Carla Zaccagnini’s Cuentos de Cuentas recounts her personal history amid Latin America’s history of financial crises.
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The Book Club That’s Been Discussing the Same Proust Novel for 20 Years
At first, simply watching people read In Search of Lost Time might seem dull; by the end, you’ll be itching to read or reread it yourself.
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Marta Minujín Looks Ugliness Right in the Face
The Argentine artist’s early Informalist works, conjuring decay and degradation, are difficult to look at but deserving of our gaze.
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Life-Sized, 3D-Printed Statue of Maradona Lands in Buenos Aires Airport
The sculpture of the fútbol star in Ezeiza Airport stands at five feet five inches, Maradona’s height.
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Confronting Doubt with the Power of Shakespeare
Argentine director Matías Piñeiro’s Isabella is the latest in a string of offbeat films about the nature of performance and creativity.
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Contending With Urgent Questions About Art and Feminisms in Buenos Aires
Cuando Cambia el Mundo (When the World Changes) invites audiences to deconstruct their own biases.
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Photos Capture Historic Celebrations in Argentina After Abortion Legalized
Amanda Cotrim’s photographs document the thousands of abortion rights advocates who erupted into festivities throughout Buenos Aires on the day of the vote.
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Artist-Activist Group Criticizes Pantone’s “Period Red”
“How can we think that Period Red can universally represent our menstrual palettes?” asks Cromoactivismo, an Argentine group that mobilizes color in the service of social change.
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Lucrecia Martel’s Feminine Monsters
Three of the Argentine director’s films are now on the Criterion Channel, and they demonstrate how she complicates ideas of female agency and power.
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After Misogynist Instagram Account Exposed, President of Prestigious Art Fair Steps Down
Juan Carlos Lynch, who had just been nominated as president of arteBA in Argentina, posted numerous sexist, racist jokes on his Instagram.
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Ernesto Neto Stimulates Bodies and Minds at MALBA
From the tactile joy of brushing our bare skin against fabric to the discovery of new architecture that yields to our touch, Neto’s work melds the pleasures of sight to the sensuality of material.
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A Museum Director in Buenos Aires Aims to Reconnect Latin American Art
Curator Gabriela Rangel, now leading the Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art, sees an opportunity to bring submerged connections between Latin American nations to light.