Visual Arts
El Simposio: Nueva York
El Museo's Latin American Art Symposium expands on the exhibition Nueva York (1613 - 1945) by inviting scholars and curators to discuss the role of Latino and Spanish-speaking artists in New York over three centuries. The program will include a conversation between renowned scholars Mike Wallace, (Chief Historian, Nueva York: 1613 - 1945) and Marcus Burke (Senior Curator of Paintings, The Hispanic Society of America), moderated by Juan Flores (Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis; Director, Latino Studies, New York University).
3:00pm JOSE MARTI: Art Critic in Exile
Elvis Fuentes (Curator, El Museo del Barrio) looks at Cuban writer José Martí's fertile relationship with the visual arts: his art criticism work focusing on late 19th century New York, and his representation in Modern and Contemporary Cuban art.
3:15pm CINE LATINO: New York’s Spanish-language Theaters Then and Now
In the 1930s, there were three Spanish-language movie theaters in New York. This conversation with Carlos A. Gutiérrez (Co-founding Director, Cinema Tropical) and James Fernández (Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, New York University) focuses on Teatro Hispano in East Harlem.
4:30pm NUEVA YORK: Art/History of the City
In a conversation moderated by Juan Flores, Mike Wallace and Marcus Burke explore the history of New York through the relationships that developed along a NORTH-SOUTH axis within the Americas and the Caribbean, and the resulting influence of Latinos and Spanish-speaking communities in the city’s history and development.
6:30pm NUEVA YORK IQ Quiz
Join Carmelita Tropicana (performance artist, playwright and actor) for an evening of Nueva York trivia and a chance to win cash and prizes. Learn more
Images from top to bottom:
1. Geandy Pavón, Wrinkle Martí, 2010. Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
2. Teatro Hispano. San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation. La Chata Noloesca Collection (Fifth Avenue & 116th Street).
3. The Duty of the Hour: to Save Her [Cuba] Not Only from Spain but from a worst Fate [Anarchy] Puck, New York, 1898. New-York Historical Society.
4. Photo courtesy of Carmelita Tropicana. Photo by Uzi Parnes.
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