Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

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Painting in an Industrial Age

Zanna Gilbert, from the Getty Research Institute, and Pia Gottschaller, from the Getty Conservation Institute, show us how Brazilian artists such as Judith Lauand and Geraldo de Barros responded to increasing societal industrialization by experimenting with industrial paints and application methods that eliminated evidence of the painter’s hand. Watch Video

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Latin Exchanges: the Connections Between and the Reception of Latin American Art in Britain

Tanya Barson

From the perspective of the UK, it has often seemed that the much contested field (and term) of Latin American art has been far less evident... More

Intercontinental connections

Artist John Carter RA explains how his work resonates with Buenos Aires artists in the exhibition ‘Radical Geometry’. More

A Constructive Vision

2010 eng + esp

Mira Schendel's Graphic Object

Another work included in the recent Cisneros' gift to the Museum is Mira Schendel's Objeto Gráfico (1967)... More

Private Collections: To Build or Not to Build?

Debates

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Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

At the invitation of Patty Cisneros, a group of her art world associates and friends weigh in on how best to ensure the longevity of private collections. More

Carlos Cruz-Diez's Physichromie 21

Physichromie 21 by Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez is another highlight of the recent Cisneros' gift to the Museum... More

Interview with Luis Ospina

In this interview, the artist Ángela Bonadies talks with Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina about "pornomiseria," a term he coined, as a resource that some filmmakers practice with "a mix of committed exoticism and adventurous tourism" to speculate on and exploit poverty to attract audiences. More

Who and What is Arts Education For?

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Luis Camnitzer

We may consider art as a way of thinking, acquiring, and ordering knowledge with a boundless use of our imagination, to make connections... More