Interview with Jorge Pineda

This following conversation between Jorge Pineda and Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro took place on May 28, 2020 and continues the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros’ tradition of preserving first-hand testimonies of artists and intellectuals from Latin America.

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Interview with Dulce Gómez

In this video Venezuelan artist Dulce Gómez elaborates on her work and practice that often focus on personal, quotidian experiences.

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Panama: Echoes of Marronage in Contemporary Art

In this article, Luisa Fuentes Guaza explores the historical legacy of marronage in Panama that continues to shape the country's artists and cultural heritage today.

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Interview with Christian Vinck

In this interview with Christian Vinck, Ángela Bonadies investigates the stimuli behind the artist's work, including his pictorial language and the paths of amazement that reach the canvas and overflow beyond it.

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Caribbean Popular, Caribbean Contemporary: Current Artistic Practices of Trinidad and Tobago

In this article, Julián Sánchez points out the particularities in the artistic practices of Trinidad and Tobago, through the work of A k u z u r u, that are frequently informed by the greatness of the carnival tradition. He observes the mutability and irreverence, as well as the supernatural, the folkloric, and spiritual elements that drive the artist's work.

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Excerpt: Jesús Soto in conversation with Ariel Jiménez

The following text is an excerpt from the book "Jesús Soto in conversation with Ariel Jiménez," published by Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in 2017. Jesús Soto was born in Venezuela in 1923 and is well-known for his participation in the development of Kinetic Art in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as his subsequent involvement in the Geometric Abstraction movements in Venezuela. Soto is recognized today as one of the most important Latin American artists of the twentieth century.

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Le kaxaan mako'ob

Those Who Explore

In his text, Nicolás Gerardi invites us into the depths of Tulum, Mexico—as we call it today—leading us through three distinct paths that inform the artistic practice of those who inhabit this region.

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The University City of Caracas: The Forms that Sustain Us

White Wake: On the Trail of "Rubber Fever" in the South American Amazon

In this conversation, artist Adrián Balseca reflects on the history of rubber extraction in the territory and on the life of the Amazon region, which he seeks to draw attention through his works.

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Interview with Fernanda Laguna

The following interview is the fourth of a series conducted by the Venezuelan artist Ángela Bonadies. Her conversations with Latin American visual artists and filmmakers continue the CPPC's tradition of preserving first-hand cultural testimony.

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Excerpt: Jaime Davidovich in conversation with Daniel R. Quiles

The following text is an excerpt from the book "Jaime Davidovich in conversation with Daniel R Quiles," published by Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in 2017.

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Excerpt: Ferreira Gullar in conversation with Ariel Jiménez

The following text is an excerpt from the book "Ferreira Gullar in conversation with Ariel Jiménez," published by Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in 2012.

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