Helen Stoilas from The Art Newspaper writes about Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara being named one of the top 100 influential people of 2021 by Time magazine. Click HERE to read more about it! PHOTO: Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
Over at Miami New Times, Cristina Jerome writes about the rise of Venezuelan entertainer Lele Pons as a singer. Her second and catchy single “Celoso” is rising! Check HERE for more info and the music video to her single! Photo: Lele Pons Instagram Posted by: Yenesis Alvarez
Over at Remezcla, Manuel Betancourt writes about Mexican-American icons Estevan Oriol & Mister Cartoon setting the legacy for Chicano art as we know it today! To learn more about them & their contribution as we see in new Netflix documentary LA Originals, click HERE. PHOTO: Netflix
Ivette Sotomayor hosts arte palabra, a look at arts and letters in the 305 (and elsewhere) – this week she chats with John Brañas about his bold abstract work.
Google Arts & Culture shows Afro-Latinx activists, educators, writers, musicians, athletes, writers, and artists represented at the National Portrait Gallery. Click HERE to learn more. PHOTO: Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
Over at LatinAmerican Post, Diana Rojas Leal writes about the first Mexican muralist: Aurora Reyes. A friend of Frida Kahlo, Reyes was ahead of the game, promoting for education, gender equity, and social activism. Click HERE to read more. Photo: Justin B instagram, taken in Centrum Kultury ZAMEK w Poznaniu Posted by: Yenesis Alvarez
If you have not seen Tony Mendoza’s Art: Quarantine Edition AND in South Florida style, you need to get to it right now! To check it all out, click HERE. PHOTO: Tony Mendoza
Our friends at Heineken and Remezcla.com are putting on a great happening for Art Basel – you can catch details here daily until the launch and then for a bit after as well 🙂 There’s a Mural Project, Bikes for a Bike tour and some of our fave artists in the world – both from […]
Valentina Di Liscia from hyperallergic.com writes about Cuban artist Tania Bruguera agreeing to leave Cuba in exchange for the release of 25 political prisoners. Click HERE for all of the details! PHOTO: Tania Bruguera’s Facebook
Over at Remezcla, Christina Noriega writes about the intentional uplifting of Latin art and artists throughout mega cities like Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, etc. Click HERE to learn more. Photo: Art by Alan López for Remezcla Posted by: Yenesis Alvarez