Based in New York City, the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) expands scholarship, public engagement, and the international visibility of art from Latin America.

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ISLAA Scholar in Residence, Mónica Freyre, reflects on Alberto Greco's Traveling Cultural Exhibitions to trace a possible genealogy of the artist's "vivo-dito"

La ISLAA Scholar in Residence, Mónica Freyre, reflexiona sobre las Exposiciones Culturales Rodantes de Alberto Greco para trazar un posible genealogía de su arte "vivo-dito"

Online Editorial

Feb 13, 2023

English, Spanish

In memory of Marta Palau, who passed away in August 2022, curator Anna Burckhardt reflects on the Mexican sculptor's artistic development and the symbolic and spiritual significance of her materials.

En conmemoración de Marta Palau, fallecida en agosto de 2022, la curadora Anna Burckhardt reflexiona sobre el desarrollo artístico de la escultora mexicana y la importancia simbólica y espiritual de sus materiales.

ISLAA Scholar in Residence, Gabriel Peluffo Linari, reflects on the role of Uruguayan painter Pedro Figari as a thinker on art theory and pedagogy.

El ISLAA Scholar in Residence, Gabriel Peluffo Linari, reflexiona sobre el papel del pintor uruguayo Pedro Figari como pensador sobre teoría del arte y pedagogía.

Online Editorial

Sep 27, 2022

English

Writer and translator Elisa Wouk Almino reflects on ritual, tenderness, and the space of the home through paintings and drawings by Magali Lara.

Drawing on materials from the César Paternosto Archive, Summer 2021 Writer In Residence Rebecca Yuste explores the development of the artist's work, his fraught relationship with the US art world, and the influence of pre-Columbian art and architecture on his practice.

Artist Alan Ruiz analyzes a work by Grupo Escombros through Argentina's economic and social hardship in the years following dictatorship.

El artista Alan Ruiz analiza una obra de Grupo Escombros a través de las dificultades económicas y sociales de Argentina en los años después de la dictadura.

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