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La izquierda cubana y el debate racial

Armando Chaguaceda

En el actual escenario de reformas en Cuba –que combina cierta liberalización económica con la persistencia del autoritarismo político– es posible identificar diversas posturas adscritas a referentes de izquierda, que…

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Fakes in the World of Photography

Analissa Moreno

Fakes are possibly the most fascinating slice of the art world. From time to time, a suspicious work slips by authentication experts and draws an extraordinary amount of media attention.…

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Melanie Smith: América Latina, mirar internamente

Mónica Vázquez Delgado

Viernes 13 de junio 2014 Melanie Smith nació en Poole, Inglaterra en 1965. Estudió la licenciatura en Artes por la Universidad de Reading. Se considera artista contemporánea. Sus obras son…

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The Art of Forgery

Fernando Castro

De la Mora-web Hans van Meegeren (1889-1947) was one of the most notorious art forgers to date. His fake Vermeers even fooled experts in the Dutch Golden Age. Let us…

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Suburban Fluxus, Hillerbrand+Magsamen

Lorís Simón Salum

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Ambiguous Positions

John Sparagana

Sparagana-web According to Benjamin Paul, your method forms the basis of a subtle struggle with the dialectical role images play in mediating history. Benjamin did a beautiful job of framing…

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Antena @ Blaffer

Rose Mary Salum

¿Cómo imaginar un espacio previo a la Torre de Babel donde todos los habitantes del mundo puedieran expresarse libremente o, mejor aún, entenderse? ¿Cuál sería la lengua predominante? ¿Quién la…

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The Silent Cities of Peru: The Archaeological Photography of Fernando La Rosa

Fernando Castro R.

When I began my journey in photography it was not very clear to me how the different genres, or what I later called “modes” of photography, all fit it in.…

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Jonathan Leach, Abstract Painting in Context

John Zotos

Does the historical avant-garde persist as an inspiration to young artists today, and how exactly might it do so? Jonathan Leach, an artist who lives and works in Houston, paints…

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Greening Antonio Berni

Gisela Heffes

El pintor argentino entre la producción estética y las políticas del reciclaje En las últimas décadas, el crecimiento urbano ha generado una explosión demográfica vertiginosa. Desde una perspectiva tanto ecológica…

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Waltercio Caldas at the Blanton Museum

Fernando Castro R.

The Nearest Air: A Survey of Works by Waltercio Caldas at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin amounts to a small retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. It is the…

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A Conversation with Pablo Siquier

Conversando con Pablo Siquier

Rose Mary Salum

Pablo Siquier Pablo Siquier had a solo exhibition at Sicardi Gallery, where I had the opportunity to talk to him. Siquier is one of Argentina’s most renowned artists. In his last…