Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This newspaper review describes certain aspects of the XIII Salón Oficial de Arte Venezolano. It notes that there was “an open, liberal eclecticism” with various mediums (painting, sculpture, and ceramics) shown side by side. This [...]

This short newspaper review about the prizegiving at the XIII Salón de Arte Venezolano (1952) names the winners (one of whom was the young Carlos Cruz-Diez), the members of the jury, and the dignitaries who presented the awards (the Venezuelan [...]

In his letter to the art critic Carlos Solari (alias “Don Quijote”), the painter José Sabogal expresses his appreciation for kind words about his work, but challenges two points made by Solari. The first concerns the impression that he is a [...]

Spanish collector José Luis Plaza affirms the importance of the engravings of Elisa Elvira Zuloaga, which were exhibited (along with some canvases on which she was still working) at the Sala Mendoza in Caracas. He discusses how Zuloaga pursues [...]

This essay by the critic Roberto Guevara was published in the catalogue for the exhibition organized by the TAGA (Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados, Caracas) and the AVAP (Asociación Venezolana de Artistas Plásticos) in September 1980 to honor [...]

Mara Comerlati reviews Prueba de artista, the exhibition that was presented at the Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados (TAGA), the Venezuelan artists’s workshop. The journalist interviews the artist Luisa Palacios, who reports that the [...]

A year after Elisa Elvira Zuloaga’s death, Juan Carlos Palenzuela takes a broad look at her contributions to Venezuelan culture, not just as an artist but as a promoter as well. In Palenzuela’s opinion, Zuloaga’s greatest contribution was to [...]