Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this April 15, 1927 issue of Revista de avance, the “Guidelines” section includes four short articles. The first addresses the criticisms received by the journal regarding what was deemed to be a “silence about immediate political issues [...]

In this May 15, 1927 issue of Revista de avance, the “Guidelines” section includes four brief articles. The first is a commentary on the political and intellectual development that took place during the years after the foundation of the [...]

In this May 30, 1927 issue of Revista de avance, the “Guidelines” section includes four brief articles. In the first, the editors come out in favor of “art theater” that could be developed by taking inspiration from and [...]

In this June 15, 1927 issue of Revista de avance, the “Guidelines” section includes five brief articles. The first is a response to an article published by Regino E. Boti (1878–1958) in the journal Orto about “1927.” The [...]

In this August 30, 1927 issue of Revista de avance, the “Guidelines” section includes three brief articles. The first informs the readers of the reaction of some Latin American intellectuals to the detention of two of the journal editors, José Z [...]

In this essay, the Cuban writer Juan Marinello discusses what he calls “the problem of the intellectual.” His subject is the dilemma of an ethical commitment to being a critic and the requirement of work to obtain necessities of subsistence. To [...]

In "El momento," Juan Marinello announces the existence of a new avant-garde movement in Cuban literature and the arts. Marinello prophesizes a coming “battle” between the new Cuban intellectual scene and the outmoded literary establishment who, [...]

The speech by the Cuban poet and essayist Juan Marinello records his position on Cuban vernacular art at a breakthrough moment in the consolidation of the island’s avant-garde. Marinello raises concerns over the country’s environment, which he [...]