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Gustavo Díaz: The Art of Questioning

Gustavo Díaz: El arte de interrogar

Rose Mary Salum

We had the opportunity to talk to Gustavo Díaz, one of the most promising artists in that country. …

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A Life Involved (Part I)

Fernando Castro

Part I: Read between the lines People in the world of photography —from Buenos Aires to Beijing— are familiar with Wendy Watriss. Most of them know her and her lifetime partner,…

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A Life Involved (Part II)

Fernando Castro

Part II: A completely foreign country After her adventurous African journey in 1970 Wendy Watriss came back to New York to publish her stories and photographs. There she met Frederick…

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Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art:

Mari Carmen Ramírez

Special thanks to the MFAH The Project Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art (ICAA Documents Project)is a long-term archival, editorial, and bibliographic enterprise dedicated to the recovery and…

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Pedro Meyer: Street Photography

Fernando Castro R.

Pedro Meyer: Reverse Exoticism Download Complete PDF / Descargar Pedro Meyer’s contribution to photography is not only stricto sensu photographic. Meyer was the founder of the Consejo Mexicano de Fotografía, one of the…

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Ana Serrano: Salon of Beauty

Ebony Porter

Judging a Neighborhood by Cover: Salon of Beauty by Ana Serrano Download Complete PDF / Descargar Ana Serrano’s latest work Salon of Beauty replicates the eclectic and funky buildings, façades and signage typically found…

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Graciela Hasper: The Animated Forms

John Zotos

Graciela Hasper: Abstract Geometries, Color, and Public Space Download Complete PDF / Descargar The ongoing dialog surrounding abstraction in painting has kept up with, if not surpassed, the equally never-ending polemics about the end…

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Living Stillness: Pablo Gimenez Zapiola

José Antonio Simón

“These Animations Are Built in a Way That Makes Them Seem Endless” Activate Recall: Pablo Giménez Zapiola Download Complete PDF / Descargar Pablo Giménez Zapiola is a recipient of City-funded…

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The Collective Memory

Una conversación con Emilio Chapela

Rose Mary Salum

Download Complete PDF / Descargar Rose Mary Salum: You are young and yet, your work has been exhibited in museums and has the recognition of curators and art collectors. Can…

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The First Major Art Fair in Houston

Literal

Download Complete PDF / Descargar “How come there has never been a major art fair in Houston before?“ Some people have wondered that since they first learned that this coming…

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André Kertesz: On Reading

Sven Birkerts

On Reading: “The Mystery of the Representation” The Open Book is an Open Door Download PDF / Descargar It was my friend the poet Fred Marchant who a few years…

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Porno Chic: Helmut Newton

Rose Mary Salum

Download Complete PDF / Descargar A Conversation with Anne Tucker, Curator The first large-scale U.S. exhibition of Helmut Newton’s work premieres at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on July 3. Helmut Newton: White…