Feed MRSS-S moma_museo_arte_moderno_nueva_york_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-03-21/guggenheim-bilbao-showcases-ruth-asawa-the-artist-who-turned-the-barbed-wire-of-her-concentration-camp-into-art.html Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-03-21/guggenheim-bilbao-showcases-ruth-asawa-the-artist-who-turned-the-barbed-wire-of-her-concentration-camp-into-art.html Rodrigo Naredo Núñez The Spanish museum hosts the first European retrospective of the Japanese-American creative, on the 100th anniversary of her birth and after the show’s stay at the MoMA The Spanish museum hosts the first European retrospective of the Japanese-American creative, on the 100th anniversary of her birth and after the show’s stay at the MoMA Bilbao Guggenheim Bilbao MoMA Franklin Delano Roosevelt San Francisco Miguel Toña (EFE) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents 'Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective' One of the rooms of the retrospective the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum has dedicated to Ruth Asawa. One of the rooms of the retrospective the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum has dedicated to Ruth Asawa. <p>Ruth Asawa was just 15 years old when World War II broke out. At the time, she was living with her Japanese immigrant parents on a farm in Norwalk, California, the town in which she’d grown up. The Empire of Japan had just <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-12-07/pearl-harbor-day-a-timeline-of-the-event-that-lead-the-united-states-into-world-war-ii.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-12-07/pearl-harbor-day-a-timeline-of-the-event-that-lead-the-united-states-into-world-war-ii.html">attacked Pearl Harbor</a>, the United States’s most important naval base in the Pacific, and as the country entered into war, the Roosevelt administration approved the forced internment of more than 100,000 American citizens of Japanese descent in concentration camps. Her father burned everything that might identify them as foreigners, but it was not enough to keep them safe. He was detained that same month. Asawa, her siblings and their mother were incarcerated soon after, first in a former race track, where they slept in stables, and later, in a “War Relocation Center” surrounded by barbed-wire fences.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-03-21/guggenheim-bilbao-showcases-ruth-asawa-the-artist-who-turned-the-barbed-wire-of-her-concentration-camp-into-art.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-01-31/the-strange-journey-of-the-gelman-collection-from-the-alleged-betrayal-of-cantinflas-to-one-of-mexicos-most-powerful-families.html Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-01-31/the-strange-journey-of-the-gelman-collection-from-the-alleged-betrayal-of-cantinflas-to-one-of-mexicos-most-powerful-families.html Sara González Banco Santander has become the manager of Jacques and Natasha Gelman’s valuable Mexican art collection, following an agreement with its new owners Banco Santander has become the manager of Jacques and Natasha Gelman’s valuable Mexican art collection, following an agreement with its new owners México Frida Kahlo Diego Rivera Maria Izquierdo Rufino Tamayo José Clemente Orozco David Alfaro Siqueiros MoMA Pablo Picasso Sotheby's Roberto Serra (Iguana Press/Getty Images) Exhibition 'Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - Mexican art in the Gelman collection,' in Bologna, (Italy), November 2016. Exhibition 'Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - Mexican art in the Gelman collection,' in Bologna, (Italy), November 2016. <p>A new chapter in the story of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-26/the-mystery-of-the-gelman-collection-mexico-does-not-know-where-some-of-its-most-famous-artworks-are.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-26/the-mystery-of-the-gelman-collection-mexico-does-not-know-where-some-of-its-most-famous-artworks-are.html">Gelman collection</a> has brought clarity to the whereabouts of part of the emblematic private art holding that, for decades, has been shrouded in accusations, silence, and contradictory accounts. On January 21, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-09-29/santander-jp-morgan-and-barclays-vie-for-the-top-spot-in-investment-banking-in-spain.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-09-29/santander-jp-morgan-and-barclays-vie-for-the-top-spot-in-investment-banking-in-spain.html">Banco Santander</a> announced that it had reached an agreement with the collection’s new owners, the powerful Zambrano family, to manage what is now called the Gelman Santander collection and is made up of 160 pieces by artists such as <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-02/frida-kahlos-record-breaking-painting-was-a-gift-for-a-us-photographer-who-was-her-lover-for-10-years.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-02/frida-kahlos-record-breaking-painting-was-a-gift-for-a-us-photographer-who-was-her-lover-for-10-years.html">Frida Kahlo</a>, Diego Rivera, María Izquierdo, Rufino Tamayo, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. It has also announced that the works will soon be shown in Spain.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-01-31/the-strange-journey-of-the-gelman-collection-from-the-alleged-betrayal-of-cantinflas-to-one-of-mexicos-most-powerful-families.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-15/the-thousand-faces-of-el-helicoide-from-a-shopping-mall-to-a-prison.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:39:31 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-15/the-thousand-faces-of-el-helicoide-from-a-shopping-mall-to-a-prison.html Pedro Torrijos Its design made headlines worldwide, was exhibited at MoMA, and Salvador Dalí even offered to decorate its interiors. Seventy years after its construction in Caracas, the future of the controversial building remains uncertain Its design made headlines worldwide, was exhibited at MoMA, and Salvador Dalí even offered to decorate its interiors. Seventy years after its construction in Caracas, the future of the controversial building remains uncertain Venezuela Marcos Pérez Jiménez MoMA Pablo Neruda Salvador Dalí Hugo Chávez Chavismo Delcy Rodríguez Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Servicios de Caracas (EL PAÍS) El Helicoide Image of El Helicoide in 1961. Image of El Helicoide in 1961. <p>Some buildings are born with a systemic vocation. They aspire to be more than just containers for human activity and behave like three-dimensional diagrams of the world, ideological machines disguised as concrete. <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-13/the-venezuelan-prisoners-who-found-out-about-maduros-fall-a-week-after-the-rest-of-the-world.html?outputType=amp" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-13/the-venezuelan-prisoners-who-found-out-about-maduros-fall-a-week-after-the-rest-of-the-world.html?outputType=amp">El Helicoide</a> was born with precisely that ambition, perhaps too much so.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-15/the-thousand-faces-of-el-helicoide-from-a-shopping-mall-to-a-prison.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-22/the-late-consecration-of-women-artists-in-their-90s.html Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:13:11 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-22/the-late-consecration-of-women-artists-in-their-90s.html Ana Vidal Egea Cecilia Vicuña, gold at the Art Basel Awards, Betye Saar and other creators are tasting success after decades of invisibility Cecilia Vicuña, gold at the Art Basel Awards, Betye Saar and other creators are tasting success after decades of invisibility Art Basel Cecilia Vicuña MoMA André Breton Roberto Antillón (EL PAÍS) MEXICO-FIL-GUADALAJARA-2022 Visual artist Cecilia Vicuña at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, in November 2022. Visual artist Cecilia Vicuña at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, in November 2022. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/Z2ISGC42TJB7TIFR437AHTYEHM.jpg?auth=bbf384a8e94d94ba4a4cf0808af152338a50e2fcd98ccbc27f187d92337e0613" width="6092" height="4061" alt="Visual artist Cecilia Vicuña at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, in November 2022."></img><p>The Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña, 78, who lives in New York, won the gold award in the Icon category at the newly inaugurated Art Basel Awards, presented during <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-05/the-art-market-takes-embraces-risk-again-at-art-basel-miami-beach.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-05/the-art-market-takes-embraces-risk-again-at-art-basel-miami-beach.html">Art Basel Miami Beach</a>, the world’s most prestigious art fair, held this past December. The award honoring Vicuña celebrates Latin American art, but also a generation of women whose work was ignored for decades. In fact, the Chilean artist even believed she would die in obscurity, although she told EL PAÍS that the lack of external recognition never deterred her from dedicating her life to art. “I remember reading a children’s biography of Mozart, a genius who reached the point of despair out of going hungry, and the idea stuck with me that sublime art wasn’t related to recognition, value, or money,” she confessed. “The only clear thing was an inner mandate: do this now, and then you either do it or you don’t; that’s the alternative.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-22/the-late-consecration-of-women-artists-in-their-90s.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-07/wifredo-lam-the-artist-who-bridged-the-caribbean-and-europe-finally-gets-major-retrospective-at-moma.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:55:29 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-07/wifredo-lam-the-artist-who-bridged-the-caribbean-and-europe-finally-gets-major-retrospective-at-moma.html Ana Vidal Egea His life, like his work, was complex and difficult to classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art His life, like his work, was complex and difficult to classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art MoMA Cuba Pablo Picasso Henri Matisse Joan Miró Max Ernst MoMA Wifredo Lam Wifredo Lam in his studio in Havana, in 1943. Wifredo Lam in his studio in Havana, in 1943. <p>Eskil, one of the sons of Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982), notes that his father was at once well-known and not known. Lam’s life, like his work, was complex and therefore difficult to summarize and classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art, despite being one of the pioneers of modernism. Now, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York wants to pay him the well-deserved tribute he never received in his lifetime. “<a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5877" target="_blank" rel="" title="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5877">When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream</a>” is the first major retrospective of Lam’s work in the United States and the exhibition with which Christophe Cherix debuts as the new director of MoMA.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-07/wifredo-lam-the-artist-who-bridged-the-caribbean-and-europe-finally-gets-major-retrospective-at-moma.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-24/nicholas-cullinan-director-of-the-british-museum-we-cant-give-things-away-but-there-is-nothing-preventing-us-from-sharing-the-collection.html Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-24/nicholas-cullinan-director-of-the-british-museum-we-cant-give-things-away-but-there-is-nothing-preventing-us-from-sharing-the-collection.html Daniel García The 48-year-old Briton just completed his first year as head of the institution, and is faced with carrying out its biggest renovations ever The 48-year-old Briton just completed his first year as head of the institution, and is faced with carrying out its biggest renovations ever British Museum Donald Trump MoMA Tate Britain Pablo Zamora (EL PAÍS) British icon Nicholas Cullinan in the British Museum's Print Room. Nicholas Cullinan in the British Museum's Print Room. Pablo Zamora British icon The rooms housing the Parthenon marbles, in the ‘Greek Revival’ style. The rooms housing the Parthenon marbles, in the ‘Greek Revival’ style. Pablo Zamora British icon View of the large glass window that covers the central courtyard of the museum. View of the large glass window that covers the central courtyard of the museum. Pablo Zamora British icon Detail of the Parthenon marbles. Detail of the Parthenon marbles. Pablo Zamora British icon Image of the offices. Image of the offices. Pablo Zamora British icon The central courtyard, or Great Court, was a Norman Foster project inaugurated in 2000. The central courtyard, or Great Court, was a Norman Foster project inaugurated in 2000. Pablo Zamora British icon Nicholas Cullinan in his office. Nicholas Cullinan in his office. Pablo Zamora British icon The museum library. The museum library. Pablo Zamora British icon The tympanum of the Parthenon. The tympanum of the Parthenon. Pablo Zamora British icon Interior facade of the courtyard. Interior facade of the courtyard. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/SIJ4OAKC3BAYNFWBKB7RGP2EBA.jpg?auth=105675271737990099f2f9b9988b0c0bc6afa67cdc4514d1c51cd2d43254d25a" width="2600" height="3191" alt="Nicholas Cullinan in the British Museum's Print Room."></img><p>Nicholas Cullinan, 48, receives EL PAÍS in his office, clad in an impeccable gray suit and a carrying a mug decorated with Rosetta Stone inscriptions. A year has passed since he was named director of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-20/kill-die-and-rise-in-the-legions-londons-british-museum-revisits-the-life-of-the-imperial-roman-army-with-a-spectacular-exhibition.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-20/kill-die-and-rise-in-the-legions-londons-british-museum-revisits-the-life-of-the-imperial-roman-army-with-a-spectacular-exhibition.html">British Museum</a>, the most-visited attraction in the United Kingdom and custodian of one of the most important collections of artifacts in the world. It is also among the most controversial. Its marble statutes from the Greek Parthenon, bronzes from Nigeria’s Benin City and even the Rosetta Stone itself, which hails from Egypt, stand at the center of fiery debate regarding cultural violence.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-24/nicholas-cullinan-director-of-the-british-museum-we-cant-give-things-away-but-there-is-nothing-preventing-us-from-sharing-the-collection.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/33WYETAYPZDENOZ4TNQSYL3R7E.jpg?auth=e0f838227da5978ec0c0de05cf943445959b1cede6aa2c33f066b5133586099b" width="2600" height="3220" alt="Facade of the main building, by Robert Smirke, 1852."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/KB2Q7M3TT5DJNA5UBH66MIBBEY.jpg?auth=92d14f07f31a1c82713f2baf00852fd58efbf750e86c64098c5b643ebb7d6920" width="2600" height="3338" alt="Last year, the British Museum welcomed more than six million visitors. Here, one of them looks at the Parthenon Marbles."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/LS3UJPIUPBACNAI7CHYTPGI44A.jpg?auth=93f68ecb6d7ff6ddc95d3998eabe536d5cf380d26d7616b405768684eff6fee4" width="2600" height="3254" alt="Cullinan in the museum archive."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/CV3Y4BHDRBBW3HDH56DZKJ5XCE.jpg?auth=abc44589457b22fa1870febb59dffdf912564c0125afa11b46807e7dc7b6e1c9" width="2600" height="3228" alt="One of the rooms in the west wing, created in the 1970s, which will be renovated."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/AEVBDE3D55F53DN6SR3OAG5EYQ.jpg?auth=7d848c34cc4b9daadbff65113df71e80975942d42abf74f6fc51ec76ab6c36c7" width="2600" height="3265" alt="Gallery dedicated to the Enlightenment, restored at the beginning of this century."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/6GNQWYGOL5A6LICWOCWW5C2J6Q.jpg?auth=12ed0685f96fbb145094972cefc6682ced6bec00da53f2d1c07ec37acfb62bbd" width="2600" height="3229" alt="Nicholas Cullinan in his office, which he will soon leave to occupy a new space in the White Wing."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-17/glenn-lowry-director-of-the-moma-i-am-unabashedly-clear-that-public-institutions-serve-the-public.html Sun, 17 Aug 2025 04:14:42 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-17/glenn-lowry-director-of-the-moma-i-am-unabashedly-clear-that-public-institutions-serve-the-public.html Andrea Aguilar For 30 years, he has determined the destiny of one of the world’s most important museums — now, he’s making his last reflections before descending from its top position For 30 years, he has determined the destiny of one of the world’s most important museums — now, he’s making his last reflections before descending from its top position MoMA Jeffrey Epstein Coronavirus Covid-19 Miguel Falomir Museo del Prado Vincent van Gogh Gianfranco Tripodo (EL PAÍS) Glenn Lowry, director of MoMA, photographed in Madrid in April at the Acciona Campus conference. Glenn Lowry, director of MoMA, photographed in Madrid in April at the Acciona Campus conference. <p>When he arrived at the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-27/new-yorks-moma-takes-off-the-colonial-lenses.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-27/new-yorks-moma-takes-off-the-colonial-lenses.html">Museum of Modern Art</a> in 1995 as director, there were no lack of voices questioning his appointment. He’d previously been at the head of the Art Gallery of Ontario, and specialized in Islamic art. The idea of Glenn Lowry (New York, 70 years old) stepping in to direct Manhattan’s legendary museum, whose radical mission to embrace modern art broke the mold with its 1929 opening, turning it into a vanguard institution, was not an obvious one. But today, three decades and two lavish expansions later, with 200,000 pieces in its collection, the PS1 satellite location in Queens, nearly 2.7 million yearly visitors and having survived 9-11, the Covid pandemic, the 2008 financial crash and the 2021 protests that led to the resignation of chairman Leon Black over his connections with Jeffrey Epstein, it’s difficult to imagine another person who could have successfully weathered so many storms.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-17/glenn-lowry-director-of-the-moma-i-am-unabashedly-clear-that-public-institutions-serve-the-public.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-10/moma-welcomes-mexican-artist-sandra-blow-i-add-salsa-to-the-photos-salsa-thats-spicy.html Sun, 10 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-10/moma-welcomes-mexican-artist-sandra-blow-i-add-salsa-to-the-photos-salsa-thats-spicy.html Rodrigo Soriano The visual artist speaks with EL PAÍS about the impact of her life on her craft. She hopes that, by joining the New York gallery, appreciation of her photographs will increase in Mexico The visual artist speaks with EL PAÍS about the impact of her life on her craft. She hopes that, by joining the New York gallery, appreciation of her photographs will increase in Mexico México MoMA Nayeli Cruz (EL PAÍS) Sandra Blow, pictured at a cafe in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, July 17, 2025. Sandra Blow, pictured at a cafe in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, July 17, 2025. Sandra Blow (CORTESÍA) Lorenza (2020). Lorenza (2020). Sandra Blow. (CORTESÍA) Allan (2017). Allan (2017). Sandra Blow (CORTESÍA) Tony (2018). Tony (2018). <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/SVDGNDB3CBAWLAB3P6UHYBP5ZQ.jpeg?auth=0e40efffceb037b12b070ec04ecc2be8488187f2385137c067aac7f0eceef0ff" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Sandra Blow, pictured at a cafe in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, July 17, 2025. "></img><p>Sandra Blow uses her long gel nails to brush back her hair, which constantly obscures her gaze. The Mexican photographer says that, when she started taking pictures, what was considered “beautiful” followed a normative pattern. “They were very <a href="https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2025-04-29/recession-blonde-the-trendy-style-that-says-more-about-your-finances-than-your-hair.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2025-04-29/recession-blonde-the-trendy-style-that-says-more-about-your-finances-than-your-hair.html">blond models</a>, with blue eyes. You didn’t see Latin models; you didn’t see brown skin.” </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-10/moma-welcomes-mexican-artist-sandra-blow-i-add-salsa-to-the-photos-salsa-thats-spicy.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/RANR43I2Z5AIZK4AALY5KZILII.jpeg?auth=c78cc821035b77d39e5c9abcab4e71a980fce7e459dbca384cc6f876a759ce49" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Sandra Blow during the interview with EL PAÍS."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/26YHKX5RHBCIJNLCHPFR2WQT3U.jpeg?auth=75c2c65caa2f3beaa42f6132d72dbded69a3adcd2c12c169741a56d7e8b4f4a0" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Sandra Blow will exhibit her photographs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-01/fenix-a-new-rotterdam-museum-that-explores-immigration-through-art.html Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-01/fenix-a-new-rotterdam-museum-that-explores-immigration-through-art.html Ferrer Ferrer The facility stands in front of the former site of the Holland-America Line shipping company, which brought millions of emigrants to the United States and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries The facility stands in front of the former site of the Holland-America Line shipping company, which brought millions of emigrants to the United States and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries Róterdam MoMA Indonesia Donald Trump Rijksmuseum Albert Einstein Willem de Kooning Peter Dejong (AP) Interior view of the Fenix Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, featuring the Tornado, a double staircase whose steps are made of stainless steel. Interior view of the Fenix Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, featuring the Tornado, a double staircase whose steps are made of stainless steel. <p>A luggage rack carrying 2,000 bags from countries across the world welcomes visitors to the Fenix, a new Rotterdam museum that explores migration via art. The installation in question is named <i>Suitcase Labyrinth </i>and was created to reflect the universal nature of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-14/ukraine-war-contributes-to-global-record-of-108-million-forcibly-displaced-people-in-2022.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-14/ukraine-war-contributes-to-global-record-of-108-million-forcibly-displaced-people-in-2022.html">human displacement</a>. For a fortunate few, such moves stem from a personal and voluntary decision, lovingly made — but for the majority of those who undergo the process, it can be painful, forced. Fenix is located in a historic port warehouse from whose site some three million people departed by ship for the United States and Canada between the 19th and 20th centuries. Their journey into the unknown with the Holland-America Line shipping company is preserved in a collection of personal objects, videos, photographs and works of art that reflect hope for a better future.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-01/fenix-a-new-rotterdam-museum-that-explores-immigration-through-art.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-09/adam-pendleton-nina-simone-allows-us-to-think-of-my-countrys-culture-as-a-complex-and-inclusive-place-rather-than-a-simple-and-exclusionary-one.html Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:05:03 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-09/adam-pendleton-nina-simone-allows-us-to-think-of-my-countrys-culture-as-a-complex-and-inclusive-place-rather-than-a-simple-and-exclusionary-one.html Ianko López Abstract at a time of a figurative boom, an activist but not overtly political, the American artist is exhibiting his black and white canvases at the Madrid headquarters of the Pedro Cera gallery Abstract at a time of a figurative boom, an activist but not overtly political, the American artist is exhibiting his black and white canvases at the Madrid headquarters of the Pedro Cera gallery MoMA Madrid Richmond Donald Trump Nina Simone Culture Matthew Septimus (EL PAÍS) Adam Pendleton: ‘Nina Simone allows us to think of my country’s culture as a complex and inclusive place, rather than a simple and exclusionary one’ Adam Pendleton at the Pedro Cera gallery in Madrid. Adam Pendleton at the Pedro Cera gallery in Madrid. <p>“I don’t usually think about what’s trendy,” says <a href="https://adampendleton.net/" target="_blank">Adam Pendleton</a>. The 40-year-old from Richmond in the U.S. is not an easy artist, in any sense. He staunchly extols practices as demanding as conceptual and abstraction in the face of the current boom in figurative painting, led by some of the most successful African-American artists in the market, with <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-02-05/richmond-took-down-its-racist-statues-but-now-nobody-knows-what-to-do-with-them.html">Kehinde Wiley</a> or Kara Walker among the finest exponents. Perhaps in that same orbit he would obtain more lucrative results, but that is not what interests him. “I just don’t think of my work in those terms,” he says in the spacious showroom of the Madrid headquarters of the Pedro Cera gallery, where he is staging an exhibition together with his compatriot, sculptor <a href="https://www.arleneshechet.net/">Arlene Sechet</a> <i>(</i><a href="https://pedrocera.com/exhibitions/adam-pendleton-x-arlene-shechet" target="_blank"><i>Adam Pendleton X Arlene Sechet</i></a>, through April 13).</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-09/adam-pendleton-nina-simone-allows-us-to-think-of-my-countrys-culture-as-a-complex-and-inclusive-place-rather-than-a-simple-and-exclusionary-one.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-31/deaccession-against-white-supremacy-in-art.html Sun, 31 Mar 2024 09:20:17 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-31/deaccession-against-white-supremacy-in-art.html Miguel Ángel García Vega Selling artwork from museums and public collections keeps them relevant, connecting them to the contemporary world and society Selling artwork from museums and public collections keeps them relevant, connecting them to the contemporary world and society MoMA Artefact / Alamy / Cordon Press (EL PAÍS) La crucifixión de San Andrés Caravaggio's 'The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew' (1607). Caravaggio's 'The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew' (1607). <p>Alienate the inalienable. Spanish legislation prohibits the disposal of any work of art that has been designated as national heritage. Madrid’s <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-09/the-prado-museum-takes-up-the-challenge-of-painting-like-rubens.html" target="_blank">Prado Museum</a>, with around 27,000 pieces, is not allowed to sell any, even if they are considered irrelevant. In 1976, the Spanish government authorized the sale of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-20/spains-prado-museum-beautifully-restores-a-beloved-caravaggio.html" target="_blank">Caravaggio’s </a><i>The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew</i> (1607), which now belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art. “The biggest mistake in Spanish art history.” The late Francisco Calvo Serraller, a notable art history professor, used these words to express the impact of losing the painting.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-31/deaccession-against-white-supremacy-in-art.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-07/closing-a-chapter-of-historical-mourning-us-museums-accelerate-the-return-of-human-remains-to-native-tribes.html Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:15:18 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-07/closing-a-chapter-of-historical-mourning-us-museums-accelerate-the-return-of-human-remains-to-native-tribes.html María Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo Cobo An update to a federal law known as NAGPRA requires institutions to obtain the consent of indigenous nations for displays of funerary artifacts and other cultural elements An update to a federal law known as NAGPRA requires institutions to obtain the consent of indigenous nations for displays of funerary artifacts and other cultural elements Metropolitan Museum MoMA British Museum JOHH M. MANTEL (EFE) Closing a chapter of historical mourning: US museums accelerate the return of human remains to Native tribes One of the two rooms with Indigenous remains that the Museum of Natural History in New York has closed. One of the two rooms with Indigenous remains that the Museum of Natural History in New York has closed. <p>The United States has undertaken the return of human remains and burial material to Indigenous people. Major museums such as the Museum of Natural History in New York (one of the most visited in the country, with 4.5 million tourists in 2019), have closed some of their rooms to comply with a federal law from 1990 that has been under review for three years, and whose updates went into effect in mid-January: the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), whose implementation had been languishing to date. The goal is to return all the human remains and cultural objects scattered throughout the country within a period of five years. Responsibility for the inventory will now fall to the museum and will no longer depend on the claim of an Indigenous community.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-07/closing-a-chapter-of-historical-mourning-us-museums-accelerate-the-return-of-human-remains-to-native-tribes.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-28/museums-in-europe-and-the-united-states-confront-their-colonial-past.html Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:40:36 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-28/museums-in-europe-and-the-united-states-confront-their-colonial-past.html EL PAÍS Many countries have begun to return pieces that were looted during periods of colonization. Experts are also researching the origins of stolen collections. Some parties, however, have resisted coming to agreements Many countries have begun to return pieces that were looted during periods of colonization. Experts are also researching the origins of stolen collections. Some parties, however, have resisted coming to agreements Portugal Berlín Benín MoMA Mike Kemp (In Pictures via Getty Images) Parthenon Marbles At The British Museum In London Visitors in the room where the Parthenon marbles are displayed, in the British Museum, last December. Visitors in the room where the Parthenon marbles are displayed, in the British Museum, last December. <p>Last week, Spanish Minister of Culture Ernest Urtasun announced that the state’s museums would begin a <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-27/decolonizing-the-museum-beyond-victims-and-villains.html" target="_blank">review process of their collections</a>. The goal is to “overcome a colonial framework, or a framework anchored in gender or ethnocentric inertia, that has often hindered the vision of heritage, history and artistic legacy.” The announcement has generated a heated debate in Spain, as has occurred in many countries where similar policies have been implemented or proposed.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-28/museums-in-europe-and-the-united-states-confront-their-colonial-past.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/TMXdM6PvieNvqfJvE650qPCi3EE=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/EQMVJIR2V5E3VHNRRHUSHFCRZU.jpg" width="5446" height="3567" alt="Three of the Benin Bronzes that were exhibited in the Museum of Plastic Arts in Hamburg, Germany. They were returned to Nigeria."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-27/decolonizing-the-museum-beyond-victims-and-villains.html Sat, 27 Jan 2024 13:19:35 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-27/decolonizing-the-museum-beyond-victims-and-villains.html Izaskun Álvarez Cuartero Debates focused on myths of good and evil have little to do with a practice that has been happening for years in the world’s most prestigious institutions Debates focused on myths of good and evil have little to do with a practice that has been happening for years in the world’s most prestigious institutions British Museum MoMA Andrea Comas (EL PAÍS) CULTURA Museo de America A funeral bundle with human remains at the Museo de América in Madrid, photographed in May 2023. A funeral bundle with human remains at the Museo de América in Madrid, photographed in May 2023. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/_YG9u_odcu25Q9OFahk1dndXUEA=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/DOU4HD2PRJC4BKU7TQGEUEDHCU.jpg" width="3000" height="2000" alt="A funeral bundle with human remains at the Museo de América in Madrid, photographed in May 2023."></img><p>The National Gallery in London is dedicating one of its temporary exhibitions to <i>The Lavergne Family Breakfast</i> by Swiss painter Jean-Étienne Liotard, displaying both the original pastel version (1754) and its oil equivalent (1773) to document the creative process of one of the artist’s most renowned works. In addition to the virtuosity and beauty of the paintings, the pieces also highlight the contradictions of 18th-century society. Several placards that accompany the exhibition describe the painter’s passion for Japanese porcelain. One of them notes: “The sophisticated elegance of these luxury tableware obscures the fact that coffee, sugar and chocolate were <a href="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/21/inenglish/1526901859_586945.html" target="_blank">produced by slaves</a> in Europe’s American and Caribbean colonies. No doubt Liotard, his clients and his models were aware of these facts.” The placard offers a representative example of museum discourse adopting a decolonial practice: offering the visitor factual information about the historical context that accompanies a work, in an account based on contrasted documentary sources, not opinions.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-27/decolonizing-the-museum-beyond-victims-and-villains.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-03/must-a-woman-turn-93-before-her-artistic-achievements-are-recognized.html Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-03/must-a-woman-turn-93-before-her-artistic-achievements-are-recognized.html Ana Vidal Egea Even after a remarkable career in art, Faith Ringgold hadn’t been the subject of a retrospective until just shy of her centennial. It will take decades to achieve equal representation of women’s work in museums Even after a remarkable career in art, Faith Ringgold hadn’t been the subject of a retrospective until just shy of her centennial. It will take decades to achieve equal representation of women’s work in museums MoMA Tate Modern Pablo Picasso Cecilia Vicuña Artemisia Gentileschi Charlie J. Ercilla ( ALAMY / CORDON PRESS ) Must a woman turn 93 before her artistic achievements are recognized? Faith Ringgold in the Serpentine Galleries in London, June 5, 2019. Faith Ringgold in the Serpentine Galleries in London, June 5, 2019. <p>The first retrospective of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-03-08/when-the-blacklivesmatter-movement-took-over-new-york.html">African-American artist</a> Faith Ringgold (Harlem, 1930) in Chicago opened on November 18 in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). It forms part of the MCA’s Women Artists Initiative, which since 2015 has put $1 million annually toward the acquisition of work made by women, in search of achieving gender equity in the museum. It is also one of the first bilingual exhibitions, another of the museum’s strategies to be more inclusive of the Spanish-speaking community. However, although the recognition of the magnitude of the artistic trajectory of Ringgold symbolizes the re-equilibration of the artistic canon, it does raise many questions: the retrospective is also the artist’s first solo show in the city. Why now, after 60 years of career and when she is 93 years old?</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-03/must-a-woman-turn-93-before-her-artistic-achievements-are-recognized.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-23/louise-bourgeois-in-vienna-the-webs-of-the-spider-woman.html Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:15:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-23/louise-bourgeois-in-vienna-the-webs-of-the-spider-woman.html David Granda For the first time in Europe — at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna — a major retrospective dedicated to the pictorial work of the French-American sculptor is now on display For the first time in Europe — at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna — a major retrospective dedicated to the pictorial work of the French-American sculptor is now on display Louise Bourgeois Tate Modern MoMA The Easton Foundation / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 and VAGA at ARS, NY (The Easton Foundation / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 and VAGA at ARS, NY) Louise Bourgeois in Vienna: The webs of the ‘spider woman’ The artist Louise Bourgeois, in the studio of her New York apartment, circa 1946. The artist Louise Bourgeois, in the studio of her New York apartment, circa 1946. <img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/SDXOHMUADNENFJV7QYS7ATK6SE.jpg" width="4061" height="4000" alt="The artist Louise Bourgeois, in the studio of her New York apartment, circa 1946."></img><p>Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) is one of the artists who defined sculpture in the 20th century. Known for her monumental spider bronzes — which have been installed at the doors of temples such as the Tate Modern in London, the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, the Guggenheim in Bilbao and now the Belvedere Museum in Vienna — the origin of her visual imagination came from her oil paintings. Through her canvases, the artist expressed the essential forms and personal demons that she would explore over the course of seven decades. The Belvedere has now brought these works together, to exhibit them for the first time in Europe in a retrospective titled <i>Persistent Antagonism</i>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-23/louise-bourgeois-in-vienna-the-webs-of-the-spider-woman.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/OEH6KBVTTZAL3LYKVHYRD2TUFQ.jpg" width="957" height="1200" alt="An art installation by Bourgeois titled 'Cell,' in one of the Belvedere’s halls."></img><img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/EMBMI34RENHJZFM4AUKNT4A5ZU.jpg" width="1756" height="4200" alt="A work belonging to the 'Femme Maison' series by Bourgeois."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-14/on-the-road-with-ed-ruscha-chronicler-of-the-decline-of-the-american-empire.html Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:11:23 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-14/on-the-road-with-ed-ruscha-chronicler-of-the-decline-of-the-american-empire.html Iker Seisdedos García The retrospective that MoMA has dedicated to the pop and conceptual work of the veteran artist is a triumph and one of the cultural events of the fall in New York The retrospective that MoMA has dedicated to the pop and conceptual work of the veteran artist is a triumph and one of the cultural events of the fall in New York MoMA 2023 Edward Ruscha. Photo: Evie Marie Bishop, courtesy of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (EL PAÍS) Moma 'Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half' (1964), by Ed Ruscha. 'Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half' (1964), by Ed Ruscha. <img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/D33SMF6EB5EEFJGV25SNEJOZAM.jpg" width="2000" height="1052" alt="'Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half' (1964), by Ed Ruscha."></img><p>There are artists of their time and artists who time ends up proving right. And then there is Ed Ruscha, both an archetype and a visionary. The exhibition that MoMA has dedicated to him — rightly one of the cultural highlights of the New York fall — presents the Ruscha who knew how to capture the United States in which he grew up, an America of billboards and gas stations, with typographic advertisements and endless streets to be best admired from the car. But he is also the guy who could open an Instagram account tomorrow and gain followers <a href="https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2023-10-14/modern-nostalgia-why-do-young-people-ache-for-a-past-they-never-lived.html" target="_blank">with frozen messages</a> on a neutral background, as in the 1974 egg yolk on moiré fabric piece <i>People Getting Ready to Do Things</i>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-14/on-the-road-with-ed-ruscha-chronicler-of-the-decline-of-the-american-empire.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-01/how-to-protect-the-worlds-art-treasures-from-climate-change.html Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:57:42 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-01/how-to-protect-the-worlds-art-treasures-from-climate-change.html Miguel Ángel García Vega Many techniques and strategies are being put in place to protect large museums and collections from the hazards of global warming Many techniques and strategies are being put in place to protect large museums and collections from the hazards of global warming Museo Reina Sofía MoMA DMITRY KOSTYUKOV (The New York T EPS 2452 INTRO PULSO A sculpture rests in the Louvre’s conservation center in Liévin, France. A sculpture rests in the Louvre’s conservation center in Liévin, France. <p>Sometimes it seems like the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-08-24/where-will-the-tourists-go-europes-winning-and-losing-destinations-due-to-the-climate-crisis.html" target="_blank">world is flooding</a>. Other times,<a href="https://english.elpais.com/society/2023-04-21/extreme-heat-seizes-europe-the-continent-that-is-warming-the-most.html" target="_blank"> it’s on fire</a>. This has been seen from Rhodes and Corfu (Greece) to Palermo and Messina (Italy) and Cascais (Portugal) or Quebec (Canada). The ground burns and, as the mercury rises, the heat puts the world’s artistic heritage in a bind. The climate emergency is descending into Dante’s inferno. In Spain, the Prado and the Reina Sofía museums are a great cause of concern. The latter is more threatened by water than by flames; a stream flows underground, and explosive cyclogeneses are unpredictable. The former has a security protocol that is not public. Some paintings are geolocated with chips. But not many; the technology is expensive.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-01/how-to-protect-the-worlds-art-treasures-from-climate-change.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/society/branded/our-infinite-influence/2023-09-14/shaping-communities-through-art.html Thu, 14 Sep 2023 05:33:03 GMT https://english.elpais.com/society/branded/our-infinite-influence/2023-09-14/shaping-communities-through-art.html Joaquín Badajoz A walk through El Espacio 23, Jorge Perez’s most recent art venture A walk through El Espacio 23, Jorge Perez’s most recent art venture Sociedad Latinos Miami MoMA Art Basel Partial view of the exhibition “You Know Who You Are, Recent Acquisitions of Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection”—photo courtesy Business Wire. Partial view of the exhibition “You Know Who You Are, Recent Acquisitions of Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection”—photo courtesy Business Wire. Partial view of the exhibition “You Know Who You Are, Recent Acquisitions of Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection”—photo courtesy Business Wire. <p>Located within a repurposed 28,000-square-foot warehouse in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood, El Espacio 23 (EE23) is a contemporary art space founded in 2019 by collector and philanthropist Jorge Perez, the real estate tycoon best known as chairman and CEO of the Related Group — although it may not mean anything to ordinary people and art lovers — and one of the visionaries behind <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-14/the-wealthy-latin-americans-shaking-up-miamis-real-estate-market.html" target="_blank">Miami’s galloping transformation</a> into a modern city and global epicenter of the arts at the crossroads of the Americas.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/society/branded/our-infinite-influence/2023-09-14/shaping-communities-through-art.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-27/new-yorks-moma-takes-off-the-colonial-lenses.html Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:55:23 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-27/new-yorks-moma-takes-off-the-colonial-lenses.html Ana Marcos The ‘Chosen Memories’ exhibition, featuring donations from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros collection, uses the work of 39 Latin American artists to question the way this region’s history has been narrated to date The ‘Chosen Memories’ exhibition, featuring donations from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros collection, uses the work of 39 Latin American artists to question the way this region’s history has been narrated to date MoMA Ángel Colmenares (EFE) Artistas latinoamericanos reflexionan sobre historia en el MoMA de Nueva York A woman contemplates 'Terra Nova', a work of art by Dominican artist Firela Baez, from the 'Chosen Memories' exhibition at New York's MoMA. A woman contemplates 'Terra Nova', a work of art by Dominican artist Firela Baez, from the 'Chosen Memories' exhibition at New York's MoMA. <p>Regina José Galindo had eight pieces of pure gold extracted from the mines of her country, Guatemala, embedded in her teeth by a dentist. These expensive fillings were subsequently taken out by another odontologist in Berlin. The pieces that were removed from her mouth have since become small sculptures on display at the MoMA in New York and they play a part in the social debate in which museums have been embroiled for several years - <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-07-30/indigenous-items-returned-to-mexico-after-gathering-dust-for-years-in-a-museum-basement.html">decolonization.</a></p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-27/new-yorks-moma-takes-off-the-colonial-lenses.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>