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[Letter] 1969 Junio 2, París [to] Francis de Lulle
1969Pol Bury’s letter states his decision to withdraw his participation from the 1969 São Paulo Biennial due to the fact that several Brazilian artists had informed him that another biennial, held in Bahia, was compelled to close and that paintings [...]ICAA Record ID: 774230 -
[Letter] 1972 Enero 10, Buenos Aires [to] Horacio I. Carballal
1972In this letter Alberto Heredia declines the prize awarded him by the jury of the Certamen Nacional de Investigaciones Visuales [The National Visual Arts Resarch Competition] (Buenos Aires, Argentina). He bases his rebuttal on the discrimination [...]ICAA Record ID: 772297 -
[Letter] 1961 Octubre 6, [Buenos Aires to Alberto Greco]
1961Pérez Celis wrote a letter to the author that the Alberto Greco exhibition was a direct hit that injured the sensibility of effeminate painters. Lastly, with the use of word play, he stresses that it was a "serious" exhibition contrary to the [...]ICAA Record ID: 766499 -
[Letter] 1961 octubre 12, Buenos Aires [to] Alberto Greco
1961Ignacio Pirovano wrote a brief letter to Alberto Greco on the impact his exhibition Las Monjas [The Nuns] had had on him; he considered the works to be an eerie testimony of the current era. Furthermore, Pirovano considered that with this exhibition [...]ICAA Record ID: 766486 -
[Letter] 1968 Junio 4, Buenos Aires [to] Graciela Carnevale
1968This letter of invitation to Rosario artist Graciela Carnevale from the French embassy’s office of Culture and Cooperation in Argentina, touched off a chain reaction from various vanguard artists, both from Buenos Aires and Rosario. They were [...]ICAA Record ID: 766335 -
[Letter] 1972 Septiembre 1, Buenos Aires [to] Graciela Carnevale
1972A general announcement in which Margarita Paksa issues an invitation to take part in the Tribute to Che Guevara, explaining that folders will be published, called La América del Che [The America of Che], containing the work of some forty artists. [...]ICAA Record ID: 765945 -
[Letter] 1973 Junio 14, Buenos Aires [to] Antonio Berni
1973This is a letter from Mr. Ramón Huidobro, the Chilean ambassador to Buenos Aires, , to Antonio Berni, the Argentine artist, to thank him for his donation of a work of art to the Museo de la Solidaridad. The letter was accompanied by a catalogue of [...]ICAA Record ID: 765648 -
[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 [...]ICAA Record ID: 762336 -
[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] 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] 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] 1962 Mayo 2, Roma [to] Guido [Di Tella]
1962Mario Pucciarelli, artist, winner of the 1960 Torcuato Di Tella Institute Prize, writes to Guido Di Tella, keeping him posted about his activities in Rome, in line with the prize’s previously stipulated regulations, highlighting the repercussions [...]ICAA Record ID: 760557 -
[Letter] 1961 Mayo 26, Roma [to] Guido Di Tella
1961Mario Pucciarelli, the winner of the 1960 Torcuato Di Tella Institute Prize, writes to Guido Di Tella, describing his artistic activities in Rome, according to the regulations of the prize. He keeps him posted about the exhibition, in progress al [...]ICAA Record ID: 760543 -
[Letter] 1968 Octubre 18, Rosario [to] Benito Romano Delegado Regional de la C.G.T. Regional Tucumán
1968This letter, signed by the regional secretary of the CGT (Confederación General del Trabajo) in Rosario and addressed to Tucumán’s CGT regional delegate, informs us about the existing tight bonds and mutual support between artists and labor-union [...]ICAA Record ID: 760144 -
[Letter] 1968 June 10, Buenos Aires [to] Harry E. Wilhelm
1968Enrique Oteiza informs the Ford Foundation that the Centro de Artes Visuales of the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Center of Visual Art of the Torcuato Di Tella Institute] regrets the episode that occurred with the authorities (both police and [...]ICAA Record ID: 759973 -
[Letter] 1968 Agosto 2, Buenos Aires [to] M. T. Marzana
1968This document is an internal report of the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Torcuato Di Tella Institute]. It informs M.T. Marzana, Guido Di Tella, T. Sozio and G. Clutterbuck that a message had been received on the judicial case concerning the closure [...]ICAA Record ID: 759960 -
[Letter] 1968 Mayo 23, Buenos Aires [to] Secretario de Redacción de La Prensa
1968This document is a letter written by Enrique Oteiza, director of the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, to the Editorial Secretary of the newspaper La Prensa [The Press Oteiza thanks the paper for the prompt reports on the police proceedings that [...]ICAA Record ID: 759932 -
[Letter] 1968 Mayo 23, Buenos Aires [to] Secretario de Redacción de La Nación
1968In his role as director of the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Torcuato Di Tella Institute], Enrique Oteiza thanks the editorial secretary of La Nación [The Nation] newspaper of Buenos Aires for the speed with which it reported the police proceeding [...]ICAA Record ID: 759918 -
[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 Marzo 5, Buenos Aires [to Jorge] Romero Brest
1965This document is a letter from Samuel Paz to Jorge Romero Brest, who was visiting New York at that time. It reports the latest news regarding the Centro de Artes Visuales del ITDT [Art Center at the Torcuato Di Tella Institute] linked to the [...]ICAA Record ID: 759773 -
[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] 1954 Diciembre 25, Cuesta Blanca, Icho Cruz, Córdoba [to] Líbero Badii
1954The Argentinean sculptor Antonio Sibellino writes to Libero Badii about his understanding of sculpture, regarding both formal and universal questions, in addition to sculpture’s problems within the realm of contemporary art [...]ICAA Record ID: 759730 -
[Letter, [19-?] París [to] Libero Badii
In the context of his stay in Europe, the Argentinean sculptor Aurelio Macchi writes to Libero Badii about his visit to the Musée de l'homme in Paris, underscoring a key aspect of "primitivist" art. He mentions the Argentinean sculptors Luis [...]ICAA Record ID: 759712 -
[Letter] 1962 Noviembre 13, París [to Libero] Badii
1962Ricardo Dagá writes Libero Badii about the artworks he saw in Paris and the Argentinean artists whom he met there. Dagá mentions a lecture by Luis Centurión talking about "sinister-ism." He also comments on other Argentinean artists in Paris, [...]ICAA Record ID: 759691 -
[Letter] 1946 Mayo 20, Quito [to] Libero Badii
1946Gertrudis Chale writes to Libero Badii about her stay in Quito, Ecuador, and the impact of Quito's landscapes, architecture, and painting on her. She mentions the Peruvian artist Julia Codesido [...]ICAA Record ID: 759676 -
[Letter] 1946 Abril 3, [Quito, Ecuador] [to] Libero Badii
1946Gertrudis Chale writes to Libero Badii about her stay in the Peruvian city of Arequipa. She mentions the Indianist Peruvian artists José Sabogal and Julia Codesido, commenting sensitively on the native and popular art, seminal concerns of her work [...]ICAA Record ID: 759659 -
[Letter] n.d, Buenos Aires, Argentina [to] Ataíto [Alejandro Gowland]
Federico Peralta-Ramos writes a letter to his friend Alejandro Gowland, nicknamed “Ataíto,” in which he mentions Ataíto’s way of being, with everyday traits, in order to affirm the relationship between life and art [...]ICAA Record ID: 759591 -
[Letter] 1968 [Octubre], Londres [to] León [Ferrari]
1968Leopoldo Maler writes in detail about the first performance of the London stage production of Listen Here Now. A New Concert for Four Voices and a Soft Drum. He discusses the difficulties concerning the various BBC announcers involved in the [...]ICAA Record ID: 758807 -
[Letter, 1968 marzo] Londres [to] León [Ferrari]
1968Leopoldo Maler writes about the London stage production of León Ferrari’s book Palabras ajenas [Other People’s Words]. Maler mentions the direction by Jim Haynes, and quotes Haynes on his opinions about the book and its perspective on the news [...]ICAA Record ID: 758788 -
[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] [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] 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] 1967 Junio 22, Amsterdam [to] Jorge Romero Brest
1967[This document is] is a letter sent by the Director of the Stedelijk Museum [City Museum] of Amsterdam, Dr. E. de Wilde to Jorge Romero Brest, in relation to the invitation extended to him to act as a jury member for the Premio Internacional Di Tella [...]ICAA Record ID: 758087 -
[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] 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 Junio 18, Castelar [to] Robert Perraud, Consejero Cultural de la Embajada de Francia
1968The first artist to condemn the modification to the rules of the 1968 Premio Braque (promoted by the French embassy in Argentina) was Margarita Paksa. She sent a letter to the organizers, dated June 18, in which she, besides resigning her [...]ICAA Record ID: 756318 -
[Letter] 1962 Mayo 15, Buenos Aires [to Mario] Pucciarelli
1962Guido De Tella responds to Mario Pucciarelli’s suggestions in regards to the new requirements for the Torcuato Di Tella Institute Prize, explaining that they will consider his advice about not making travel a condition of the prize. Nevertheless, [...]ICAA Record ID: 755852 -
[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 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 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 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 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 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] 1961 diciembre 18, Buenos Aires [to] Alicia Pérez Peñalba
1961Jorge Romero Brest writes to Alicia [Pérez] Penalba about an exhibition of her work that is scheduled for the Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Center for Visual Arts of the Torcuato Di Tella Institute], which coincides with [...]ICAA Record ID: 755767 -
[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 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] 1974 diciembre 28, Minturno [to] Libero Badii
1974Aldo Paparella writes to Libero Badii about the people who have visited him and mentions Argentinean sculptor Alberto Heredia. Paparella sends the normal end-of-year greetings [...]ICAA Record ID: 754878 -
[Letter, 1975 Enero 16, Minturno a] Libero [Badii]
1975Aldo Paparella writes to Libero Badii about a range of matters, including his concept of the comsumerist society, referencing Renaissance art. He makes a note of health matters [...]ICAA Record ID: 754765 -
[Letter] [1974 Noviembre 23, Minturno] [to] Libero [Badii]
1974Aldo Paparella writes to Libero Badii about the negative situation provoked by the social climate in Argentina. Art is a refuge for him, and he is in full agreement with Badii about reaching an absolute expression with a pencil and cardboard. He [...]ICAA Record ID: 754753 -
[Letter] 1974 Octubre 24, [Minturno] [to] Libero Badii
1974Aldo Paparella writes to Libero Badii saying that one can communicate deeply from absolute silence. Paparella questions himself about the artist’s role, concluding that he should not only make artwork, but also provide answers about what he is [...]ICAA Record ID: 754729