Over the years, Europe has always been a second home for latin american artists and still nowadays great initiatives take place contributing to the growing interest for these artists. Here’s a selection of some of them in Paris :
ARTE-SUR.ORG
Arte-sur.org is the first european website, published in english and spanish about Contemporary art in Latin america. It has had a very sucessful launch in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe.
After travelling across South America, Albertine de Galbert founded arte-sur.org, that links artists, galleries, curators and recent exhibits.
It is an informative tool and is addressed to professionals of the art world, to collectors, but also to amateurs. Looking for information about an artist or an interesting exhibit during your travel ? Log in to arte-sur.org
CENTRE POMPIDOU
The Centre Pompidou, in Paris, has created a group ‘ America Latina’ to support the arts, exchange between collectors, curators etc travel to different biennales across Latin American and eventually purchase works of art in the Latin American Art field.
The museum already has a dynamic ‘center for research and globalisation’ focused on ongoing developments in the field of Latin American art.
Centre Pompidou
Place Georges Pompidou
75004 Paris
Museum and exhibit hours
11AM -9PM
Telephone : +33 (0)1 44 78 12 33
SAM Art Projects
SAM Art Projects, the acronym of Sandra and Amaury Mulliez, is a patron of the arts project that was created in April 2009, in Paris. It promotes and defends ‘emerging’ artists from Latin American and throughout the world. But also french artists seeking for a project in an ‘emerging’ country. Therefore it encourages artistic forms that stimulate plastic and visual contemporary creation between europe at large and the ‘emerging’ countries. Between North and South. SAM seeks to put in place a dialogue between, artists, collectors and the public at large. The project has therefore created two actions : a prize is attribued by a committee of reknown curators, museum directors and two residencies are attributed every year to the winning artist. There is also a production of an exhibit, a publication for each of these 3 laureates.
http://samartprojects.collectio.org/presentation/
BIENNALE
European fairs, biennales now look actively at Latin American art and within the last year it has been honored at major events such as the Istanbul biennale (curators from Brazil and Costa Rica), Lyon biennale (Argentinian curator Victoria Noorthoorn), Pinta London, Arco…
Biennale de Lyon « Une terrible beauté est née » was curated this year by Argentinian Victoria Noorthoorn and represented a large part of Latin American artists (such as Jorge Macchi, Laura Lima, Nicolas Paris, Arthur Bispo do Rosario etc)
http://www.labiennaledelyon.com/
Don’t miss the Art Paris Art Fair 2012 edition that will be held from March 29th until April 1st at the Grand Palais, in Paris ! The new committee will innovate this year and the fair intends to be the utmost ‘european rendez-vous’ open to the international scene. Artists from Latin America but also, Asia and Middle East will be put at honour in the fair this year.
ART PARIS ART FAIR
March 29th – April 1st 2012
GRAND PALAIS, AVENUE WINSTON CHURCHILL, 75008 PARIS
Hours
March 29th from 11h30 AM to 8 PM
March 30th from 11h30 AM to 10 PM
March 31st from 11h30 to 8 PM
April 1st from 11h30 to 7PM
Price: 20€
For students and groups (minimum of 10 people): 10€
Free, less than 10 years old
Catalogue available at fair : 20€
1 entrance + catalogue : 35 €
LA MAISON DE L’AMERIQUE LATINE
« He is a Don Quichotte who is not mad. He has sacred fire in the soul. » Bonaparte about Miranda, 1795
Francisco de Miranda (Caracas, 1750 – Prison de las Cuatro Torres, San Fernando, Espagne 1816), venezuelan and french military, citizen of the world.
« On the foot steps of Miranda (1750-1816) », is an exhibit on display at the ‘Maison de l’Amérique latine’ to honour the ‘precursor’ of Latin American emancipations. It is inscribed in the continuation of the celebrations of the ‘bicentenary of the Latin American independences, organized in 2010, in Latin America and France. It is presented in partnership with the Venezuelan embassy (Ambassador Jesus Arnaldo Perez). Curator : Claudia Navas-Courbon. Until April 28th 2012
The following exhibit has been organized in partnership with the exhibit « On the footsteps of Miranda. »
What ? « Voyage/Voyage, a Disorienting contemporary art » is a different travel and more modern exhibit not to miss at the ‘Maison de l’Amérique Latine’ in Paris.
Latin American artists showcased : Alberto Baraya (Colombia), Leyla Cardenas (Colombia), Ana Gallardo (Argentinia), Juan Fernando Herran (Colombia), Suwon Lee (Venezuela) Jorge Mendez Blake (Mexico), Fernando Prats (Chiil) and many other artists from various countries.
When ? February 9th to April 28 2012, Monday to Friday from 10 AM to 8 PM and saturdays from 2pm to 6pm. Free entrance.
Where ? Maison de l’Amérique latine
217 Bld Saint-Germain
75007 Paris
Contact ? Tel : 01 49 54 75 00 Fax : 01 45 49 06 33 Email : culturel@mal217.org
www.mal217.org
