Artículos

Maurizio Cattelan’s playful heresies are pigeonholed in the controversy between essence and appearance that rules different contemporary disguising strategies. Among the body, the object and the action

One of the most striking and symbolic artworks of the past Havana Biennia was no doubt “The Oil Tanker” by artists Reynerio Tamayo (Niquero, 1968) and Eulises Niebla (Matanzas, 1963). The piece intends

Over thirty books have been written about Alfredo Jaar (Chile, 1956). Outstanding thinkers from around the globe have churned out brilliant texts on the most recognized Chilean artist worldwide. Some o

A shortfall of research studies on the continental arts is the theoretical context poet Octavio Paz’s critical contribution hinges on. During the First Iberian American Meeting of Art Critics and Fine

Rodrigo Moya is Mexican and was born in 1934. After 75 years of an intense lifetime in which he’s tried his hand at several trades and has nourished on countless experiences, the art and the trade that

Today’s Caracas boasts only a handful of colonial ambiences. The impetuousness of modernity rules the urban image, determined by the number and verticality of buildings, huge avenues and thoroughfares

Though an individual exhibit not always puts the artist’s work in the limelight of enthusiast and plentiful publicity –due to the artworks’ conception– and he or she doesn’t even get the kind of media

Q & A with Head Curator. José Manuel Noceda. The tenth edition of the Cuenca International Biennial –slated from Oct. 22 to Dec. 4 this year– will this time around have an expert from another co

In Memoria Ritual (Ritual Me-mory), Cuban fine artist Angel Alfaro Echevarria sets out a historic and imaginary voyage in an effort to offer an artistic vision of the Yoruba world. In its narrative lay

The Ninth Video & Media Art Biennial, Chile 2009, is far more than a collection of a hundred pieces –situated halfway between art and technology, with an Internet accent and a touch of interactivit