Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In the framework of celebrations marking the first century of Uruguayan Independence (1930− 1931), the Comisión Nacional del Centenario favored an exhibition consisting of modern Argentinean artists from Buenos Aires [...]

Exhibition catalogue from the Exposición de Pintores Modernos [Modern Painters Exhibition]. It took place in the Amigos del Arte [Friends of the Arts] facilities (Buenos Aires, June, 1926) and showcases the roster of artists taking part— [...]

This essay by the Spanish writer Guillermo de Torre presents an interesting comparison between avant-garde literature and painting in Argentina. The writer describes the new painters with precise commentaries on the visual arts, as well as touching [...]

In this article, Atalaya points out that of all the artists represented in the Salón Florida, only the works by Héctor Basaldúa, Nora Borges, Del Prete, and Xul Solar are worth seeing. As such, he goes on to analyze the [...]

Invitation to the Exposición de Pintores Modernos [Modern Painters Exhibition], which took place at Amigos del Arte [Friends of Art] (Buenos Aires, June, 1926), and included the following artists: Emilio Pettoruti, Norah Borges, Xul Solar, and [...]

Alberto Prebisch notes that both poetic ambition and lyrical tendency offer “a clear differential outline” to literature and the contemporary art. To exemplify these features within the visual arts he analyzes a work by Norah Borges [...]

Alberto Prebisch reports on the exhibition held at “Friends of Art” comprised of works by Emilio Pettoruti, Xul Solar, Norah Borges, as well as two projects by the architects, Ernesto Vautier and Alberto Prebisch, representatives of the & [...]