiful Self-Portraits of Abigail de Andrade
History of art is full of fascinating female artists: Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Cassatt, Tarsila do Amaral, Tamara de Lempicka… Now, I would like...
Rute Ferreira 19 February 2023
Anita Malfatti: The First Modernist of Brazil
Portraits of women made by other women are always worthy of attention. The representation of a woman by another is often less idealized or...
Rute Ferreira 19 February 2023
Roberto Burle Marx: The Artist of Landscape Design
When you think about Modernist architecture, probably Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, or Oscar Niemeyer come to mind. But have you paid attention to...
Natalia Tiberio 3 October 2022
The Art of Latin American Lettering
Latin American lettering is a legacy of craft-based traditions with a strong design and vibrant colors enhanced by an aesthetic with a rich...
Maria Frazzoni 4 August 2022
Belgium–Argentina. Transatlantic Modernisms at Mu.ZEE in Ostend
Belgium and Argentina have more in common than you might suspect. That’s what the current Mu.Zee exhibition explores until June 16th, 2022. During...
Tommy Thiange 9 May 2022
Fernando Botero. Beyond Forms at BAM Mons
Some artists are gateways to art and its history; creators who make an authentic and one-of-a-kind work that is referenced over and over. Fernando...
Tommy Thiange 3 January 2022
Coca-Cola and the Explosive Art of Cildo Meireles
Protest Art is challenging and controversial. Political protest requires a focus, and protest art gives us a public space where we can have a...
Candy Bedworth 30 November 2021
The Art of Antonio Berni: Through Many Styles, One Timeless Message
A Young Artist and the Birth of Nuevo Realismo While Che Guevara may have been the most famous revolutionary to be born in Rosario, Argentina, the...
Kacper Grass 6 April 2020
Painting of the Week: Francisco Toledo, Frog
This is an unusual watercolor diptych by the late Mexican artist Francisco Toledo, who died this year. The work encompasses two totally opposite...
Alicja Gluszek 24 November 2019
