May 31, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Latin American Art Auctions
Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Christie’s, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
31 May – 2 June 2000
It is that time of year again in New York. Major auction houses in the City are getting ready for sales of Latin American art. Both Sotheby’s and Christie’s have mailed [...]
May 17, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Guatemala: Visiones de Miguel Angel Asturias.
Photographs by Ricardo Mata. Edited by Lucrecia Méndez de Penedo.
Barcelona: Bustamante Editores, 1999. 144 pages.
ISBN: 84-89775-08-7.
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) is marked by a recent publication in Spain of the first book in a series called Imagen y Palabra. The editorial [...]
Feb 23, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Un poco de todo sobre el tejido maya: Actividades para niños.
Fabiana Flores de Saénz and Dulce María Gónzalez de García
Guatemala: Museo Ixchel, 1999. 20 pages.
ISBN: none
Since the 1980s, the Museo Ixchel in Guatemala City has been in the publishing business with a number of monographs on Maya costumes and textiles. The list of titles [...]
Topics Book Reviews, Museo Ixchel, Siglo News onJan 26, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Picturing Guatemala: Images from the CIRMA Photography Archive, 1870-1997
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
18 January – 26 March 2000
Two years ago, Fotojornada 98 was a ground-breaking event in Guatemala. From the end of April to mid-June, the Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno became the site for the country’s first photography festival. [...]
Dec 15, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Casa Guatemalteca. Katia Niesiolowska, Editor.
Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 1999. 245 pages.
ISBN: 958-9393-69-1 (Spanish) and 958-9393-71-3 (English).
Cementos Progreso, S.A. marks its 100th anniversary with the publication of a beautiful new photography book, Casa Guatemalteca. The volume represents a four-year project by editor Katia Niesiolowska and photographer Ange Bourda, who are both long-time residents of [...]
Nov 3, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Americanos: Latino Life in the United States.
Edward James Olmos, Lea Ybarra and Manuel Monterrey, Editors.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. 176 pages.
ISBN: 0-316-64909-0 (pbk.).
The Americanos project is an ambitious undertaking by actor, producer, and activist Edward James Olmos. Although its main component is a book, there is also a travel exhibition organized by [...]
Aug 11, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Casa-Museo Margarita Azurdia
5ta. Avenida 16-39, Zona 10, Guatemala City
Margarita Azurdia is one of the few women in Guatemala with a secure place in the country’s roster of artists from the second half of the 20th century. She died in July of 1998 after a two-year battle with cancer, and her home in Guatemala City [...]
Jul 21, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Daniel Hernández: Photographs of Musicians from Guatemala
University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
5-30 July 1999
In the late 1980s, the Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo (INGUAT) launched an ambitious project: to document the country’s traditional music. It would take several years for musicians from various regions of Guatemala to be recorded, interviewed, and photographed [...]
Jun 23, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Luis González Palma: Poems of Sorrow. Essay by John Wood.
Santa Fe, N.M.: Arena Editions, 1999. 144 pages.
ISBN: 1-892041-05-1.
Luis González Palma is a marketing success story. His images are everywhere: in all the art fairs, galleries in major cities, museums and private collections — even on a movie poster. Reviews of his [...]
May 26, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Mónica Serra: Despaisajes
Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena, 6a. Calle Final, Zona 10, Guatemala City
19-31 May 1999
Mónica Serra is a Guatemalan abstract painter. She belongs to the country’s younger generation of artists, and she is a leading figure among this group. Her work defies every current national trend. She paints mostly mystical and [...]