Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The text, “Arte Suramericano” [South American Art], by Jean Emar, is one of his “Notas de arte” [Art Notes] written in the daily newspaper, La Nación between 1923 and 1925. In this text, Emar, in his capacity as an art [...]

Joaquín Torres García expresses his support for geometric thinking (“which should dominate our art and our life”) based largely on the pre-Hispanic tradition in the Americas. He thus contradicts those who called for a [...]

This article published in the Boletín de Artes Visuales summarized the exhibition Exposición de arte suramericano de hoy that was presented in the United States by José Gómez Sicre at the Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas (Texas [...]

Manoel Bomfim begins his introduction to O Brasil na América: Caracterização da Formação Brasileira, which he wrote in 1925 and published in 1929, by identifying himself, once and for all, as a Latin American; however, he questions the beliefs [...]

In this long article, José Vasconcelos explains his theory of nationalism, patriotism, and Americanism. In sum, he outlines the law of the three stages, taking only its name from Auguste Comte. The first stage is the “materialist period” in [...]