Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this letter, Joaquín Torres-García declares his intention to promote contemporary Uruguayan art to European audiences. The objective is to create a program designed to provide scholarships or grants from the Uruguayan government for [...]

This letter from Joaquín Torres García to his Uruguayan compatriot, the renowned writer José Enrique Rodó, suggests that both men agreed on the need to encourage the emerging art in their country by exposing young Uruguayan artists to what was [...]

Visual artists who were members of the AIAPE produced a list of their demands that reflect the aspirations they had expressed some years earlier. These include a demand that juries selected to judge art competitions should include artists, an [...]

In this essay, Puerto Rican artist Myrna Báez explains why she needs the prestigious Guggenheim Scholarship. Without it, Báez states, she would not be able to concentrate fully on her artwork since her teaching obligations take up most of her time [...]

This is a draft of the text in which Puerto Rican artist Myrna Báez explains why she would like to be considered for the prestigious Guggenheim Scholarship. Báez states that she has not been able to dedicate herself fully to her painting and [...]

Luis Quero Chiesa, an educator born in Puerto Rico, believes that his fellow countrymen are responsible for creating the foundation for their own national art: a simple yet vigorous art that explores serious, profound issues and that “awakens in [...]