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The Boundary between Fact and Likelihood: Darío Robleto at the Menil Collection

Fernando Castro R

The lobby and main hallways of the Menil Collection were packed with people waiting to witness the conversation between Texas artist Dario Robleto and Ann Druyan. Producer of the PBS…

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Bowie: una fábrica

Miriam Mabel Martínez

No se considera una estrella de rock, sino un artista. No es arrogancia, es sinceridad. El talento de David Bowie no es sólo musical, se expande a otras vertientes artística…

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John Lennon, Exposed.

John Lennon, expuesto.

Lynne Clifford / Rose Mary Salum

In many ways, John Lennon was truly a renaissance man whose insights and perspective helped shape the sensibility of the contemporary mind. While his music will always be remembered as…

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Whispers and Silence: Tania Bruguera, Raul Castro and Performance Art in Cuba

Yvon Grenier

Three times recently we were reminded that art can still stir the pot in our blasé 21st century: with the censorship and delayed release of the B movie The Interview,…

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An Interview with Jonathan Leach

Rose Mary Salum

An interview with artist Jonathan Leach over his ideas, influences, and recent exhibition at the Sonja Roesch Gallery. Find more of Literal's videos here.

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Contemplar el tiempo

Miriam Mabel Martínez

El dibujo de William Kentridge (Johannesburgo, 1955) traza un sendero en el que lo social, el compromiso, la historia y la crítica narran el presente. A través de su obra,…

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The Mastermind y lo contrario, la ilusión del control

Rose Mary Salum

The Mastermind y lo contrario es una pieza artística realizada en colabración entre el escritor David Unger y la artista Anne Gilman que se encuentra actualmente en la exhibición colectiva: Livre d’Artiste d’Aujourd’hui:…

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Miguel Ángel Ríos o la vibración de la materia

Rose Mary Salum

Miguel Ángel Ríos estudió en la Academia de Bellas Artes en Buenos Aires antes de mudarse a Nueva York, donde llegó en los años setenta huyendo de la dictadura militar…

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Melanie Smith: The Absent Body

Tanya Huntington

Melanie Smith Tanya Huntington: Let’s start with the theme of the expatriate. It’s always difficult when you position yourself outside of your native context, simply because the world of criticism…

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The Art of Appropriation: An Interview with Susannah Mira

Gisela Heffes

Gisela Heffes: One distinctive component of your art projects is that you appropriate discarded objects and transform them into works of art. How can you conceptually define this aspect of…

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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.…