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Peruvian Artists of Chinese Descent Shed Light on a Long History of Migration
“Chinese migrants arriving in the 19th century didn’t speak Spanish — had no knowledge of the language — and found themselves in an adverse environment,” curator Marco Loo tells Hyperallergic.
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Truck Driver Plows Through and Damages Peru’s Nazca Lines
The driver left “deep scars” on the site last Saturday, the country’s ministry of culture announced earlier this week.
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The Inca Rope Bridge That’s Woven Across a River Each Year
WASHINGTON, DC — Each June in Huinchiri, Peru, four Quechua communities on two sides of a gorge join together to build a bridge out of grass, creating a form of ancient infrastructure that dates back at least five centuries to the Inca Empire.
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Comparing the Afterlives of Peruvian and Egyptian Mummies
Chicago’s Field Museum is touring its mummies for the first time, and their inaugural stop is the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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The Geometric Origins of Modern Painting in Peru
LIMA, Peru — Geometric abstraction is one of those art movements that, depending on the viewer, either resonates deeply or bores one to tears.
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Lima Mayor Orders Murals Destroyed, Outraging Citizens
In the past month, Lima has been shaken by the reminder that street art — even when officially approved — is inherently political.
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At Long Last, Peru Gets a National Museum
Machu Picchu might be Peru’s most famous tourist destination, but the Inca ruins are just one of many cherished historical sites that have survived since ancient times, along with countless precious artifacts. Strangely enough, despite its rich cultural and artistic history, the country hasn’t had a large-scale national museum until now.
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The Trailblazing Peruvian Photographer Who Captured a Vanishing World
In 1905, when the Andean photographer Martín Chambi was 14 years old, he traveled to northwestern Peru with his father, who had a job working in a gold mine there. At the time, there were no indigenous photographers in the country, and images of the Quechua people were mostly captured through the lenses of French and American photographers.
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Peru Charging Greenpeace Activists for Damaging Nazca Lines
Peru will take legal action against a group of Greenpeace activists who it says damaged the Nazca lines UNESCO World Heritage site during a climate change demonstration on Monday.
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Walking the Mysterious and Monumental Nazca Lines
Sandstorms shifting the terrain of southwest Peru recently revealed new Nazca Lines.
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Peruvian Adventures in Brooklyn, a Graphic Review
Many of you will know that I’ve been critical of the conventional art review and how it doesn’t appear well suited to a lot of art that is produced today. So, in the interest of trying new art review forms, I’ve given a shot at using the graphic novel format for my review of Celso’s ¡No Habla Español! at Pandemic Gallery in Williamsburg.
His graphic sensibility seemed a perfect fit for this style. I couldn’t resist producing a short review of the show in this pop culture-friendly form.
