Decolonizing museums: A priority for the art world in 2021
Alessandra Moctezuma, gallerist and professor of Museum Studies at San Diego Mesa College, takes stock of 2020 and the important lessons learned by artists and curators.
Alessandra Moctezuma, gallerist and professor of Museum Studies at San Diego Mesa College, takes stock of 2020 and the important lessons learned by artists and curators.
The protestors support the Nigerian museum commission that denounced the auction of the effigies allegedly resulting from the looting.
Sao Paulo's Empathy Museum boasts no paintings or other works of art, only well-worn footwear and audio recordings of dozens of personal stories that enable the visitor to literally walk a mile in someone else's shoes.
"Que la sombra de la luna caiga sobre un mundo en paz" – Frank Reynolds
"May the shadow of the moon fall on a world at peace." - Frank Reynolds
Del Rio is considered one of the deans of political cartooning, and in the 1960s and 1970s he published "Los Supermachos", and "Los Agachados," two humorous strips with critical views on Mexican politics and the regime dominated by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Singer Julieta Venegas, soprano Monica Abrego and actress Naomy Romo are some of the figures who have passed through the doors of Casa de la Cultura, in Tijuana, less than 1 mile from the U.S Border.
"I paint pictures of myself because I'm the one I know best," Frida Kahlo said, and based on that idea, the Dolores Olmedo Museum is presenting an exhibition that shows how the painter became an icon by expressing her inner self.
El joven artista Diego Hiromi Rodríguez Carrión se ha convertido en el primer puertorriqueño en ser galardonado con el prestigioso premio que cada año concede el Woodmere Art Museum de Filadelfia. La obra premiada, Exodus es una reflexión sobre la migración boricua a EEUU- ya forma parte de la colección permanente del museo.
Uno de los juegos de mesa preferidos de los miamenses, el dominó, llega hoy al Pérez Art Museum de Miami (PAMM) con una exposición conjunta de 19 artistas que han creado obras en las que la cultura popular se encuentra con el arte.
One of the most intriguing mysteries of Latin American culture is what happened to the Maya civilization. How come after over 3,000 years of history, from about 2, 500 BC to 950 AD, most of the glorious Maya centers in Mesoamerica were abandoned? Before the arrival of the Europeans in the 1500’s magnificent cities like Tikal in Guatemala and Copán in Honduras had all but disappeared; left uninhabited, they were covered by thick jungle growth, hidden throughout the mountains and the lowlands.
"Build Museums Not Walls" is the slogan of the lawmakers supporting a bill to create an American Latino Museum in Washington. The bill was presented on June 15, 2017, in front of the Congress. Diane Guerrero, know for her role in Orange is the New Black, is among the supporters. Photo: @Latinomuseum/Twitter.
If US and Cuba make a step backwards in their diplomatic relations, Hemingway's legacy can be "in danger" , warn the academics at the 16th International Colloquium Ernest Hemingway in Havana.
During official visit to Mexico City, the German Chancellor said walls are no answer to migration and lent support to Mexico over NAFTA
The nations first museum exhibit of studio glass works produced exclusively by artists of the LGBTQ+ community
President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Cincinnati presented his plan to improve the nation's infrastructure and once again make the country a nation of "builders," giving state and local authorities more freedom of action, fewer environmental regulations and more private support.
Desde sátira política e injusticias sociales hasta sus batallas físicas personales y su final aislamiento de la gente, el creativo genio del trabajo de Goya estuvo ampliamente influenciado.
From political satire to social injustice to his personal physical battles and his ultimately isolation from people were the factors in the creative genius of his work.
Philadelphia native Kevin Hart returns home to be recognized for his artistic excellence
Navigating the cultural divide in a country once off limits for American visitors can be tricky, but with travel restrictions lowered thanks to President Obama's changes and a bit of preparation Americans can now enjoy the capital city's wide variety of cultural delights like a native.
The speech of the new president of France, carried out last Sunday in the Museum of the Louvre (Paris), has been crumbled by several national analysts, who could not avoid seeing some important political phantasms in France’s history.
Rodolfo Jimenez, who has acted in more than 10 telenovelas and films and is also known for modeling and hosting TV shows on the top Hispanic networks, has opened a Mexican restaurant in Dallas which is also a museum of "Lucha Libre".
A few days before President Trump and Republican congressional leaders trumpeted a legislative success toward their goal of dismantling Obamacare, America’s 45th president burnished his unenviable image of ignorance about history.
The President of the United States returned to New York on Thursday for the first time since taking office in the White House on Jan. 20, although several protests were awaiting him in the city where he was born. In NY, he met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and praised Australia's universal public health system.
La sexta edición de Frieze Art Fair Nueva York abre sus puertas el próximo 5 de mayo y reunirá durante el fin de semana a 200 galerías internacionales, entre ellas una docena de espacios de toda América Latina.