Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The Colombian critic Germán Rubiano Caballero ponders the theme of “re-creations” in the work produced by Beatriz González. In chronological order, he sets forth a detailed list of her main works, with special emphasis on those that take their [...]

In his curatorial text for the catalogue Lorenzo Jaramillo published on the occasion of the retrospective of that artist’s work held at the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango in Bogotá, Colombian art historian Germán Rubiano Caballero describes the [...]

From his perspective as a historian and critic, Germán Rubiano Caballero voices his opposition to the remarks in the press regarding the XIX edition of the Salón Nacional de Artistas held in 1967. In the article entitled “Crítica destructiva [...]

In this article, Germán Rubiano Caballero discusses his impressions of the paintings and drawings included in the first solo exhibition of works by Sonia Gutiérrez, who was at the time in her final semester on the art faculty at the Universidad [...]

This essay by Germán Rubiano Caballero was the introductory text in the catalogue for the retrospective exhibition of work by Enrique Grau that was presented in 1983 at the Colombian-American Center in Bogotá. Rubiano Caballero begins by mentioning [...]

This chapter of the encyclopedia Historia del arte colombiano [History of Colombian Art] written by Germán Rubiano is divided into three parts. In the first part, Rubiano discusses the art that is referred to in the chapter and that he considers to [...]

This article by critic and curator Germán Rubiano was published in the obituary section of the September 1988 issue of the magazine Arte en Colombia. In it, Rubiano bemoans the death of Álvaro Herazo at the age of forty-six on Tuesday, May 24 of [...]

In this text, historian and critic Germán Rubiano Caballero provides an overview of Colombian art from the twenties through the eighties. He analyzes each decade on the basis of two key criteria: how the modern is constructed and the tension between [...]

In the article “I Bienal de Bogotá ¿Corriente de aire fresco?” [1st Bogotá Biennial: A Breath of Fresh Air?] the historian and art critic Germán Rubiano discusses the exhibition presented at the Museo de Arte Moderno [Museum of Modern Art] in [...]

Published in Historia del arte colombiano [History of Colombian Art] (Bogotá: Editorial Salvat, 1975), “Aproximación a la crítica del arte en Colombia” [An Approach to Art Criticism in Colombia] by art historian Germán Rubiano Caballero is [...]

The art historian Germán Rubiano Caballero wrote this essay in 1971, on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of works by Andrés de Santa María at the Museo de Arte Moderno [Museum of Modern Art] in Bogotá. This exhibition included for the [...]

In this article, critic Germán Rubiano Caballero introduces a group of Colombian artists born in the first half of the twentieth century. To place these artists in the international context of Western art history, Rubiano Caballero associates them [...]

In “América Latina: Arte e Identidad,” Germán Rubiano formulates a criticism of the exhibition The Spirit of Latin America held at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 1989. He questions a reading of Latin America that, in his view, [...]

Historian and art critic Germán Rubiano provides an overview of the XXXIII Salón Nacional de Artistas held in Bogotá in 1990. In his presentation of the event, he emphasizes the work of the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura (Colcultura), the [...]

In this article, art historian Germán Rubiano provides a retrospective vision of the contributions that Argentine art critic Marta Traba—who died tragically in the outskirts of Madrid in 1983—made to the Colombian art scene. In his text, Rubiano [...]

This article expresses the official point of view on the controversy that was sparked by the decision to award no prizes at the XXIII Salón de Artistas Nacionales [XXIII National Artists’ Salon] (1972). The article is written by Germán Rubiano, [...]