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¿Por qué preferir una mujer a otra?
1966This article is a review of the Premio Torcuato Di Tella 1966 [The Torcuato Di Tella Prize of 1966]; it describes the panorama and points out that on this occasion the Pop artists have rediscovered the attitude of creation; within it the personal is [...]ICAA Record ID: 759838 -
“Tucumán Arde”- Arg. Respuesta a un cuestionario : para Escuela de Letras, Universidad de La Habana
1973León Ferrari writes a detailed evaluation of Tucumán Arde [Tucumán is Burning], framing it within the previous events (Itinerario del ’68) [Timetable for 1968]. In it he points out that “its purpose was to make art into a revolutionary tool, [...]ICAA Record ID: 761415 -
[A principio de mes para el Di Tella...]
1965León Ferrari sketches his idea for the Christ mounted on a fighter jet for the piece he submitted to the Torcuato Di Tella Institute’s 1965 National and International Prize. This work would be known as Civilización Occidental y Cristiana [Western [...]ICAA Record ID: 743800 -
[Con "Experiencias 1968" y...]
1968Jorge Romero Brest points out that in the Experiencias 1968 [1968 Practices], young artists tried to raise the problem of creation in terms that were almost extreme, presenting crucial situations that depart from traditional “artwork” only by a [...]ICAA Record ID: 759903 -
[Del 10 de julio al 12 de agosto de 1962, se realizó en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes la exposición...]
1962This resource contains the discussion between the members of the jury for the Premio Nacional e Internacional Torcuato Di Tella [National and International Prize Torcuato Di Tella] 1962. After long deliberations, this jury—consisting of Giulio [...]ICAA Record ID: 755710 -
[Después del Di Tella...]
1966León Ferrari notes that he has not produced any other works since the Torcuato Di Tella Institute’s 1965 National and International Prize. Ferrari explains that he has been busy working on his book, Palabras ajenas [Other People’s Words], which [...]ICAA Record ID: 743801 -
[El único rasgo singular del Premio Di Tella 1966...]
196-Lawrence Oliver expresses his opinion here on Jorge Romero Brest’s methods at the Premio Torcuato Di Tella [Torcuato Di Tella Prize], specifically in terms of the support provided to the most talented artists that enabled them to present works they [...]ICAA Record ID: 757760 -
[Empiezo a trabajar para el Di Tella...]
1965León Ferrari prepares a sketch to send to theTorcuato Di Tella Institute’s 1965 National and International Prize [...]ICAA Record ID: 743799 -
[En Buenos Aires a los seis dias...]
1964The members of the jury assigned to participate in the 1964 Instituto Torcuato Di Tella Prize, Jorge Romero Brest, Clement Greenberg, and Pierre Restany have decided to grant the International Prize to Kenneth Noland, and also recommended the [...]ICAA Record ID: 762255 -
[En Buenos Aires a los veintinueve días del mes...]
1966The jury for the 1966 Premio Internacional Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Instituto Torcuato Di Tella International Prize], composed of Lawrence Alloway, Otto Hahn and Jorge Romero Brest, awarded the first prize to Susana Salgado, second prize to [...]ICAA Record ID: 757030 -
[En Buenos Aires a los veintiseis días...]
1965The jury for the Premio Internacional Instituto Torcuato Di Tella 1965 [1965 Instituto Torcuato Di Tella International Prize], which consisted of Giulio Carlo Argan, Alan Bowness, and Jorge Romero Brest, voted to purchase Cuatro Habitaciones [Four [...]ICAA Record ID: 758318 -
[En Buenos Aires, a los cuatro días...]
1960The jurors designated to act on the Argentinean Painters Prize of the Torcuato Di Tella Institute, Jorge Romero-Brest and Lionello Venturi, unanimously decide to grant the prize to Mario Pucciarelli for his work De profundis [Out of the Depths of [...]ICAA Record ID: 755066 -
[En memoria de quien fuera esforzado coleccionista...]
1960In his double function as director of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes [National Museum of Fine Arts] and art consultant of the Fundación Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Jorge Romero-Brest wrote the prologue for the Argentinean Painters Prize [...]ICAA Record ID: 755039 -
[Estaba pensando en la convivencia de que alguien destacara acerca de la pintura de Macció...]
1964Jorge Romero Brest writes that the jury he was a member of awarded Rómulo Macció the International Prize from the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (1964), in which he distinguished himself from among the works of foreign artists. By the way and in overt [...]ICAA Record ID: 768860 -
[Letter, 1967] lunes 22, París [to, Jorge] Romero Brest
1967Samuel Paz wrote this letter to Jorge Romero Brest while the former was in Paris. It refers to the details of the negotiations with different galleries to secure the works for the Premio Torcuato Di Tella 1967 [1967 Torcuato Di Tella Prize]. Paz [...]ICAA Record ID: 759855 -
[Letter] [1965 abril?, Roma to] León Ferrari
1965Rafael Alberti, the poet, mentions León Ferrari’s Vietnam War pieces, and savors the irony of a possible exhibition of those political works at the Torcuato Di Tella Institute. He tells Ferrari how an artist should react, at a political level, vis [...]ICAA Record ID: 743697 -
[Letter] [1967] domingo 14, Nueva York [to Jorge Romero Brest]
1967This is a letter Samuel Paz wrote in New York to Jorge Romero Brest, in which he provides the details regarding the negotiations with different galleries undertaken to obtain works that would participate in the Premio Torcuato Di Tella 1967. [The [...]ICAA Record ID: 758132 -
[Letter] [1970?] Buenos Aires [to] Dr. Roberto Cortés Conde
1970This study signed by Juan Carlos Distéfano,Francisco Kröpfl, Fernando von Reichenbach and Humberto Rivas sets forth objectives and a structural schematic. It likewise makes projections on budgets as well as the infrastructure necessary for the [...]ICAA Record ID: 762021 -
[Letter] 1962 Abril 12, Buenos Aires [to] Enio Iommi
1962Jorge Romero Brest writes to Enio Iommi inviting him to participate in the Torcuato Di Tella Institute Prize (1962 edition), enclosing the rules. In addition, he informs him that he will be able to apply for the National Prize (and eventually for the [...]ICAA Record ID: 755780 -
[Letter] 1962 Abril 2, Montrouge [France] [to] Jorge Romero Brest
1962After receiving a telegram about the exhibition in the Torcuato Di Tella Institute, Alicia Penalba communicates her agreement to the terms therein to Jorge Romero Brest, although she believes that precautions must be taken due to the political [...]ICAA Record ID: 755754 -
[Letter] 1962 abril 24, Valparaíso [to] Jorge Romero Brest
1962After being invited to participate in the Torcuato Di Tella National Prize (Buenos Aires), the artist Claudio Girola sends this letter from Chile to Jorge Romero Brest thanking him for his inclusion but declining the invitation for personal reasons [...]ICAA Record ID: 755804 -
[Letter] 1962 Abril 9, Buenos Aires [to] Jorge Romero Brest
1962Argentinean art critic Rafael Squirru, then general director of cultural relations at the Foireign Office of Argentina responds to the survey sent by Jorge Romero Brest regarding both the means for and the actual selection of the artists for the 1962 [...]ICAA Record ID: 755828 -
[Letter] 1962 Marzo 27, Buenos Aires [to] Rafael Squirru
1962Jorge Romero Brest writes to art critic Rafael Squirru, then general director of cultural relations at the Foreign Office of Argentina informing him about the new format for the Torcuato Di Tella Institute Prize. This will include works by national [...]ICAA Record ID: 755840 -
[Letter] 1962 Marzo 31, Buenos Aires [to] Jorge Romero Brest
1962The Argentinean art critic Cayetano Córdova Iturburu responds to the survey sent by Jorge Romero Brest in regards to both to the means for and the actual selection of the artists for the 1962 Torcuato Di Tella Institute Prize. The critic proposes to [...]ICAA Record ID: 755816 -
[Letter] 1962 Mayo 10, Buenos Aires [to] Enrique Oteiza
1962After receiving the invitation to participate in the Torcuato Di Tella Institute Prize (Buenos Aires), Enio Iommi sends this letter to Enrique Oteiza telling him his personal reasons why he will not able to participate. According to his ethical [...]ICAA Record ID: 755793 -
[Letter] 1962 Mayo 7, Montrouge, France [to] Guido Di Tella
1962Alicia Penalba writes that, despite being honored by the invitation, she must decline to participate due to several problems: the art collector who was going to lend works for the exhibiton urgently needs to install them in his garden and the other [...]ICAA Record ID: 755741 -
[Letter] 1964 septiembre 16, Buenos Aires [to] Samuel Paz
1964The letter sent by artist Nicolás Rubió to Samuel Paz expresses his dissatisfaction due to the impossibility of carrying out Operación corpiño [The Bra Operation], an action that consisted of depositing a collection of bras and panties at the [...]ICAA Record ID: 762336 -
[Letter] 1965 Agosto 17, Anticoli Corrado, [Italia] [to] León Ferrari
1965Rafael Alberti comments on León Ferrari’s work, on photographs he sent him regarding the Vietnam War. He transcribes his poem “Vietnam.” Ironic comments about León Ferrari’s political work’s possible exhibition at Instituto Torcuato Di [...]ICAA Record ID: 749312 -
[Letter] 1965 Febrero 26, Buenos Aires [to Jorge] Romero Brest
1961This document is a letter from Samuel Paz to Jorge Romero Brest, who was visiting the United States at that time. It reports the steps taken to attain the participation of artists Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, Pol Bury and Mark Brusse for the Premio [...]ICAA Record ID: 759756 -
[Letter] 1965 Octubre 30, Anticoli Corrado, [Italia to] León [Ferrari]
1965Rafael Alberti discusses the controversy that erupted over León Ferrari’s exhibition at theTorcuato Di Tella Institute in response to critical reviews regarding the political nature of the works involved. The poet goes on to talk about Anticolo [...]ICAA Record ID: 743711 -
[Letter] 1965 septiembre 21, Buenos Aires [to] Director de La Prensa
1965This letter by León Ferrari responds to the concepts raised by Ernesto Ramallo in the article “Los artistas argentinos en el Premio Di Tella 1965” [The Argentinean Artists in the Premio Di Tella 1965] published in the newspaper La Prensa [The [...]ICAA Record ID: 761879 -
[Letter] 1965 Septiembre 30, Buenos Aires [to] amigos y artistas
1965León Ferrari’s letter states that, after he exhibited some works whose content condemned the United States intervention in Vietnam, the newspaper La Prensa [The Press] accused him of being “communist.” Consequently he wrote his response that [...]ICAA Record ID: 761897 -
[Letter] 1967 Abril 14, Amsterdam [to] Samuel Paz
1967In this correspondence, E. de Wilde reports on his arrival in Buenos Aires, having departed from São Paulo (Brazil); it also offers some information regarding the reservation of passages for him and his wife [...]ICAA Record ID: 758071 -
[Letter] 1967 diciembre 26, Castelar [to] Raúl Escari
1967León Ferrari discusses certain aspects of the press coverage of his book, Palabras ajenas [Other People’s Words]. He writes about the artistic milieu and the controversy stirred up by artists in response to the Torcuato Di Tella Institute’s [...]ICAA Record ID: 748812 -
[Letter] 1967 Junio 12, Buenos Aires [to] E. de Wilde
1967This is a letter sent by Jorge Romero Brest to E. de Wilde, Director of the Stedelijk Museum [City Museum] of Amsterdam in which he explains that, although he regrets their disagreement, the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella does not disclose beforehand [...]ICAA Record ID: 758116 -
[Letter] 1968 Abril 25, Buenos Aires [to] Alfredo Rodríguez Arias
1968This letter, addressed to Alfredo Rodríguez Arias, invites him to participate in Experiencias 1968 [The 1968 Practices]. It states that 60,000 Argentinean pesos would be provided to realize the experience. It likewise stipulates that letters [...]ICAA Record ID: 758568 -
[Letter] 1968 Mayo 13, Buenos Aires [to] Jorge Romero Brest
1968Pablo Suarez’s letter is defined as a work of art. It is, at the same time, a quit of his participation in the exhibition, which he handed out to the attending public at the Experiencias 1968 [The 1968 Visual Practices]. The author starts by [...]ICAA Record ID: 756351 -
[Letter] 1968 Mayo 25, Castelar [to] Leopoldo Maler
1968León Ferrari writes to Leopoldo Maler about the London stage production of Palabras ajenas [Other People’s Words]. He discusses the polyphonic work involving the various texts in the book, and talks about the economic situation and the student [...]ICAA Record ID: 749150 -
[Letter] 1968 mayo 31, Buenos Aires [to] Oscar Camilión
1968This document is a letter written by Enrique Oteiza, in his function as director of the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Torcuato Di Tella Institute], to the Editor–in-Chief of the newspaper Clarín [Bugle], Oscar Camilión. In it he expresses his [...]ICAA Record ID: 759946 -
[Letter] 1968 Octubre 7, Castelar, Argentina [to] Leopoldo [Maler]
1968León Ferrari writes to Leopoldo Maler about the London stage production of his book, Palabras ajenas [Other People’s Words]. He agrees to the new title of the English version, Listen Here Now, while proposing that it include the word “Vietnam [...]ICAA Record ID: 749162 -
[Letter] 1970 Junio 1, Buenos Aires [to] Samuel Paz
1970This document is a letter written by Roberto Cortés Conde, who succeeded engineer Enrique Oteiza as Director of the Instituto Torcuato di Tella [Torcuato Di Tella Institute]. (Buenos Aires); it is addressed to Samuel Paz and, in accordance with the [...]ICAA Record ID: 762037 -
[Participé en el premio Braque de dibujo...]
1965León Ferrari outlines his involvement in the Braque Drawing Prize and develops several sketches to be sent to the Torcuato Di Tella Institute’s 1965 National and International Prize [...]ICAA Record ID: 743798 -
A la opinión pública del “Instituto Torcuato Di Tella”
1968This pamphlet critiques the Instituto Torcuato di Tellas’s “Experiencias 68” [1968 Practices] in an ironic tone. The text substitutes the name “Experiencias Visuales” [Visual Practices] for “Sexual Practices” and mocks all of the works [...]ICAA Record ID: 758971 -
A proposito de la Menesunda
1965This text introduces the conferences organized by Eduardo González Lanuza at Galería PROAR. His intention is not to speak from an aesthetic point of view on La Menesunda [Hodgepodge] but rather of Jorge Romero Brest’s conference held on June 11 [...]ICAA Record ID: 760004 -
A todo el personal del Instituto Torcuato Di Tella
1968In his function as the Secretary General of the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Torcuato Di Tella Institute], Mario T. Marzana, communicates to the aforementioned institution’s personnel the proceedings that led to the closure of Roberto Plate’s [...]ICAA Record ID: 759887 -
Algo acerca de “La Menesunda”
1965Within the framework of the dizzying changes taking place in the everyday life of Argentineans at that time, the article reports on the reaction provoked by La Menesunda [Hodgepodge]. After describing some of the viewers’ opinions, it mentions the [...]ICAA Record ID: 762128 -
Argentine subversive art : the vanguard of the Avant-Garde
1970This United States academic journal disseminates the translation of the Cronología [Chronology] prepared by the artists reporting on the events that occurred throughout 1968, as well as other documents of their timetable, although with modified [...]ICAA Record ID: 761589 -
Arte Nuevo de la Argentina = New Art of Argentina
1964This is from the catalogue of the Nuevo Arte de la Argentina [New Art of Argentina] exhibition (Buenos Aires: Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, February 18 through March 8, 1964). The document explains that the goal of the exhibition was to present, in [...]ICAA Record ID: 753895 -
Arte y política
1968This prescient op-ed takes the events at the 1968 Braque Prize (sponsored by the French embassy in Argentina) as a starting point and uses them to arrive at the conclusion that the finest artwork was the “uproar” that occurred due to the [...]ICAA Record ID: 766289 -
Artes plásticas : dos pintores del concurso Di Tella
1963Hugo Parpagnoli recounts the public controversy provoked by the Premio Di Tella awarded to the works of Luis Felipe Noé and Rómulo Macció, both members of the group Otra Figuración [Other Figuration]. Parpagnoli reflects that these works were [...]ICAA Record ID: 792447