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Art at Americas Society exhibits Latin American, Caribbean, and Canadian art.

Art at Americas Society organizes and presents modern, contemporary, colonial, archeological and Pre-Columbian exhibitions. Our projects provoke dialogue and debate about regional modernism and global art through talks, panel discussions, lectures, and academic symposia. Publications expand the scope and impact of our work, and together with our exhibitions and public programs, contribute new cultural developments, analysis, and scholarship to the field.

05/14/2025

There is just one week left to see Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos. Be sure to stop by for a last look before the exhibition closes on May 17, 2025.

Beatriz Cortez’s Cabeza de Jaguar (Monumento # 47) recreates in steel a multi-species head, speculated to be a jaguar, originally carved in stone and looted from present-day El Salvador in 2015. Recreation and reinterpretation become a gesture of longing—a way to create memory from the fragments and records of the absent object.

Artwork: Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council.
Photo credit: Micheal Palma Mir

For more information, please visit the link in our bio.

Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 11 am - 6 pm

02/23/2023

Tropico es Politico is now open at ! Check out the exhibition in San Juan this spring or visit our website for more information. Exhibition pocketbooks are still available - order your copy today!

02/21/2023

“My mission is this: to get what I have, so that the next day I can represent the existence of Earth. It is the meaning of my life…. And in my representation I will receive many gifts from the world.” - Arthur Bispo do Rosario

Gallery hours: Wednesday - Friday, 12pm-6pm, Saturday 12pm-5pm
Our galleries are free and open to the public.

📸Installation view, Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth, Americas Society New York, January 25 - May 20, 2023, Image: Arturo Sanchez.

02/15/2023

LIVE TODAY at 5:00 pm EST, IN THE STUDIO: LEDA CATUNDA

Brazilian artist Leda Catunda () will discuss these works and others with Ricardo Resende(), co-curator of Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth.

Leda Catunda was born and currently lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Her inclusion in Como Vai Você?, Geração 80, a watershed group show at Parque Lage Visual Art School in Rio de Janeiro in 1984, cemented Catunda’s pivotal position in Brazilian contemporary art and ushered in a revitalization in painting.

Tune in to our live story to hear more

A Vitrine, 1984, acrylic on artificial fur, 200 x 400 cm

O Espírito do Jardim, 1990, acrylic on canvas and leather coat, 198 x 158 cm

Cadu, 2010, acrylic on canvas and fabric, 231 x 335 cm

Botão, 2014, acrylic on fabric and leather and t-shirt, ø 214 cm

Véus, 2018, watercolor with collage, 57 x 45,5 cm

Roupinha II, watercolor with collage, 21 x 15 cm

02/10/2023

Join us in person on Monday, February 27th for two panel discussions “The Drawings of Minnie Evans” and “A Chess Game with Bispo do Rosario," organized in collaboration with Outsider Art Fair.

5:00 to 6:00 PM
"The Drawings of Minnie Evans" is a conversation on the life and work of artist Minnie Evans (1892–1987) between Nathan Kernan, Elizabeth Penton, and Wayne Evans, moderated by Esther Adler.

6:15 to 7:15 PM
“A Chess Game with Bispo do Rosario” will feature writer, curator, and editor Edward M. Gómez, and Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth Co-Curator Javier Téllez to discuss Bispo do Rosario’s oeuvre.

To RSVP, click the link in our bio!

*Masks are encouraged.

Artworks:
Minnie Evans, Green Animal, c. 1963. Colored pencil, crayon, oil, and pencil on paper. 8 3/4 × 11 7/16" (22.3 × 29 cm). Courtesy the Museum of Modern Art New York / Gift of Mrs. Nina Howell Starr.

Arthur Bispo do Rosario, Untitled [Uma obra tāo importante que levou 1986 anos para ser escrita (A work so important that it took 1986 years to be written)], n.d. Fabric, thread, wood, metal. 101 ½ x 59 3⁄8 inches (258 x 150 x 1 cm). All the works reproduced are courtesy of Museu Bispo do Rosario Arte Contemporânea. Photo: Rafael Ardojan

01/24/2023

Join us tomorrow January 25th for the opening of our Spring exhibition Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth!

The artists created more than one thousand objects from within a psychiatric institution in Rio de Janeiro, where he lived most of his life. The exhibition brings together some of his iconic artworks, including hand-embroidered textiles with assorted attached elements, mixed-media sculptures, and his signature “Annunciation Garment”, his best known work.

Join us for the opening reception at Americas Society from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

To RSVP, click the link in our bio!

This exhibition will be on view from January 25 to May 20, 2023.

The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Museu Bispo do Rosario Arte Contemporânea in Rio de Janeiro, and is co-curated by Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Ricardo Resende, and Javier Téllez, with Tie Jojima.

Artwork caption: Untitled [Grande Veleiro (Big sailboat)], n.d. Wood, plastic, fabric,
foam, metal, ink, graphite, paper, found materials, thread, fiber,
nylon. 46 ½ x 62 ¼ x 25 ½ inches (118 x 158 x 65 cm).

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