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Devon Van Houten Maldonado

Devon Van Houten Maldonado lives and works in Mexico City, by way of Portland, Oregon and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He has contributed to Paste Magazine, OZY, Terremoto and Aesthetica Magazine. He was formerly staff reporter for The News Mexico.

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Opposite Ways of Making Nothing, with Anish Kapoor and Wilfredo Prieto

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado August 5, 2016August 4, 2016

MEXICO CITY — Two artists who couldn’t be more opposite — blue-chip celebrity superstar Anish Kapoor and the Cuban magician of minimalism Wilfredo Prieto — have solo shows currently on view in two of Mexico’s most distinguished contemporary art spaces.

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Spectacular Geography and Studios in the Kitchen: Michelle Grabner on Curating the Portland Biennial

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado July 29, 2016July 31, 2016

This year’s iteration of the Portland Biennial, organized by the Disjecta Contemporary Art Center and curated by artist Michelle Grabner, claims to be the most complete survey of contemporary art in Oregon ever.

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From the Archive to the Internet, an Artist Collects and Connects Disparate Images

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado July 1, 2016July 2, 2016

BOULDER, Colo. ­­— After extensive renovation and expansion of the University of Colorado Visual Arts Complex, the CU Art Museum inaugurated a new residency program this spring with an installation by Janelle Iglesias, which involves multiple university archives, student participation, found objects, and sculpture.

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A Museum Show Makes the Case for Art Institutions as Graveyards

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado May 4, 2016May 4, 2016

MEXICO CITY – Drawing from its massive contemporary art collection, the Museo Jumex has turned introspective for The Natural Order of Things, a flawed and biased critique of the function of art museums.

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Making Art from the Remnants of Everyday Activities

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado April 26, 2016April 27, 2016

MEXICO CITY — Architect-turned-conceptual artist Gabriel de la Mora’s work is cold and formal to the point of appearing scientific, yet it is layered with history.

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Treatment of Adjuncts Spurs Protests at Pacific Northwest College of Art

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado April 21, 2016

Students and teachers at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, protested on campus this week, demanding that adjunct professors be rehired with contracts after some of the college’s most influential educators were unceremoniously left out of next semester’s class schedule.

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Art Center Brings Tourism and Unwanted Attention to a Oaxacan Village

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado April 20, 2016April 21, 2016

SAN AGUSTÍN ETLA, Mexico — I arrived in San Agustín as if in a dream, after taking an overnight bus from Mexico City that pulled into the sleepy capital of Oaxaca before sunrise.

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Finding a Spiritual Haven in Digital Culture

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado March 30, 2016March 30, 2016

MEXICO CITY — For the first time in Latin America, New York-based Thai artist Korakrit Arunanondchai’s immersive video work and sculptures are on view, and in a uniquely intimate setting.

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The Fine Line Between Praising and Exploiting the Creative Resourcefulness of the Needy

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado March 22, 2016March 21, 2016

MEXICO CITY — Shards of glass protrude from the walls and the smell of cigarettes fill Anonymous Gallery for a solo show by Mexico City-based American artist Andrew Birk.

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A Lackluster Reunion for Five of Mexico’s Most Successful Contemporary Artists

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado March 7, 2016

MEXICO CITY — Between 1987 and 1992, a group of young art students in Mexico City formed a weekly flux group of creative exchange and critique as an alternative to the overly traditional fine art education available to them.

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Itinerant and Off-the-Map Galleries Find a Place in Mexico City’s Material Art Fair

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado February 5, 2016February 6, 2016

MEXICO CITY — International art collectors, guzzling mescal and flexing gaudy taste, are descending on this megalopolis, and will leave on Monday with a hangover and something shiny.

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A Guggenheim Show of Latin American Art Flops in Latin America

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

MEXICO CITY — Lumping together groups of artists who have nothing more in common than geography is a risky curatorial proposition that often leads to mayhem.

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