Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This article about the Museo del Hospital Psiquiátrico Víctor Larco Herrera [Museum of the Victor Larco Herrera Psychiatric Hospital] (in Peru’s capital city) was written by Ernesto More, under the pseudonym “Jerome,” as part of a series on [...]

Journalist Julio Scherer conducted an interview with David Alfaro Siqueiros in which their conversation covered the technique the artist applied and the subject matter he explored in the Centro Médico Nacional mural: cancer. Scherer asked why he had [...]

David Alfaro Siqueiros’ painting at the recently constructed “Hospital de La Raza” [“Hospital of the People”] grabbed the attention of the public and art specialists. The novelty of the topic and the physical characteristics of the [...]

The Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) [Mexican Institute of Social Security] was created at the beginning of the hospital construction project; it was a decentralized entity with legal status located in the nation’s capital. Although [...]

In 1944, the architect José Villagrán García, Supervisor of Hospital Projects and Construction at the Secretaría de Salubridad y Asistencia [Ministry of Health and Medical Care], declared that hospital buildings were architectural works and [...]

This document stands out from other articles published about the implementation of a hospital construction project because the writer places his view of the project in an international context. Based on an opinion issued by the Royal Institute of [...]