
Lygia Pape and Neo-Concretism: Art Is Experience

Coca-Cola and the Explosive Art of Cildo Meireles
The International Dispute over Montezuma’s Tiara
November 25, 20202021 will be the year of a double anniversary for Mexicans, marking 200 years since liberation from Spanish dominion, and 500 years since the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec city which gave foundation to modern Mexico City. The...
Frida Kahlo: The Suffering Behind Her Paintings
October 8, 2020One of the most famous artists of the 20th century was Frida Kahlo. She became an international icon of our age, not only because of her paintings, but also because of her story, a story of independence, emancipation,...
Botero and His Characteristic Chubby Style: Boterism
September 23, 2020Colombian artist, Fernando Botero, demonstrates how differently we can all view the same object. Although, Botero is known for creating thick fat looking figures in his art, he argues that his intention isn’t to represent weighty figures. Instead,...
Luchita Hurtado: Art and Life Over a Century
September 6, 2020Luchita Hurtado (November 28, 1920 – August 13, 2020) was an artist, photographer, poet, environmentalist, activist, feminist, fashion designer, and so much more over the course of a lifetime that spanned a century. Hurtado was born in Venezuela....
Photos of Famous Artists When They Were Kids
June 5, 2020Sometimes it is hard to remember that famous artists were also children at one time, just like all of us. We have selected six of them for you to see how cute they were and to learn a...
Violeta Parra, First Latin American in the Louvre
May 7, 2020In April 1964 the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris hosted an extraordinary exhibition which went down in history as the first solo show of a Latin-American artist that the Louvre had ever witnessed. The artist was a...
The Art of Antonio Berni: Through Many Styles, One Timeless Message
April 6, 2020A 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 city was also the birthplace of Antonio Berni. Born in 1905, Berni...
