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PLUS/MINUS HOPE
+/- esperanza is the title of the upcoming group exhibition at the Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo in Costa Rica (Aug 5 - Sep 14, 2010). Among the 28 Latin American artists, three Puerto Ricans can be found: Omar Obdulio Peña Forty, Karlo Andrei Ibarra and Admin Torres. madc.cr >>

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
The Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland has a Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) show up that will close Sept 5. Basquiat had a Puerto Rican mother - that's why he's listed in el-status.com's artists' database. Beyeler recently displayed works by Félix González-Torres (1957-1996), too. FGT partly grew up in Puerto Rico and got his art education here.
A propos FGT: Currently there's a investigation project show that focuses on Félix González-Torres's early works on display at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Puerto Rico. For details see Taller Vivo - Una mirada critica...
CARIBBEAN ART PROJECT IN NYC
El Museo del Barrio has been organizing Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, in collaboration with Queens Museum of Art and Studio Museum in Harlem since 2006. The results will be made public in 2012 but it's about time, you learn the details about this research and exhibition project. Download pdf | visit Project Blog.
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VII PHOTO BIENNIAL
The VII Bienal Internacional de Fotografía de Puerto Rico is dedicated to art photography, to black and white photography, and to the Biennial's deceased founder Jorge Ramos Caro. The selected photographers are Jaime Álvarez, Lady Arce Torres, Roberto Biaggi, Pablo Cambó, Luis Carle, Rosa Centeno, Abey Charrón, Salvi Colom, Jacqueline Cooper, Frank Elias, Carlos Esteva Rozas, Rosario Fernández, Robert Kozek, Christopher López, Gabriel López Albarrán, Jorge Luna, Reyes Meléndez, Liza Morales, Lorna Otero, Víctor Rafael, Waleska Rivera Ramos and Haydee Yordán. Opening: Sept 9, 7 p.m. (till Oct 31, 2010) at the Museo de las Américas, Room 8, Cuartel de Ballajá, Old San Juan.
YOUNG ARTISTS
At the Arsenal de la Puntilla, run by the ICP, the show Serie Regional de Jugadores Pampers (curated by Bianca Ortiz Declet, Ralph Vázquez and Abdiel Segarra) offers an encounter with Puerto Rican artists who reside or have resided lately outside of Puerto Rico. Get acquainted with the works of Christopher Rivera, Gian Carlos Silva, José Ortiz, Karla Cott, Marisol Plard, Michelle Gratacós, Miguel Toledo, Osvaldo Budet, Alejandro Epifanio, Alex Reyes, Alia Farid & Esteban Gabriel, Ángel Otero, Dialitza Colón, Eunice Soto-Relat, Vanessa Hernández Gracia and many more. conboca.org >>
AGENDA
For events see www.dondeveoarte.com, Balcones de San Juan and other cultural websites >>
FAS 2010 + SAN JUAN NOISE FEST + GIRATORIODEKSPRESION:
The Puerto Rican Sound Art Summit is history. Click for documentation.
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