Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In 1951, precisely twenty-five years after reading his “Regionalist Manifesto of 1926” for the first time, the sociologist Gilberto Freyre still deemed the effects of regionalist expression to be visible. This was particularly true in journals [...]

This is a statement by Chicano artist Malaquías Montoya. he emphasizes the need to develop a socially engaged artistic practice that can serve as a tool for education and social change. It underscores the degree to which art has been fundamental in [...]

In this text, the Mexican writer Julio Solórzano contextualizes a lecture that the Chicago mural painter and activist John Weber gave while in Mexico and includes a brief history of Latino murals in Chicago. Solarzano explains that the mural [...]

This text reports that the students at the Bellas Artes schools, both the Prilidiano Pueyrredón and the Manuel Belgrano (Buenos Aires, Argentina), were detained and accused of usurpation; they had been meeting to guarantee the continuance of the [...]

The text exposed the political situation unleashed during Nelson Rockefeller’s tour of Latin American countries, opposing both the people’s resistance and struggle for liberation. A list of participating artists is given [...]