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Qatar Tribune
15-06-2025
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QM unveils LATINOAMERICANO exhibition's public programmes
Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Museums (QM) invites the public to discover a comprehensive series of public programmes to celebrate the LATINOAMERICANO exhibition, currently on view at the National Museum of Qatar until July 19, 2025. This landmark exhibition represents the first large-scale presentation of modern and contemporary Latin American art in the WANA region. Co-curated by Qatar Museums and the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba), LATINOAMERICANO is a key component of the Qatar Argentina and Chile 2025 Year of Culture. From June to July 2025, the public is invited to engage in a diverse range of activities, including curator-led tours and a literature series featuring fiction, poetry, and essays written by renowned Latin American authors. These programmes provide a valuable opportunity to deepen understanding and appreciation of Latin American culture and artistic expression. Guided and Curatorial Tours Discover over 170 exceptional artworks in the LATINOAMERICANO exhibition through guided and curator-led tours, in English and Spanish, where visitors will delve into the rich tapestry of modern and contemporary Latin American art. These insightful tours provide a deeper understanding of the diverse cultural narratives, social contexts, and influential artistic movements that have shaped Latin America's artistic landscape, offering a unique perspective on the continent's vibrant creative history. Title: A Tribute to Modern and Contemporary Art from Latin America Location: National Museum of Qatar, Temporary Galleries 1 and 2. Dates and Times: Saturday Guided Tours (4:00 pm - 6:00 pm) Monday Guided Tours (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm) Special Curatorial Tour by Issa Al Shirawi (Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 5:30 pm) For inquiries and booking, mail to: Literature Salon Palabras y Pinceles – Literature Salon invites participants to immerse themselves in Latin American literature, engaging in thoughtful dialogue with the visual art showcased in the LATINOAMERICANO exhibition. Each session features a curated reading of fiction, poetry, or essays by prominent Latin American authors, offering deeper insights into the cultural and artistic themes that define the region. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the meaningful connections between the written word and the artworks on display, gaining a unique and enriched perspective on Latin America's vibrant creative legacy. Location: National Museum of Qatar Date and Time: 'Cidade, city, cité' poem by Augusto de Campos (Sunday, June 22, 2025 | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm) 'El gusanito' poem by Jorge de la Vega (Sunday, June 29| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm) 'And of Clary Are We Created' short story by Isabel Allende (Sunday, July 6, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm) 'The Aleph' short story by Jorge Luis Borges (Sunday, July 13, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm)A series of curated events celebrating Latin American art and literature, available from June to July 2025 at the NMoQ
Arab News
06-05-2025
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- Arab News
Deal signed to promote traditional arts in Saudi Arabia
Works by renowned 20th-century Latin American artists presented in new exhibition in Doha DOHA: One of revered Mexican artist Diego Rivera's best-known paintings is now on display at the National Museum of Qatar. Titled 'Baile en Tehuantepec' ('Dance in Tehuantepec') and completed in 1920, it depicts a group of female Oaxacan dancers dressed in bright costumes poised to begin the Zandunga dance. The painting, like others by Riviera at the time, aimed to depict the social life of Mexico. With time, the work, exhibited a few years later at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, became one of the most expensive paintings in Latin American art. Lam, Wilfredo, Omi Obini, ALTA. (Supplied) Nearly a century after Riviera painted the work, it is on show in Doha in 'LATINOAMERICANO,' a comprehensive exhibition running until July 19. Showcasing over 170 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, installation, video, photographs, films and archival documentation by over 100 artists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Paraguay, Mexico, Venezuela and Uruguay, the exhibition offers an in-depth look at Latin American art from 1900 to the present in what marks the first-ever show of its kind in West Asia and North Africa for the genre. The exhibition, organized in partnership with Qatar Museums, is a pivotal aspect of the Qatar, Argentina and Chile 2025 Year of Culture. It presents modern and contemporary artworks from the collections of Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Eduardo F. Costantini and Qatar Museums institutions like Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art and the Future Art Mill Museum, among others. Rivera, Diego, Baile en Tehuantepec, 1928, Colección Eduardo F. Costantini. (Supplied) Curated by Issa Al-Shirawi, a Qatari curator, researcher and head of international exhibitions at Qatar Museums, and Maria Amalia Garcia, curator in chief at Malba, the show ambitiously strives to capture the diverse art and culture of an entire continent. 'The exhibition promotes an exchange of knowledge through art, continuing Qatar Museums' emphasis on showing art histories from underrated and underappreciated art histories,' Al-Shirawi told Arab News, underlining how Latin American artists have consistently challenged narratives, readapted local traditions and influenced artistic movements across the world. There are several pieces Al-Shirawi notes that highlight the artistic exchange between the Middle East and Latin America. Candido Portinari. Festa de Sao Joao, 1936. (Supplied) One is by Uruguayan-born artist Gonzalo Fonseca who traveled to the Middle East during the 1950s where he visited archaeological sites that made a lasting impact on his sculptural work, highly conceptual with great references to architectural forms. Another is a vibrant painting by Lebanese-born artist Bibi Zogbe, who emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina and became known throughout South America as 'la pintura de flores' ('the flower painter'). These works are displayed alongside those of both globally renowned artists from the continent, like Colombian artist Fernando Botero, Cuban painter Wilfredo Lam, Belkis Ayon, also from Cuba, known for her work on African influences in the Caribbean island, and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, among many others. Candido Portinari. Festa de Sao Joao, 1936. (Supplied) The exhibition's in-depth thematic sections provide a first taste for those new to Latin American art. 'At first, we thought we would organize the show chronologically, but then we realized that it was crucial to show the connections between traditional art and various modern and contemporary movements and what influenced these,' Al-Shirawi aid. 'How does the traditional translate back into the contemporary? And how does the contemporary go back to the traditional? A poignant multisensory installation that demonstrates this and that, in Al-Shirawi's opinion, serves as one of the 'anchor' works for the exhibition is by Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuna. Titled 'Quipu desparecido' ('Disappeared Quipu,' 2018), it refers to the Andean civilization's quipus — knotted strings made of colored and spun or plied wood or llama hair — used to record information. The practice was crucial to societal organization across the ancient Incan Empire but was decimated by the Spanish colonization. Vicuna's artwork pays homage to these important threads to reactivate the memory of the quipus, which she refers to as a 'poem in space, a way to remember, involving the body and the cosmos at once.'
