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Lead Stories
-- Oswaldo Maciá, an Inexhaustible Memory of Voices
-- Latino Virtual Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Interview with Magdalena Mieri
-- Vik Muñiz. Reflex
-- Patrick Hamilton. Art and Visual Culture
News and Views
-- 5th Edition of the Biennial of Visual Arts of the Central American Istmo. San Salvador
-- Daros-Latinamericana in Rio de Janeiro
-- 1st Biennial of Architecture, Art and Landscape of the Canaries. Canary Islands, Spain
-- Holly Block appointed as Executive Director of the Bronx Museum of Arts. Bronx, NY
-- The Gate Foundation donates its collection to Van Abbemuseum. Amsterdam, Holland
-- The Frida Kahlo¿s raffle winner.
New Works for Sale in Virtual Galleries
-- SPATIVM
Electronic Catalog
-- Cecilia Paredes
New Books and Catalogs
-- Jorge Macchi. Buenos Aires Tour
-- José Gurvich. Constructive imagination
-- Reflex a Vik Muñiz Primer
-- Susana Lescano
Upcoming Events
-- ArtBo, 2006. Bogotá, Colombia
-- Art Basel Miami Beach and other events. Miami, Florida
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Lead Stories
-- Oswaldo Maciá, an Inexhaustible Memory Of Voices
An article and interview with Colombian artist Carlos Maciá by Carlos Jiménez, who analyzes the way in which the artist¿s work reflects his concern about the forgetting and the crisis of oral traditions and his interest in memory and sounds.
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=16196
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-- Latino Virtual Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Interview with Magdalena Mieri
Interview with Magdalena Mieri, by Cristian Segura, about the Latino Initiative Center at the Smithsonian in Washington. a Virtual Gallery whose goal it is for its exhibits to be seen and felt like their real counterparts. This interview reveals not only the space¿s mission and objectives, but also its working dynamics, the challenges it faces, its exhibition policy, and an assessment of its first four years of operation.
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=16680
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-- Vik Muñiz. Reflex
Vik Muniz¿s photographs have been characterized by the variety of materials used by this Brazilian artist, such as soil, diamonds, sugar, wire, among others, to compose images that are then photographed. Carol Damian reviews Muniz¿s recent show at the Miami Art Museum, organized by Peter Boswell, and analyzes the particularities of Muniz¿s artistic production in the last decade.
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=16684
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-- Patrick Hamilton. Art and Visual Culture
Hamilton is a neo-Conceptual artist who chooses the forms and techniques used in his work on the basis of an exhaustive research process of the theme that interests him, as Víctor Zamudio Taylor, author of this article, points out. Zamudio Taylor also analyzes the incorporation of photography into Hamilton¿s works and the conceptual nature of his art. http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=16674
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News and Views
--5th Edition of the Biennial of Visual Arts of the Central American Istmo Museo de Arte de El Salvador. San Salvador The next edition of the Biennial of Visual Arts of the Central American Istmo will take place in El Salvador, from November 16th 2006 until February 2007. The event will reunite 36 artists from 6 countries in Central America who will exhibit 72 proje...