Latin American art exhibition (current awareness)

Dear Ms. Estevez, Curator of Latin American Art

I am excited to hear that you are interested in curating a show on Latin American art in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. I have provided some useful current resources to assist in your planning. Of course I realize this will be a huge undertaking, so I have included a range of materials to get you started. When you have more specific information on the details of the show, or if you need more of a particular kind of resource, I will be happy to give you a more focused selection. As always, the library’s print collection is available for your use, and can be searched via our online catalog and if there are materials you would like us to acquire, please just send a request.

General art news sites with relevant articles:

Art News

http://www.artnews.com/tag/latin-american-art/

Art News is a great source for current articles. I would especially point you towards the article “Are U.S. Art Museums Finally Taking Latin American Art Seriously? http://www.artnews.com/2014/05/15/latin-american-art-in-u-s-museums/

This article from last year includes a well-researched list of recent exhibitions of Latin American art in respected U.S. museums, and could serve as a starting place to see what has been done, and where there is room for more scholarship.

Arts Journal

http://www.artsjournal.com/?s=latin+american+art

Arts Journal also has some good articles for current news on Latin American art in museums, notably an article from the LA Times gives a very thorough review of the Latin American Architecture show at the MOMA in New York. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-modernism-moma-latin-america-architecture-show-20150505-column.html

Online open access journals specific to Latin American art

Latin American Art Journal

http://www.latinamericanartjournal.com/

The Latin American Art Journal is a frequently updated site with news, exhibitions, interviews, and information on Latin American artist showing now. This journal could be an invaluable resource in collecting contemporary criticisms of previous shows of a similar nature.

Arte del Día

http://www.artealdia.com/International

Arte del Día is an international bilingual journal that publishes four times a year and has some good online content as well, including museum exhibitions and collections and artist profiles

Art Nexus

http://www.artnexus.com/Default.aspx

Art Nexus provides news, gallery and exhibition guides, and possibly most valuably, auction results for Latin American art that has been on the market recently. Art Nexus publishes 4 times a year, and will provide great up to date information.

Latin American artistic Organizations and museums

Latino Art Inc.

http://www.latinoartsinc.org/home.htm

This organization may be based in Milwaukee, but it provides programming information and current news on Latin American Artists in more than just the visual arts. Certainly good for a perspective provided from within the Latin American community and for diversity of media

Museum of Latin American Art

http://www.molaa.org/

This west coast museum could be a potential lender to the exhibition, I have included this as a resource so that you can peruse their collection, which is not entirely available online. There are, however, images and information on current and past exhibitions that you may find helpful.

Books (including exhibition catalogs)

New territories : laboratories for design, craft and art in Latin America, by owery Stokes Sims; Mari Carmen Ramírez; et al.

For some information on modern Latin American Craft movements, this could be a good resource. If you decide to focus on crafts, I can find more resources that deal with that more specifically

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art by E Carmen Ramos (exhibition catalog)

This book was published by the Smithsonian and discusses Latino influence on American art, or rather how it has been integral to the development of American National artistic culture.

Order, chaos, and the space between : contemporary Latin American art from the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection by Beverly Adams and Vanessa K Davidson of the Phoenix Art Museum (exhibition catalog)

This catalog comes from an exhibition of Latin American Artists that play with the creative process. This catalog may be more contemporary than you are looking for, as it deals with 20^th and 21^st century artists, instead of 19^th, but it could be useful to look at how more recent art has been presented.

Permission to be global: Latin American art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection by Jen Mergel et al. (exhibition catalog)

This catalog for the first Latin American exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston focuses on cultural exchange between several dozen Latin American artists as well as the power dynamics of globalization.

Please be in touch with any questions or requests for more information.

Best,

Allie Copeland

Librarian at a large encyclopedic museum.