ART

New York’s art world runs on more traditions than any single label can hold, and this is where those threads come together. From gallery openings in Chelsea to blue-chip fairs like Frieze, Armory, and Independent, this category tracks visual art shaped by Latin American, Indigenous, African diaspora, and global roots traditions across the city.

Expect coverage of painters, sculptors, muralists, and multimedia artists whose work carries the weight of migration, colonization, and cultural survival, alongside the museums, galleries, and fairs giving that work a stage. Whether it’s a Bogotá-born painter showing at NADA or a Yoruba-rooted installation at a Harlem gallery, this is art that tells New York’s deeper cultural story.

  • Paulo Laport

    Paulo Laport
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    EDELMAN ARTS, UPPER EAST SIDE, May 29-July 13, 2013 ~ Paulo Laport’s paintings are like a crystal ball. At a glance it’s just a piece of glass, but when you stop and look inside, images appear like magic. #BRAZILIAN #ARTIST

  • Shoe Has Soul by Helio de Sousa

    Shoe Has Soul by Helio de Sousa
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    I am very proud to open the New York Latin Culture virtual gallery of New York artists with a Spanish, Portuguese or Latin American heritage with this exhibition of the work of Brazilian artist Helio de Sousa. I first stumbled upon one of Helio’s paintings on Facebook. Being a woman, I love shoes and started…

  • Zappa, Ramones & Punk

    by New York Latin Culture February 17, 2013 Cecilia Jurado with works by Moris. Photo Keith Widyolar Rock artists Cal Schenkel and Arturo Vega discussed their art with punk, poet and diplomat Gaspar Orozco last night at Y Gallery as part of the exhibition “Metal Coyote.” Gallery director Cecilia Jurado explained, “‘Metal’ is a style…

  • Sergio Hernandez ~ Popol Vuh

    Sergio Hernandez ~ Popol Vuh
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    An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Mexican artist Sergio Hernández inspired by the “Popol Vuh” at the Mexican Cultural Institute’s Galeria Octavio Paz.