The Latin American Forum, Fall 2017

The Latin American Forum, Fall 2017

Friday, November 17

Poster Design: ISLAA

RIDE or DIE – Miguel Luciano in conversation with Elizabeth Ferrer

The talk between Miguel Luciano and Elizabeth Ferrer will introduce recently commissioned projects that question the complicated relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, at the centennial mark of U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans (1917-2017). Luciano’s work acts as a powerful commentary on the current economic and political crisis in Puerto Rico and examines its impact on the diaspora.

Monday, October 9

Poster Design: ISLAA

A Conversation with Cecilia Vicuña and Professor Edward J. Sullivan

Artist, poet, activist and philosopher, Cecilia Vicuña (born in Chile, a long-time resident of New York) has been noted for many decades for her work in a wide variety of media and venues. Her political activism, her artistic innovation and her stimulating and original approach to problems of visuality and the expresssion of collective emotion are at the heart of her art.

We are immensely pleased to have Cecilia as the first Artist in this Fall’s series of the Latin American Forum events. She will discuss her work in the context of a conversation with Edward J. Sullivan, Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Art History and Deputy Director of the Institute of Fine Arts.

 

Monday, September 25

José Leonilson: Autobiography of a Brazilian Artist

Image: José Leonilson Bezerra Dias, Empty Man, 1991, Thread on embroidered linen, 20 7/8 x 14 9/16 in (53 x 37 cm). Família Bezerra Dias/Projeto Leonilson. © Projeto Leonilson

The Americas Society presents an academic symposium at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts to celebrate the upcoming exhibition José Leonilson: Empty Man and the international launch of the three volume Leonilson catalogue raisonné, recently completed by the artist’s estate, the São Paulo-based Projeto Leonilson.

Speakers:

Cecilia Brunson, independent curator; Gabriela Rangel, Director and Chief Curator, Visual Arts

Americas Society; Susanna V. Temkin, Assistant Curator, Visual Arts, Americas Society

Yuji Kawasima, PhD. Candidate Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Ana Lenice Dias, President, Projeto Leonilson

Jenni Sorkin, University of California, Santa Barbara

Edward Sullivan, New York University

LATIN AMERICAN FORUM

Recurrent short talks, panel discussions and back-to-back conversations featuring the work of emerging and established artists and scholars 

ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART

Annual two-day symposium presenting state of the art talks from emerging and established artists and scholars in the United States and Latin America

DUKE HOUSE EXHIBITION SERIES

The Duke House Exhibition Series brings contemporary art to the walls of the Institute’s landmarked James B. Duke House. (Website in Construction).

SOUTH AND ABOUT!

Informal series of workshops showcasing in-progress research projects and peer-to-peer feedback amongst emerging scholars in New York City and surrounding areas

HUBER COLLOQUIUM ON IBEROAMERICAN ART

Series of lectures bringing scholars to explore subjects relating to the arts and material cultures of Spain and Spanish/Portugese-speaking Latin America

EVENTS CALENDAR

Photo Credits: María Magdalena Campos Pons, Bin Bin Lady, The Papaya, 2005. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco