Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This is a report on the founding of the new AAP (Asociación de Artistas Plásticos) del Uruguay, the association of artists who were involved in and supported the government’s Primer Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes (1937). The disagreement over [...]

This essay is a chapter from the book by Eduardo Dieste, Teseo, discusión estética y ejemplos, published in 1925. Many of the chapters were articles that were published since 1923 in the magazine produced by Teseo (Agrupación de Artistas y [...]

While art critic Jorge Romero Brest’s influence was international in scope, it was particularly great in Latin America and the Río de la Plata region. His regional prestige as a lecturer was also considerable and, in 1940, he was invited to give a [...]