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Where to go to to see contemporary Puerto Rican art of international quality
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Museums and art institutions (Puerto Rico)
Other exhibition spaces (Puerto Rico, Vieques, USVI)
Museums, art institutions, exhibition spaces (USA)
Museums (Latin America, Caribbean, Canada)
Collections, public art, foundations (Puerto Rico)
Galleries (Puerto Rico & abroad)
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Art agenda (culture in Puerto Rico)
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Museums and art institutions (Puerto Rico) |
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Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP - Institute of Puerto Rican Culture) |
The ICP exhibits at the Arsenal de la Puntilla, at the Cuartel de Ballajá, at the Galería Nacional and in other spaces; the book store on Plaza San José is underdeveloped executive director: Mercedes Gómez (Puerto Rican) director Artes Plásticas: Marie L. Purcell Villafañe (Puerto Rican) |
founded 1955 www.icp.gobierno.pr |
Galería Nacional (ICP institution - National Gallery) |
Convento de los Dominicos between calle Norzagaray and the San José church Old San Juan |
Puerto Rican paintings (collection of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña) from XVIII (i.e. José Campeche) until 1960 icp website |
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC - Museum of Contemporary Art) |
Ave. Ponce de León/Ave. R. H. Todd Parada 18, Santurce director: Marianne Ramirez Aponte (Puerto Rican); founding director María Emilia Somoza (Puerto Rican) left in November 2008 after more than 24 years curator: Lilliana Ramos-Collado (Puerto Rican) |
Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American vanguard art from the 1940s to the present founded in 1984 (1988 at Barat Building of Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, since 2002 at present location) museocontemporaneopr.org artnexus |
Muso de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR - Museum of Puerto Rican Art or: Art Museum of Puerto Rico) |
Ave. de Diego 299, Santurce director: Lourdes Ramos (Puerto Rican) curator: Juan Carlos López (Venezuelan) |
Puerto Rican art from the 17th century to the present founded 2000 www.mapr.org |
Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP - Art Museum of Ponce) |
Ave. Las Américas 2325 Ponce Re-opened in Nov 2010 after two years of renovations/enlargements during the construction works, the MAP ran MAP@PLAZA (Museo de Arte de Ponce en Plaza Las Américas, San Juan) sub-director: Alejandra Peña Gutiérrez (Mexican) since Summer 2012 director: vacant (the Mexican Agustín Arteaga held the position till 2013) curator: vacant (the American Cheryl Hartup held the position 2005-2012) |
European pre-raphaelian art (El Greco, Goya, Rubens), international and local masters (Campeche, Oller, Myrna Baez, Martorell, Hernandez Cruz); temporary exhibitions focus on dialogues between contemporary local and international artists and the works in the collection (Guillermo Real, Victor Vázquez, David Schnell) founded 1959 by Luis A. Ferré museoarteponce.org |
Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico (School of Plastic Arts) |
Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico Antiguo Hospital La Concepción Calle Baneficencia, Campo del Morro Old San Juan director: Marimar Benitez (Puerto Rican) |
teachers include reknown artists such as Haydée Landing Gordon, Charles Juhász-Alvarado, Linda Sánchez Pintor, José "Tony" Cruz, Carlos Ruíz-Valarino, María de Mater O'Neill, Elizam Escobar, Ada Bobonis, Carlos Marcial López and Edgar Rodríguez Luiggi www.eap.edu |
MHAA - Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte (UPR Museum of History, Antropology and Art) |
Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto Río Piedras Ave. Ponce de León director: Flavia Marichal Lugo (Puerto Rican) |
besides archeological and historic objects the museum hosts a collection of Puerto Rican works on paper (posters and prints) and paintings by old local masters (Campeche, Oller) - from pre-colombian aera to present; contemporary art exhibited in connection with the Trienal Poli/Gráfica and in retrospectives (Lorenzo Homar, Carlos Marichal) founded 1949 upr.edu |
Museo de Arte e Historia |
Calle Norzagoray 150 Old San Juan |
former marketplace; hosts cultural events, historic time line and changing exhibitions (not focused on arts/contemporary art) |
Museo de Las Américas (Museum of the Americas) |
Cuartel de Ballajá 2nd floor Old San Juan founder: Ricardo E. Alegría (Puerto Rican) director: María Ángela López Vilella (Puerto Rican) |
dedicated to the history and culture of the Americas; exhibits works from pre-colombian aera to present (contemporary art - solo and group shows), indian and african heritage included; the ICP uses part of the building, too (see entry under "Cuartel de la Ballajá") founded 1992 museolasamericas.org old website: prtc.net/~musame/ |
Museo de Arte de Bayamón |
Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamón 787-740 6868 |
opened in February 2008 local masters Augusto Marín, Alfonso Arana, Carmelo Sobrino, Epifanio Irizarry, Oscar Colón Delgado, Félix Rodríguez Báez, Andy Bueso, Rafael Tufiño, Arnaldo Maas, Miguel Pou,... works on paper by european masters Chagall, Miró, Picasso, Dalí, Matisse, Klée, Moore, Lam, Calder, Leger and Rembrandt |
Museo de Arte de Caguas (MUAC) |
corner Ruiz Belvis and Padial Streets (city center) director: ... curator: Elsa María Meléndez (Puerto Rican) |
permanent show with works from the collection (focused on artists from the Turabo valley) and changing exhibitions (traditional to contemporary art) caguas.gov.pr |
| Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez (MCEH), Gurabo |
Of the original five historic buildings on the campus of the Universidad del Turabo, three still exist. A new museum building is about to open. director: Carmen T. Ruiz de Fischler |
archeology, folk art and contemporary art; focus on local artists/culture museo.ut.pr |
| Museo de Arte e Historia de Arecibo René Marqués (MAHA) |
Since 1990 the cultural center of Arecibo, named after the town's famous writer René Marqués. | exhibition space for local artists directions look for Museo Rene Marques in facebook |
| Additional museums (not only art): www.ilam.org | ||
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Other exhibition spaces (Puerto Rico, Vieques, USVI) |
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Casa Aboy |
cultural space for music, theatre, literature etc. with photographic exhibitions at the inlaying photo gallery PL 900, and a library/bookstore director: Marisa Rosado (Puerto Rican) casaboy@coqui.net |
the inlaying Galeria PL 900 was founded in 1975/76 as the first photo gallery in the Caribbean casaaboy.org |
Arsenal de la Puntilla |
Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Calle La Puntilla 3 Old San Juan |
main exhibiting space of the ICP Artes Plásticas; no permanent exhibition; hosted part of the triennial 2004 and the whole 2009 triennial; mainly contemporary art (for example Adál Maldonado and Raphael Montañez Ortiz in 2007) |
| Cuartel de Ballajá |
Antiguo Cuartel de Ballajá, Calles Beneficencia y Norzagaray, Old San Juan | main exhibiting space of the ICP with permanent and changing exhibitions; main host of the biennials and of the triennial 2004 |
| Espacio Arana |
Calle San José 104 Old San Juan director: Luis Alfonso Meléndez Ibarra (son of Alfonso Arana) espacioarana@gmail.com |
former residence of late artist Alfonso (Meléndez) Arana, former location of Galería Corinne Timsit; now host of the Cooperativa Arana and of the Arana Foundation |
| Casa Cortés |
Calle San Francisco 210 Old San Juan contacts: Laura Rentas, rentas.laura@gmail.com and José Luis Cedeño, jose.cedeno@gmail.com |
The Cortés family ownes the Chocolate Cortés company and has offered this venue in various occasions for alternativ art shows. From September 4, 2012 on it will show "CCC: Caribes", works from the Cortés art collection (curator: Elizabeth Robles). |
| Pabellón de la Paz |
Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera, Ave. Muñoz Rivera, Puerta de Tierra (San Juan) | large pavillion at the west end of the park; was used twice for El Pulguero de los Artistas |
Polvorín/Polverio |
El Polvorín/Polverio del Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera, Ave. Muñoz Rivera, Puerta de Tierra (San Juan) | space on the grounds of the capital's Parque Muñoz Rivera; from children's drawings to experimental or artesanal - has been used as an off-space during the first CIRCA |
| Popular Center |
Lobby of the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Ave. Muñoz Rivera, Hato Rey | 2011: Angel Botello retrospective; 2012: "The Way In", works by internationally reknown Puerto Rican artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, curated by Io Ann Carrion) |
| Off scene / Experimental spaces |
Check the daily newspapers or the web agenda sites for other exhibition spaces such as restaurants, empty lots, abandoned buildings etc. | |
=DESTO |
used to be at 1400 Calle Américo Salas, Santurce (San Juan), currently without fix space |
experimental space founded in December 2005 and run by the three artists Raquel Quijano, Jason Mena and Omar Obdulio Peña Forty; Raquel and Omar continue the project with changing locations |
| El Local en Santurce |
1425 Ave. Fernandez Juncos, Santurce (San Juan) co-founder: Tara Rodriguez Besosa ellocalensanturce@gmail.com |
El Local opened in October 2008 and hosts the Galería Cuarentena website |
| Santurce Inn |
1034 Calle Las Palmas, Santurce (San Juan) ars.nume@gmail.com |
Off space during CIRCA '06 and '08, changing exhibitions; artists' workshop Antonio González-Walker, director (and exhibiting artist) |
LA 15 |
703 Calle Ernesto Cerra, Parada 15, Santurce (San Juan) founding director: José Jorge Román, 703roman@gmail.com |
website Curatorial Center and Contemporary Art Space |
| La Respuesta |
1600 Ave. Fernandez Juncos, Santurce (San Juan) info@cafeseda.com director: José "Fofito" Morales artistic director: Gisela Rosario |
the crew formerly ran the Café Seda in Old San Juan; the new space is hugh and open for cultural events including visual arts and music; host of the first Puerto Rican Sound Art Fair - FAS 08 |
| Sala Teatro Beckett |
1008 Ave. Ponce de León, 2nd floor, Río Piedras (San Juan) host of PACA, an artistic, cultural and academic project that strives to bring cultural night life back to what once was a vibrating university town |
PACA blog |
GAUSC - Galería de Arte de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Art Gallery of the USC) |
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón Edificio Barat Sur, Santurce director/curator: Adlín Ríos Rigau (Puerto Rican) |
formerly the host of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo the USC now runs a gallery that was inaugurated in 1995 (historic and contemporary shows) sagrado.edu |
| Galería Delta de Pico at the Liga de Arte |
Calle Beneficencia 1 Old San Juan ligadearte@prtc.net director: Elsa Costas |
non-profit art school for children and adults; changing exhibitions featuring local artists and students |
ÁREA - lugar de proyectos (Caguas) |
entrepreneur and collector José Hernandez Castrodad owns the 2'500-square-foot art space in Caguas info@arealugardeproyectos.com first director (2005 - 2007): Quintín Rivera-Toro); current director: Natalia Martinez Soage |
since 2005 a space for artists in residence, contemporary art exhibitions, curatorial experiments and talks proyectosarea.com read article: artnet.com related to METRO, Hernandez' new space in San Juan |
| METRO: plataformaorganizada (San Juan) |
Calle O'Neill 174 Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico made possible by José Hernández Castrodad who also finances ÁREA - lugar de proyectos in Caguas |
opened in July 2011 artists: Héctor Arce, Migdalia Barens, Javier Bosques, Myritza Castillo, Rabindranat Díaz Cardona, Vanessa Hernández Gracia, Héctor Madera González, Elsa María Meléndez, Omar Obdulio Peña Forty, Quintín Rivera Toro, Christopher Rivera, Manolo Rodríguez, Carlos Ruiz Valarino, Cristina Tufiño, Sebastián Vallejo, Zinthia Vázquez, Norma Vila Rivero metroplataformaorganizada.com |
| Fundación ARWI |
Ave. Avelino Vicente 756, Pda. 21, Santurce contacts: Gretchelle L. Dilan and her brother Javier José Dilan, gdilan@prarwi.com, jdilan@prarwi.com (mail addresses out of order) |
opened in March 2008 with a flashback on the two past ARWI fairs prarwi.com/foundation.html (out of oder) / more info on facebook (?) |
| Unión |
see Union's Contemporary Collector's Space under Galleries | |
| Galería de Arte "Chardón" UPRM (Mayagüez) |
Art Gallery on the Mayagüez campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPRM), Chardón Building contacts: Yvette Cabrera and local artist Carlos Fajardo |
currently only showing students' works uprm.edu/gallery (not maintained since 2007) |
| Museo de Arte y Senado Académico MuSA (Mayagüez) |
New museum on the Mayagüez campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPRM) director/curator to be announced |
not yet completed/inaugurated will host the legacy of the late local artist Marcos Irizarry as well as acuarels by Dr. Agustín Stahl and a collection of contemporary works by Puerto Rican artists; the museum was designed by the architect Jaime Cobas |
| Museo Eugenio María de Hostos (Mayagüez) |
Municipal exhibition space director: María Matos Viera |
the Rincón based North American artist Bruce Burt exhibited there in Oct 2010 |
| Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López Martínez (Cayey) |
Museum on the Cayey campus of the University of Puerto Rico Curator: Mariel Quiñones Vélez 205 Ave. Antonio R. Barceló, Tel. 738-2161 ext. 2191 or 738-0650 |
dedicated to the legacy of Ramón Frade León (1875-1954); historic and contemporary art |
Museo El Fortin Conde de Mirasol (Museum Fort Count Mirasol, Vieques) |
www.enchanted-isle.com/ elfortin |
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Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts (CMCArts, St. Croix) |
exhibitions, art residencies, workshops 10 Strand Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands director: Candia Atwater |
www.cmcarts.org |
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Museums, art institutions, exhibition spaces (USA) |
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Taller Boricua |
Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Ave., New York 10029 directors: Marcos Dimas (Puerto Rican) and Fernando Salicrup (Puerto Rican/Nuyorican) |
founded in 1970 (40th anniversary in 2010) tallerboricua.org |
El Museo del Barrio |
Heckscher Building, 1230 Fifth Ave. @ 104th Street, New York 10029 director: Julián Zugazagoitia (Mexican) - will become the new director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (as of Sept 1, 2010) / new director to be announced... |
founded 1969 elmuseo.org |
MoMA |
Museum of Modern Art, New York | moma.org |
MoLAA |
Museum of Latin American Art 628 Alamitos Avenue Long Beach, CA |
molaa.org |
Taller Puertorriqueño |
2721 North 5th Street Philadelphia, PA |
tallerpr.org |
The Americas Society |
680 Park Avenue New York, NY |
www.americas-society.org |
Smithsonian Institution |
museums, affiliated museums and research centers in USA and PR (i.e. MAPR) | www.si.edu |
| IPRAC |
Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture Museum address: 3015 West Division Street Chicago, IL |
www.iprac.org |
Casa de la Cultura / Center for Latino Arts |
Jorge Hernández Cultural Center 85 West Newton Street Boston, MA manager: Javier Torres |
a program of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) www.claboston.org |
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Museums (Latin America, Caribbean, Canada) |
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| Museo Nacional de Arte (National Museum of the Arts) |
La Paz, Bolivia |
www.mna.org.bo |
| Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM, Museum of Modern Art) |
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
www.mamrio.org.br |
| Museo de Artes Visuales (MAVI - Museum of the Visual Arts) |
Santiago, Chile |
www.mavi.cl |
| Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá (MAC - Museum of Contemporary Art) |
Bogotá, Colombia |
uniminuto.edu/mac |
| Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM - Museum of Modern Art) |
Cartagena, Colombia |
colarte.com |
| Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC - Museum of Contemporary Arts and Design) |
Costa Rica |
www.madc.ac.cr |
| Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Provincia de Salta, Argentina; Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Museo de Arte Contemporãnea-MAC., Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil; Museé d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec, Canadá; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia; Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia; Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia; Museo Nacional, La Habana, Cuba; Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana | ... addresses of these and other museums in the Americas and the Caribbean can be found here (mapr.org) | |
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Collections, public art, foundations (Puerto Rico) |
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Espacio 1414 (Berezdivin Collection) |
Ave. Fernández Juncos 1414 Santurce directors: Diana and Moisés Berezdivin (Cuban born couple, owners of Kress fashion stores, in Puerto Rico since 1963) curator: María Inés Rodríguez (Columbian) |
espacio1414.org nyartsmagazine.com artealdia.com opened in 2005; collection initially focused on contemporary art from Latin America; has diversified in 2007 |
| BBVA |
bbva.com | |
| fist_art Foundation |
fist_art FOUNDATION seeks to promote, educate, and foster understanding of contemporary art and its relationship with nature through public art projects, community based programs and educational initiatives. |
Founded in 2008 by Carolina Stubbe in Dorado, Puerto Rico |
| Merrill Lynch |
organizes/organized Puerto Rico Artweek as well as arte américas | puertoricoartweek.com and arteamericasmiami.com (out of order) |
| Seguros Múltiples |
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| Compañia de Turismo de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Tourism Company) |
Paseo de la Princesa Old San Juan |
large collection of Puerto Rican art, partly exhibited at Paseo de la Princesa building |
| Proyecto de Arte Público de Puerto Rico |
governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá has stopped new projects in 2005; the ARTEpúblico office remained open to complete unfinished projects only executive director of Directorat of Urbanism: Diana Luna project director of ARTEpúblico: Miguel Rodríguez Casellas |
from ? to 2005 over 70 public art projects were initiated (and mostly completed) in/on train stations, highways, public beaches, urban centers, unclaimed spaces and the internet; artists include Bobonis, Burgos, Juhász, Martorell, Salabarrías, Sobrino, Vázquez artepublico.puertorico.pr |
| Centro de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Center) |
Avenida Ponce de León Parada 22 1/2, Santurce (San Juan) |
sculptures, murals, glass windows, paintings by Annex Burgos, Augusto Marín, Rafael Tufiño, Luis Hernández Cruz,... cba.gobierno.pr |
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Galleries (in Puerto Rico and abroad, featuring Puerto Rican art) |
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| SAN JUAN & GREATER SAN JUAN (METROPOLITAN AREA) | ||
| Galeria Espacio 304 |
304 Eleanor Roosevelt, San Juan espacio304@gmail.com director: Carlos H. Garcia |
Mainly contemporary art from Puerto Rico, Cuba and Venezuela; new tendencies and upcoming young artists galeriaespacio304.com |
| Galería 356 |
named after their former space (César González 356, Hato Rey), this gallery has turned virtual and is looking for a new space galeria356@yahoo.com director: Michele Fiedler |
painting, installation, video, mixed-media; Elsa Maria Meléndez, Nelson Sambolin, Edgard Rodriguez Luiggi, Antonio Navia, Miguel Angel Torres Aponte, Jean-Michel Fiedler, Christopher Rivera,... galeria356.com |
| Galería 778 |
778 Ave. San Patricio, Urb. Las Lomas, San Juan director: Giovanna Verni |
owner Carlos Moyka has made several attempts with his gallery; the last reopening was celebrated in Feb 09 with local and international artists, established and emerging galeria778.com |
| ArteFoundation |
159 O'Donnell Street, Old San Juan arte@artefoundation.com director: Cathy Lucas |
original editions on paper and multiples (local and international artists); library with material by and about Luigi Marrozzini; has been going to art fair with emerging artists lately |
| Galería Biaggi Fauré |
Ave. Jesús T. Piñero 1035 Puerto Nuevo (San Juan) info@biaggifaure.com directors: Gail Biaggi & Carlos Fauré |
Olga Albizu, Harak Rubio, Noemi Ruiz, Javier Cambre, Wichie Torres,...; member of "San Juan Art District"* biaggifaure.com |
| BlackBoxArt |
formerly ran a space at Calle Fortaleza 309, Old San Juan, then turned project based, using mainly the gallery space @ La Respuesta Since 2010 not active anymore. Founders were Roberto Escobar Molina and artist Celso González. |
opened 2007 with Celso González, Carmelo Sobrino, Elizam Escobar, Nelson Sambolin Heriberto Nieves, Fernando Mora, Luis Borrero, Eric Tabales, Moisés Castillo, Sofía Maldonado, Nick Quijano, Lilliam Nieves; then showcased very young artists (Cacheila Soto, Angelilah, Roberto Biaggi,...); celebrated Dia de los muertos @ La Respuesta with 44 artists of all generations in 2009. |
| BLINK Fine Art |
Urb. Santa María Gigi # 4, San Juan director: Marilin Hernández falconvazquez@blinkfineart.com |
artists: Emilio Arraiza, Ramón Feliciano, Moisés Fragela, Betzaida González, Marilin Hernández, Alexander Rosado, Aby Ruiz blinkfineart.com |
Galería Botello |
Calle Del Cristo 208, Old San Juan botello@botello.com director: Juan Botello |
Nathan Budoff, Néstor Otero, John Betancourt, Lope Max Díaz, María de Mater O'Neill, Jorge Zeno, Víctor Vázquez, Frank J. Méndez, Myrna Báez, Marta Pérez García, Teo Freytes, Susana Espinosa,... botello.com |
| Brío |
Ave. Jesús T. Piñero 1165, San Juan |
Restaurant and Gallery with an artistically very mixed program, organized by artist José Marcano lagaleriaatbrio.com |
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Calle Ernesto Cerra 626, Santurce Closed in 2012 (?!)
787-647-7461 Martin Albarran
787-239-3040 Jaime Rodriguez |
the "Pocket" show in February 2011 featured more than 100 young, emerging and established artists showing (very) small format works |
| Galeria Casa Jefferson |
Calle Jefferson 106, Santurce on facebook |
Showed a collective parallel to the FotoVisura event and the Foto Biennial in 2012 |
| CL Gallery |
virtual Gallery director: Carlos M. López of CMLC |
founded "for" CIRCA 2010 |
| Código 3 |
Calle Paraná 1715 (close to El Señorial Plaza) |
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| La Corporación - Artist Studios |
Calle Añasco 848 Barrio Blondet, Río Piedras lacorporacionartiststudios @gmail.com director: Rogelio Báez Vega |
studios for artists, shows and projects lacorporacionas.com |
| A. Cueto Gallery |
Ave. Escorial 531, Caparra Heights, San Juan acueto@acuetogallery.com director: Arnaldo Cueto |
Luis Gonzalez, Agustin de Andino, Guillermo Zayas, Marlene Hernandez, Gladys Nieves, Orlando Vallejo,... www.acuetogallery.com |
| Galeria Éxodo |
Calle Cristo 200 B Old San Juan director: Radames Rivera galeriaexodo@gmail.com |
Contemporary Caribbean art www.galeriaexodo.com |
| Gómez Fine Art |
Ave. Andalucia 404, Puerto Nuevo (San Juan) Tel. 787-781 3857 director: Cheri Gómez |
member of "San Juan Art District"* |
Galería Mehr Licht |
Calle Paraná 1666, El Cerezal, San Juan info@galeriamehrlicht.org director: José Sosa |
galeriamehrlicht.org (currently out of order) |
| OBRA Galería Alegría |
Calle Cruz 301, Old San Juan gallery@obragaleria.com |
obragaleria.com |
| Roberto Paradise |
first located in an upstairs space at Calle San Francisco in Old San Juan, then moved to Calle Hipódromo # 610 in Santurce director: Francisco "Tito" Rovira Rullán (former director of Galeria Comercial in Santurce) |
Jesus "Bubu" Negron, Jose Lerma, Rafael Vargas Bernard, Alana Iturralde, Charles Juhasz-Alvarado, Radamés "Juni" Figueroa, Chaveli Sifre and Jonathan Torres among others paradiseparadise.biz |
Galería Petrus |
Calle Hoare 726 corner Calle Las Palmas, Puerto Nuevo (San Juan) director: Sylvia Villafañe |
artists from Aixa Requena to Rafael Rivera Rosa (from May 2007 to ?? also exhibited art at homespot in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan) petrusgallery.com |
| Pintadera Galería de Arte |
Ave. Andalucía 414, Puerto Nuevo (San Juan) pintadera@prtc.net directors: Roberto Hernández and Adalberto Meléndez |
member of "San Juan Art District"* |
Galerías Prinardi |
used to be in Hato Rey, then till 2009 at the Hotel Normandie in Puerta de Tierra which closed down; currently without a space director: Judith Nieves Lacomba (former director Andrés M. Marrero Martínez passed away in August 2007) |
emerging artists and masters such as Rafael Tufiño, Domingo Izquierdo, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Augusto Marín, Luis Hernandez Cruz, Julio Rosado del Valle and Diógenes Ballester prinardi.com |
| RICA The Gallery |
started as a project/virtual gallery by CIRCA founder/director Roberto Nieves, run by Carla Acevedo moved to 778 Ave. San Patricio, Urb. Las Lomas, San Juan in April 2012 (sharing space with Galeria 778) contact@ricathegallery.com |
founded in December 2009; participated at Photo Miami 2009 and CIRCA 2010; took Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Jorge Díaz Torres, Omar Velázquez, Roberto Márquez (all PR) and Dani Marti (Spain/Australia) to Art Beijing 2010 ricathegallery.com |
| Union's Contemporary Collector's Space |
Calle Unión 704 (underground) Miramar, San Juan space run by artist couple Walter "Tito" Fernández and Nani Alvarez, better known as W&N 787-685 65 12 info@repuestoweb.org |
www.repuestoweb.org UCCS blog |
| URI Art Gallery |
Puerto Nuevo (San Juan) directors: Raquel Espinosa and Manuel Vázquez |
Puerto Rican and Latin American Art uriartgallery.com member of "San Juan Art District"* |
| Galería Varro |
210 Eleanor Roselvelt director: Felipe Jiménez jimmar@ymail.com |
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| Galería Veve |
a virtual gallery founder/director: Joanne M. Rodríguez Veve |
dedicated to emerging Puerto Rican artist; participated at CIRCA 2010 galeriaveve.com |
Viota Gallery |
Ave. San Patricio 793, Puerto Nuevo (San Juan) info@viotagallery.com director: Armando Viota |
opened 1987; Melquiades Rosario Sastre, Carlos Cancio,... viotagallery.com |
Walter Otero Gallery |
formerly at Monte Atenas Office Building, Cupey, currently without a gallery space (virtual gallery) walterotero@mac.com director: Walter Otero |
Arnaldo Roche Rabell, Victor Vázquez, Carlos Betancourt, Rabindranat Diaz, Quintín Rivera Toro,... artnet.de/walterotero.html |
Galería Yemáya |
Ave. Andalucía 520, Puerto Nuevo (San Juan) info@galeriayemaya.com director: Beto Torrens |
founded 2002 by Gretchen Ruiz and Beto Torrens in Isabela, opened 2007 gallery in San Juan with artists Miguel "Guela" Díaz, Cecile Molina, Cristina Córdova, Héctor Rafael, Alberto Mier, Jorge "Rito" Cordero, Beto Torrens, Gretchen Ruiz; since 2011 run by Beto Torrens only galeriayemaya.com member of "San Juan Art District"* |
| * The "San Juan Art District" is formed by various galleries, located at Ave. Andalucía, Ave. Centrál and Ave. J. T. Piñero in Puerto Nuevo (San Juan). These galleries will coordinate opening nights and other activities. |
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| AROUND THE ISLAND | ||
| Galería RhoMa |
Cidra directora: Michelle Fernández Castillo 787-378-5192 |
local and international artists such as Edwin Guevarez, Connie Ann Martin, Antonio Fonseca, Ramón Mojica and Sergio Lastre |
| West Gallery |
Mayagüez (town center) westgallerypr@gmail.com director: Alicia Martínez Castro |
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| Galeria Trinitaria |
2980 Avenida Emilio Fagot, Ponce info@galeriatrinitaria.com director: Sylvia Rivera |
Alfonso Arana, Andy Bueso, Angel Botello, Augusto Marin, Epifanio Irizarry, Fulgen Sabatier, Gladys Nieves, Gloria Rivera, Isabel Vázquez, John Balossi, Jorge Rechany,... galeriatrinitaria.com |
| Puerto Rico Fine Arts Gallery |
Puerto Rico Fine Arts Gallery La Rambla Office Park Carr. 14 Marginal La Rambla Ponce (and soon San Juan, too) director: Luis Ignacio Ramón owner: Rolando Jimenez-Acevedo prarte@yahoo.com |
artists: Arana, Bueso, Marín, Epifanio Irizarry, Félix Bonilla, Andújar, Balossi, Graziani, Pou, Noemí Ruíz, Olga Albizu, Orlando Vallejo, Osiris Delgado, Tufiño, Wichie Torres, Chiesa, Carlos Cancio, Roche Rabell, Bonilla Ryan, Marta Perez Garcia,... www.prarte.com |
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| Peripher |
Zweierstrasse 176 8003 Zurich, Switzerland info@peripher.ch director: Lisa Ladner |
cultural space that often shows works by Puerto Rican artists in an international and theme based context peripher.ch |
| Primer Piso Galería |
once a gallery space in Old San Juan, then in Condado, now based in Puerta Vallarte, Mexico primerpiso@mac.com director: Michael Williams |
Latin American Contemporary, features Puerto Rican and Mexican artists among others primerpisogaleria.com |
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Art fairs, biennales & other regular events |
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| PUERTO RICO | ||
La Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
formerly known as the San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Graphic Arts (1970-2001). 1970 the first and oldest meeting ground for the Latin American graphic arts turned into a triennal in 2004. artistic director 2009: Adriano Pedrosa (Brasil), curators: Julieta González (Venezuela), Beatriz Santiago Muñoz (Puerto Rico), Jens Hoffmann (USA) curatorial group 2012: Deborah Cullen (Director of Curatorial Programs at El Museo del Barrio, New York; American), Antonio Sergio Bessa (PhD Director of Programs at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, profesor: Museum Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College; Brazilian), Ursula Davila-Villa (Associate Curator of Latin American art at the Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin) and Rebeca Noriega Costas (Independent Curator and Professor at Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras) |
biennal since 1970, triennal since 2004; second triennal: April 18 - June 28, 2009, third triennal: April 28 - August, 2012 - 3 venues (Arsenal, Galeria Nacional, Museo Casa Blanca), over 150 artists - "THE HIVE/EL PANAL" trienalsanjuan.org organized by the ICP, www.icp.gobierno.pr additional articles/information about the 2012 triennal: Conboca related link: Biennal Foundation |
CIRCA Puerto Rico |
first international contemporary art fair in the Caribbean and Central América, starting point of several off spaces/events | Ran yearly from 2006 to 2010. The last fair (2010) was in collaboration with Art Beijing. circapr.com |
| Bienal Internacional de Fotografia de Puerto Rico |
The 8th edition features works by Eduardo Bermúdez García, Tari Beroszi, Rosamary Berríos, Karim Borjas, Lucía Castellano, Abey Charrón, José Charrón, Jorge Chavarria, Salvi Colom, Angel Rafael Figueroa Piñero, Anthony Gamunev, Emiliano Gatica, Manuel González, Victor Rafael González, Gabriel López Albarrán, Hermanos Lumière, Carmen Mojica, Lorna Otero, Adiela Marie, Luis Francisco Marti, José Martínez Soto, Jorge Ramos Caro, Waleska Rivera, Marisol Roca Vall-Llobera, Ricardo Rodríguez, Gretchen Ruiz Ramos, Annie Saldaña, Marisol Villanueva, Haydee (Tita) Yordán. The Biennial will again be held at the Museo de las Américas, Sept 6 - Oct 28, 2012. |
2010 was the 7th Photo Biennial (dedicated to the Biennial's deceased founder Jorge Ramos Caro).
The selected photographers in the VII Biennial were 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. The 7th Biennial was held at the Museo de las Américas, Cuartel de Ballajá, Old San Juan. |
ARWI - Puerto Rico Art and Wine Fair |
another annual fair targeting at the local and international lovers of arts (and wine); held for first time October 2006 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center | ran from 2006 till 2008 (3 editons) prarwi.com (out of order) |
| El Pulguero de los Artistas |
an el-status.com project that had 60+ artists interact directly with the market; 1st Pulguero (April 12-13, 2008) ran parallel to CIRCA 08; 2nd Pulguero (April 18-19, 2009) parallel to CIRCA 09 and the opening of the Trienal Poli/Gráfica founders: Carmelo Sobrino and Lisa Ladner pulguero@el-status.com |
el-status.com/pulguero |
FAS - Feria de Arte Sonoro |
an el-status.com project that brought together 40 sound artists (visual artists, performer, musicians, composers) | 1st FAS: Aug 15-17, 2008 @ La Respuesta; 2nd FAS: Aug 2010 @ Espacio Arana; 3rd FAS: scheduled for Oct 2013 @ Sala de Arte/USC el-status.com/fas |
Bienal de la Escultura en Concreto |
biennial exhibition of sculptures made out of concret at the river banks of the Cagüitas River, Urb. San Antonio, Caguas, Puerto Rico Museo de Arte de Caguas, tel. 787-744 88 33 |
was celebrated in 2007 for the third time (with Carmen Inés Blondet, Jaime Suarez, Ramon Berrios, Jessica Torres) |
| REST OF THE WORLD | ||
| SCOPE International Contemporary Art Fair, New York, Basel, Hamptons, London, Miami |
2007, Basel: Gamaliel Rodríguez-Ayala/The Storehouse Group; Charles Juhász-Alvarado/CR3MA; 2007, New York: The Storehouse Group; 2009, Miami: Galeria Yemaya (Carolina Caycedo, Cecile Molina Machargo, Edgardo Larregui, Jorge Rito Cordero, Migdalia Luz Barens Vera), ArteFoundation (Carlos Davila Rinaldi, Augusto Ferrer, Raimundo Figueroa, Dominique Rousserie) | since 2002 (Basel since 2007) scope-art.com |
Art Basel Miami Beach |
2005: Punto Gris | artbaselmiamibeach.com |
| photo MIAMI |
International Contemporary Art Fair for Photo-based Art, Video & New Media; 2006 with FGA presents the DAMS, curated by Pedro Velez (young art from Puerto Rico); 2007 with FGA/Pedro Vélez and the Galleries 356 and Candela | founded 2006 photomiami/2006/ photomiami/2007/ |
| Art Now Fair (Miami Beach and New York) |
A hotel based art fair during Art Basel Miami Beach featuring new, emerging and established galleries. 2007 with Petrus Gallery and Rafael Rosario Laguna (Moka Gallery) | Miami Beach since 2007 artnowfair.com |
| Armory Show, New York |
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| Biennial of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
2002: Chemi Rosado Seijo, Javier Cambre | |
| S-Files, Museo del Barrio, New York |
2002: Javier Cambre, Leticia Stella-Serra, Cari González-Casanova, Miguel Luciano, Aixa Requena | elmuseo.org/sfiles/ |
| ICAfair - The International Caribbean Art Fair, New York |
the only fair in the world that exclusively features artworks by artists of Caribbean heritage and those living in the Caribbean |
first time: November 2007, repeated in 2008, cancelled in 2009 artists: Rafael Rosario Laguna (Moka Gallery also featured Ballosi, Ruiz and Marin), José Oscar Torres, Luis González and Jaime A. Carreras (A. Cueto Gallery) icafair.com |
| pinta - The Contemporary Latin American Art Fair, New York |
first art fair in New York that concentrated on Latin American art Puerto Rican artist Tony Bechara and the collectors Diana and Moises Berezdivivn (espacio 1414) were in the initial host comitee artfacts: Toro Rivera/W. Otero (2007) artfacts: exhibition preview (2007) |
since November 2007 artists: Quintin Rivera Toro; Carlos Ruiz Valarino, Fernando Paes, Nathan Budoff (Latitude Art Projects); in 2009: Sofia Maldonado, Quintin Rivera Toro pintaart.com |
| maco, México Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico |
2005: Galeria Punto Gris (PR) with Allora & Calzadilla, Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Ivelisse Jiménez | macomexico.com |
| Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba |
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| Bienal del Caribe, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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Merrill Lynch arteaméricas (Latin American Art Fair), Miami, FL |
artists: Jason Mena, Guillermo Zayas, Archie Cortés, Orlando Vallejo, José Oscar Torres, Carlos Betancourt, Ernesto Pujol, Arnaldo Roche, Tony Bechara,... ; galleries: 2003 - Caribe Concepts Art Gallery, Galeria Calle Cristo / 2004 - La casa del Arte, Pamil Fine Art / 2005 - Galeria Botello, Walter Otero, Viota Gallery / 2006 - Viota Gallery, Walter Otero, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Museo De Arte de Ponce / 2007 - ??? / 2008 - A. Cueto Gallery, Gomez Fine Arts, Latitude Art Projects (see booth) |
since 2003 Primera Hora article (3/27/08) arteamericas.com |
| International EXPO Art Festival, Montréal, Canada |
2007: artists Luis Borrero, Abismael Ruíz, Admin Torres, Carlos Santiago, José Graziani; ABAC Gallery, Arte Inversion Galería, Artemedia, Pavon Fine Art | since 2006, not yet with a clear profile (no cutting-edge contemporary art fair) expoartmontreal.com |
| São Paulo Biennale, Brasil |
2004: José Morales, Charles Juhasz-Alvarado | one of the oldest fairs in the world bienalsaopaulo.globo.com |
| Buenos Aires Biennale, Argentina |
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Art Basel, Switzerland |
2006: Allora & Calzadilla, Jesús "Bubu" Negrón, Javier Cambre 2007: Allora & Calzadilla, Enoc Pérez, Melvin Martínez, José Lerma and Space Other (Boston based gallery run by a Puerto Rican) |
artbasel.com article in endi.com |
bâleLatina, Basel, Switzerland |
2006: Carlos Betancourt, Eric Schroeder 2007: Tony Becharra, Carlos Betancourt |
since 2006, simultaneously to Art Basel, Switzerland; "latin art" from Europe and the Americas balelatina.com |
| Kunst Zürich, Switzerland |
International Fair for Contemporary Art, 2006 with 80 galleries from 12 countries - no Puerto Rican artists/galleries so far | since 1996 kunstzuerich.ch |
Art International Zürich, Switzerland |
2005: Viota Gallery (San Juan, PR) with Rabindranat Diaz, Melquíades Rosario Sastre; Latin Art Gallery (Amsterdam NL) with Arnaldo Roche Rabell | a third-class fair (you should rather consider the Kunst Zürich or one of the Basel events) art-zurich.com |
| Frieze Art Fair, London, UK |
friezeartfair.com | |
| Art Cologne, Germany |
artcologne.de | |
| documenta Kassel, Germany |
documenta.de | |
| Arco Madrid, Spain |
2001: Chemi Rosado Seijo 2002: Galeria Botello (San Juan, PR) with Arnaldo Morales 2004: Walter Otero Gallery (PR) with Arnaldo Roche Rabell, Victor Vázquez; Galeria Punto Gris (PR) with Ivelisse Jiménez |
arcospain.com |
| SWAB Barcelona International Contemporary Art Fair, Spain |
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| Venice Biennale, Italy |
2005: Allora & Calzadilla | labiennale.org |
| FIAC, Paris |
2005: Allora & Calzadilla | fiacparis.com |
| London Biennale |
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| Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art, Italy |
prize-winners Moises Castillo, Luis Ivorra, Brizaida Medina and Yelyn Vivoni as well as Carmen Olmo-Terrasa and Moises Fragela Zayas participated in 2007; past years: Carmelo Sobrino (as Carmelo Martinez Arroyo, 1999 or 2001), Rafael Trelles, Humberto (or Raimundo?) Figueroa, Orlando Vallejo, Heriberto Nieves (2005) |
florencebiennale.org |
| Ljubljana Biennal of Graphic Arts |
2005: a selection from the San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennal won the Grand Prize at the Ljublijana Biennal. Artists: Allora & Calzadilla, Miguel Luciano, Adál Maldonado, Antonio Martorell, Garvin J. Sierra, Mary Patierno and Natalia Munoz. Curator: Elvis Fuentes. 2007: Allora & Calzadilla, Papo Colo, Miguel Luciano, Antonio Martorell, Omar Obdulio Peña Forty, Raquel Quijano, Carlos Reyes, Arnaldo Roche, Garvin Sierra, Rafael Trelles and Carlos Ruiz Valarino. Curator: Marimar Benítez. |
the 2007 biennal is the 27th mglc-lj.si |
| Singapore Biennale |
2006: Charles Juhasz-Alvarado | since 2006 singaporebiennale.org |
| other biennals ... |
... and fairs are listed ... | ... here (mapr.org) |
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Auction houses |
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| Sotheby's |
Arnaldo Roche Rabell, Nick Quijano, Rafael Tufiño, Myrna Baez, Carmelo Sobrino and masters such as Oller were sold via Sotheby's | sothebys.com |
| Christie's |
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Art agenda (culture in Puerto Rico) |
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| Los Balcones de San Juan |
The following links lead to pages of a private website that are updated almost daily by Eduardo J. Torres, director of balconesdesanjuan.com | San Juan Calender Art Calender |
| DONDE VEO ARTE? |
artist Carmen Olmo's cultural agenda focuses on contemporary Puerto Rican art on the Island and abroad | dondeveoarte.com |
| El Nuevo Día |
El Nuevo Día Interactivo sometimes lists cultural events in its "News > cultura" section | elnuevodia.com |
| Primera Hora |
addressing a younger public; section "cooltura" | primerahora.com |
| Claridad |
This weekly paper has a cultural agenda named "en la semana" and a cultural section called "en rojo" | claridadpuertorico.com |
| Vocero |
Look for "escenario" to find culture/arts in this newspaper | vocero.com (escenario news) vocero.com (escenario extra suplement) |
| Other ways of learning where to go... | Get in contact with the off-spaces and above mentioned institutions and ask to be put on their mailing lists! | check the online magazines in the Knowledge section of el-status.com to read reviews and outlooks |
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Art platforms in the web |
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| In order to show your art work or artists to the world (of internet users), el-status.com suggests you - artist, gallery owner - get listed in one or several of the following sites: |
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| el-status.com | Independent Platform for Contemporary Puerto Rican Art | concept/about register here |
| Lisa Ladner's private initiative, growing with the help of the Puerto Rican art community, in collaboration with and featured by the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. |
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| re-title.com |
cutting-edge contemporary art platform; good newsletter | concept/about register here |
| arteven.com |
contemporary art from Mexico, Latin America and Spain; good newsletter | concept(about register here |
| The Saatchi Gallery |
various partly curated virutal galleries | concept/about register here |
| MAPR Directorio de Artistas |
the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico's artists directory | concept & registration |
| TalentDatabase.com |
free listing in the Art Channel, linkable portfolios | concept & registration |
| myspace.com |
MySpace has gotten popular among young artists. Unfortunately the pages never look professional, are full of advertising and should only be used in addition to an individual website or a listing in one of the above mentioned platforms. | concept/about register |
| build your own website |
reserve a domain that includes your name and ends on .com (or .pr); get an inexpensive hosting; publish at least your curriculum, samples of your work and contact information; don't forget to tell google.com that you exist! | one of thousands of places to register and host is nic.com domain reservation costs approx. $ 35/year, hosting starts at $ 5/month |
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