Dear Dr. Rust,

             I would like to extend a hand and welcome you to our university. I thought I would provide you with some resources to try and assist in your preparations for your classes and to help keep you up to date on 19^th and 20^th century Latin American Art. Beyond the resources listed below the library is always at your service. We have our online catalog for your use and are able to help facilitate inter-library loans as needed. Please let us know if there are any questions, and again welcome to the university.

 

1.      Arte al Día

a.       http://www.artealdia.com/

b.      Arte al Día is a bilingual quarterly magazine that publishes four times a year and provides content that includes artist profiles, exhibition reviews, interviews curators as well as collectors, and general articles revolving around Latin American art.

2.      Art Nexus

a.       http://www.artnexus.com/default.aspx

b.      Art Nexus website itself is a great starting point as it has many resources such as news articles on recent and upcoming exhibitions on Latin American art as well as auction results. Art Nexus also has a quarterly magazine containing additional articles and resources that would be of use.

3.      Arts Journal

a.       http://www.artsjournal.com/

b.      Arts Journal is a good resource in general for current articles involving the art world. While it is not specifically dedicated to Latin American art there are some good articles regarding it that I think it should be checked out as they stay quite up to date.

4.      Latin American Art Journal

a.       http://www.latinamericanartjournal.com/

b.      The Latin American Art Journal provides information on Latin American Visual Arts through articles covering exhibitions, interviews with artists and collectors, recent developments in the field, and more.

5.      Artstor

a.       http://www.artstor.org/

b.      Artstor is a very large online image database that could be a great resource. You are able to search specifically for Latin American art and limit it down to specific countries if desired. As there are so many items within the database it should aid in finding specific materials you may be searching for.

6.      Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

a.       http://www.coleccioncisneros.org/

b.      The CPPC was founded in the 1970s and deals directly with Latin American art. Their website has news on current and upcoming exhibitions and programs as well as host live debates for discussion.

7.      Museum of Fine Art Houston

a.       https://collections.mfah.org/art/departments/latin-american-art

b.      The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston has some great collections of Latin American art. They have a core collection of modern and contemporary art with more than 550 works from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, as well as by Latino artists from within the United States.

8.      International Center for the Arts of the Americas

a.       http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/en-us/home.aspx

b.      The ICAA is the research institution with the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The main project of the ICAA is “Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art” with this program they provide access to more than 10,000 primary sources and documents tracing the development of 20th-century art in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States. Since it is free access this is definitely a great resource.

9.       Survey of Archives of Latino and Latin American Art.

a.       http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/latino_survey/

b.      The Museum of Modern Art Library conducted a survey of archives that documented Latin American art in New York. This website provides “researchers with an overview of each archival collection surveyed and highlights their particular assets in order to facilitate access to materials and promote research on Latino art.” On the site there is a PDF version available for download with the results. This could be a great resource to know which institutions have information specifically on Latin American art.

10.  Latin American Art

a.       https://www.latinamericanart.com/

b.      This site promotes Latin American galleries, artists, museums and events. Their events and exhibition sections are very up to date and a great resource for current events.

 

All the best,

Stephanie Schaff

Art Librarian