Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Colombian artist Gonzalo Ariza addresses three issues in this article. First, the fifth edition of the Salón Nacional de Artistas, which he describes as a “success” in terms of attendance, the participating artists, and the quality of the works [...]

In this article, artist and critic Jorge Moreno Clavijo contemplates the question of whether Colombian art is at its height or in a state of decline. To answer that question, he calls on artists Erwin Kraus, Gonzalo Ariza, Alipio Jaramillo, Luis [...]

This review, written by the Colombian artist and historian Luis Alberto Acuña, refers to an exhibition of works by Miguel Díaz Vargas at the Sociedad Colombiana de Ingenieros [Colombian Society of Engineers] in 1934. Acuña begins by praising the [...]

In this text, art critic Maximiliano (Max) Grillo discusses the importance and the history of the Escuela de Bellas Artes [Fine Arts School], an institution severely diminished due to indifference and neglect on the part of the government. Since both [...]

This is the text of the lecture given in October 1934 by the writer Jorge Zalamea at the Teatro Colón in Bogotá on the occasion of the exhibition of works by the painter Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo. The essay begins with a general discussion on the [...]

This obituary of Pedro Alcántara Quijano Montero was written by his friend and colleague at the Escuela de Bellas Artes of Bogotá, Miguel Díaz Vargas. The text highlights the romanticism, ornate style, and meticulousness of Alcántara Quijano [...]

In this article written in 1923, Roberto Pizano analyzes the specificities of a painting exhibition held at the Parque de la Independencia in Bogotá that brought together work by a large number of local artists. Pizano used the exhibition as an [...]

In this article, Colombian artist Francisco Antonio Cano discusses the new aspects of fellow Colombian Miguel Díaz Vargas’s most recent production, as well as his participation in a number of exhibitions in Spain. Cano also speaks of the [...]

It appears that this interview with Colombian artist Miguel Díaz Vargas by Colombian writer Paco Miró (pseudonym for Eduardo Amaya Rubio) took place during a visit to the artist’s studio. In relation to Díaz Vargas’s works, Miró, a journalist [...]