Sofía Frigerio delineates points of correspondence between modern artists who made works of geometric abstraction in Sweden and Latin America, as seen in the exhibition Concrete Matters [Feb 24, 2018-May 13, 2018] at Stockholm’s Moderna Museet. More
The Getty’s special collections archives include a wealth of ephemera, such as magazines, flyers, and pamphlets, related to the mid-twentieth century Concrete art movement in Latin America. Zanna Gilbert describes how these primary documents shed light on the inventive and interdisciplinary work of Concrete artists represented by a group of their works from the CPPC on loan to the Getty for a three-year investigation into their physical processes and philosophic foundations. More
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
Over the past few years, universities and museums have been turning away from the term “Colonial Art” to describe the art and artifacts made under the Spanish and Portuguese dominion of most of the Americas during the 16th–19th centuries... More
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
