Latin American Studies Archive
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![“With the publication of a lavish monograph, ROBERTO BURLE MARX: Brazilian Modernist (Jewish Museum / Yale University, $50), the work of this great midcentury landscape architect, who invented the modernist tropical garden, […]](https://i0.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/TJM_662-BurleMarx_F152-Tablecloth.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Mid-century Brazilian visionary Robert Burle Marx: a gallery of images")
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Mid-century Brazilian visionary Robert Burle Marx: a gallery of images
Posted on June 5, 2016“With the publication of a lavish monograph, ROBERTO BURLE MARX: Brazilian Modernist (Jewish Museum / Yale University, $50), the work of this great midcentury landscape architect, who invented the modernist tropical garden, […] -
![David Ebony– The first Maya archeological site I ever visited was Uxmal, on an extended tour of the Yucatán in Mexico in the early 1980s. Exploring the sprawling ruins of […]](https://i0.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/12/97803001960231.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Material Transformations in Art of the Maya / Interview with Stephen Houston by David Ebony")
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Material Transformations in Art of the Maya / Interview with Stephen Houston by David Ebony
Posted on December 26, 2014David Ebony– The first Maya archeological site I ever visited was Uxmal, on an extended tour of the Yucatán in Mexico in the early 1980s. Exploring the sprawling ruins of […] -
![Today we’re very pleased to share some words from eminent scholar Edward J. Sullivan, author of, most recently, From San Juan to Paris and Back: Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art […]](https://i1.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/09/oller_crop.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Edward J. Sullivan on Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art")
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Edward J. Sullivan on Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art
Posted on October 21, 2014Today we’re very pleased to share some words from eminent scholar Edward J. Sullivan, author of, most recently, From San Juan to Paris and Back: Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art […] -
![A retrospective exhibition of the work of American artist Carl Andre (b.1935) has just opened at Dia:Beacon. If you can get there: do; we intend to. If you can’t, […]](https://i0.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/05/andre_crop.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Sculptor Poet: Carl Andre Retrospective Now On View At Dia:Beacon")
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Sculptor Poet: Carl Andre Retrospective Now On View At Dia:Beacon
Posted on May 19, 2014A retrospective exhibition of the work of American artist Carl Andre (b.1935) has just opened at Dia:Beacon. If you can get there: do; we intend to. If you can’t, […] -
![On June 14th, a much-anticipated exhibition will open at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper offers a complete look at Marisol’s career, reestablishing her […]](https://i1.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/04/marisol_crop.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Re-establishing Marisol: An interview with curator Marina Pacini")
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Re-establishing Marisol: An interview with curator Marina Pacini
Posted on April 15, 2014On June 14th, a much-anticipated exhibition will open at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper offers a complete look at Marisol’s career, reestablishing her […] -
![As Gego exhibitions sweep across Europe this spring, (currently at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Paris, and coming soon to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kunstmuseum in Stuttgart, Henry Moore Institute […]](https://i0.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/02/gego_crop.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Gego’s Reticulárea: Transcending Space and Time")
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Gego’s Reticulárea: Transcending Space and Time
Posted on February 17, 2014As Gego exhibitions sweep across Europe this spring, (currently at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Paris, and coming soon to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kunstmuseum in Stuttgart, Henry Moore Institute […] -
![Back in November, we gave our readers the chance to win a copy of our handsome new publication Lina Bo Bardi by Zeuler Lima by describing their dream Bardi bowl chair […]](https://i0.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/01/bardi_chair_feat.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Dream Lina Bo Bardi Bowl Chair Contest Winners")
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Dream Lina Bo Bardi Bowl Chair Contest Winners
Posted on January 16, 2014Back in November, we gave our readers the chance to win a copy of our handsome new publication Lina Bo Bardi by Zeuler Lima by describing their dream Bardi bowl chair […] -
![In March, we will publish a groundbreaking new book about Maya animism and how their belief system informed their choices in and uses of artistic materials. Renowned Mayanist scholar Stephen […]](https://i0.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/12/maya_crop.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Sneak Peek from Stephen Houston, The Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of Permanence")
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Sneak Peek from Stephen Houston, The Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of Permanence
Posted on January 8, 2014In March, we will publish a groundbreaking new book about Maya animism and how their belief system informed their choices in and uses of artistic materials. Renowned Mayanist scholar Stephen […] -
![The current Museum of Fine Arts, Houston exhibition, Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona, focuses on the Argentinian artist Antonio Berni (1905–1981) and specifically on the assemblages to which he devoted […]](https://i1.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/12/berni_crop.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Antonio Berni’s Fictional Portraits: An Adapted Excerpt from the Exhibition Catalogue")
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Antonio Berni’s Fictional Portraits: An Adapted Excerpt from the Exhibition Catalogue
Posted on January 1, 2014The current Museum of Fine Arts, Houston exhibition, Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona, focuses on the Argentinian artist Antonio Berni (1905–1981) and specifically on the assemblages to which he devoted […] -
![Published earlier this year, Tatiana Flores’s groundbreaking new book Mexico’s Revolutionary Avant-Gardes: From Estridentismo to ¡30-30! offers an insightful narrative about the early-20th-century movement that came to be known […]](https://i1.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/10/9780300184488mexicanavantgarde1.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Mexico’s Revolutionary Avant-Gardes: An Interview with Tatiana Flores")
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Mexico’s Revolutionary Avant-Gardes: An Interview with Tatiana Flores
Posted on October 25, 2013Published earlier this year, Tatiana Flores’s groundbreaking new book Mexico’s Revolutionary Avant-Gardes: From Estridentismo to ¡30-30! offers an insightful narrative about the early-20th-century movement that came to be known […]