Latin art in NYC is in museums, galleries, art fairs, auctions, photography, parks and on the street. Being a New Yorker is an art form unto itself.
Thursday is the main art gallery opening night. It’s fun to walk around the Chelsea art district around 6-8pm. The people watching is great.
Latin Art News
Americana Week (antiques) is mid-January. Masters Week is late-January.
Americana Week antique auctions are at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center, Jan 11 – Feb 2.
Americana Week antique auctions are at Sotheby’s in the Upper East Side, Jan 13-25.
Masters Week auctions are at Sotheby’s in the Upper East Side, Jan 18-29.
The 16th Master Drawings New York is hybrid at Upper East Side art galleries and online, Sat, Jan 22-29 with a Preview on Fri, Jan 21. FREE. 🇨🇴🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸
Lenapehoking, the first ever Lenape-curated exhibition in NYC, shows Lenape artists of the past and present at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center, Jan 20 – Apr 30. bklynlibrary.org
The Winter Show is postponed until spring.
The Outsider Art auction at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center is Thu, Feb 3 at 10am.
The Outsider Art Fair of art created outside the art industrial complex, is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, Thu-Sun, Feb 3-6. outsiderfair.com
Latin Art in New York City
Latin Art in Upper Manhattan
Above 110th St, or 96th St on the East Side is home to these art museums:
- El Museo del Barrio
- Hispanic Society
- Jewish Museum
- Met Cloisters
- Studio Museum
Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith is at The Met Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park until January 30, 2022. 🇪🇸
Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine is at Hunter East Harlem Gallery in El Barrio to Feb 5, 2022. kodalab.org 🇨🇴
Popular Painters & Other Visionaries, an exhibition of “outsider artists,” is at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem, Fri, Nov 12, 2021 – Feb 27, 2022. $9. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇭🇹🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇷🇺🇸🇻🇪
En Foco: The New York Puerto Rican Experience, 1973-74, an exhibition by founders of En Foco, the Puerto Rican photography group, is at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem, Fri, Nov 12, 2021 – Feb 27, 2022. $9. 🇵🇷
Latin Art in Uptown Manhattan
Above 59th St to 110th St, or 96th St on the East Side.
The Upper East Side is home to Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile.
Upper East Side galleries are generally more focused on Old Masters art.
Surrealism Beyond Borders is at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park to Jan 30, 2022. 🇨🇺🇭🇹🇲🇶🇵🇷 | 🇦🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴 | 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸
José Antonio Fernández-Muro: Geometry in Transfer is at ISLAA – Institute for Studies on Latin American Art in the Upper East Side, Thu, Nov 11, 2021 – Feb 12, 2022. islaa.org 🇪🇸🇦🇷
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts is at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park from Fri, Dec 10, 2021 – March 6, 2022. 🇫🇷
The African Origin of Civilization features West African, Central African and Egyptian art at the Met Museum in Central Park from Tue, Dec 14 ongoing. 🇧🇯🇨🇩🇪🇬🇨🇮🇬🇭🇲🇱🇬🇳🇳🇬🇸🇸
Latin Art in Midtown Manhattan
14th St to 59th St is home to MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art.
Chelsea is NYC’s main art district.
Gustavo Pérez Monzón: Recent Works is at Marlborough in Chelsea, Thu, Nov 18 – Jan 22. marlboroughnewyork.com 🇨🇺
Tomás Sánchez: Inner Landscape is at Marlborough in Chelsea, Thu, Nov 18 – Jan 22. marlboroughnewyork.com 🇨🇺
Brazilian abstractionist Júlio Villani: Conflicting Perspectives opens with a reception at Slag Gallery in Chelsea on Thu, Dec 9 from 6-8pm, and runs to Jan 22, 2022. slaggallery.com 🇫🇷🇧🇷
French German painter Pierre Knop: Paysage Wonderlust opens with a reception at Yossi Milo Gallery in Chelsea on Thu, Dec 16 from 6-8pm, and runs to Jan 22, 2022. yossimilo.com 🇫🇷 🇩🇪
José Antonio Fernández-Muro: Geometry in Transfer is at ISLAA – Institute for Studies on Latin American Art in the Upper East Side, Thu, Nov 11, 2021 – Feb 12, 2022. islaa.org 🇪🇸🇦🇷
Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room is at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park Nov 5, 2021 – ongoing. 🇺🇸
Latin Art in Downtown Manhattan
Below 14th Street, Tribeca has a scene.
The Lower East Side is an art district for up and coming artists.
Colette Lumiere: Notes on Baroque Living: Colette and Her Living Environment, 1972-1983 is at Company Gallery in the Lower East Side, Sat, Nov 20 – Jan 22, 2022. companygallery.us 🇹🇳
French photographer Marcel Bascoulard: Being Marcel Bascoulard opens with a reception at Andrew Edlin Gallery in NoLita on Sat, Dec 11 from 6-8pm, and runs to Jan 22, 2022. edlingallery.com 🇫🇷
The New Museum 2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone is at the New Museum in the Lower East Side to Jan 23, 2022. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇯🇲🇲🇽🇵🇪🇺🇸|🇨🇩🇿🇦|🇮🇳🇵🇭|🇫🇷
Lucio Pozzi: Time and Again 1974 / 2018 / 2021 is at Hal Bromm Gallery in the Financial District to Jan 25, 2022. 🇮🇹
Mexican American draftsman Martín Ramírez: Memory Portals opens with a reception at Ricco / Maresca Gallery in Chelsea on Sat, Dec 11 from 5-7pm, and runs to Feb 12, 2022. riccomaresca.com 🇲🇽
Greater New York 2021 is at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens to Apr 18, 2022. 🇵🇷|🇲🇽|🇦🇷|🇪🇬🇳🇬|🇺🇸
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: A Crack in the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial is at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Park, Fri, Oct 29 – June 26, 2022. $16. 🇲🇽
Latin Art in Queens
These are the main Queens art museums.
MoMA PS1, in Long Island City, is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s experimental art space.
Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is a museum of film, television and video.
Noguchi Museum in Astoria is a sculpture museum. noguchi.org 🇯🇵
Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, is one of the anchors of Latin art in Queens.
SculptureCenter in Long Island City is a contemporary art museum. sculpture-center.org
Greater New York 2021 is at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens to Apr 18, 2022. 🇵🇷|🇲🇽|🇦🇷|🇪🇬🇳🇬|🇺🇸
Latin Art in The Bronx
Bronx Museum of the Arts in Concourse Village, The Bronx shows Bronx art.
Exhibitions
Bronx Calling: The Fifth AIM Biennial is at the Bronx Museum in Concourse Village, The Bronx, Nov 10, 2021 – Mar 20, 2022.
The Year in Latin Art NYC
January Art NYC
2022
Americana Week (antiques) is mid-January. Masters Week is late-January.
Americana Week antique auctions are at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center, Jan 11 – Feb 2.
Americana Week antique auctions are at Sotheby’s in the Upper East Side, Jan 13-25.
Masters Week auctions are at Sotheby’s in the Upper East Side, Jan 18-29.
February Art NYC
2022
The Outsider Art auction at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center is Thu, Feb 3 at 10am.
The Outsider Art Fair of art created outside the art industrial complex, is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, Thu-Sun, Feb 3-6. outsiderfair.com
April Art NYC
2022
The Whitney Biennial 2022 is at the Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District, April – August 2022.
May Art NYC
2022
These are the big Spring auctions.
Christie’s
To be confirmed.
Sotheby’s
To be confirmed.
Phillips
To be confirmed.
July Art NYC
2022
Igbo Nigerian American artist Okwui Okpokwasili has a studio residency at MoMA in Midtown, July 16 – Aug 14, 2022. 🇳🇬🇺🇸
October Art NYC
2021
Classic Week is the first week of October.
Previous Latin Art in NYC
Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Revolution, Resistance, and Activism is at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park until Jan 17, 2022. 🇫🇷🇭🇹🇮🇳🇲🇽🇪🇸
Artist’s Choice: Yto Barrada – A Raft at MoMA in Midtown ends Jan 9, 2022 🇫🇷🇲🇦
The Met Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Central Park, Tue, Nov 23, 2021 and runs to Jan 9, 2022. $25. 🇮🇹
Majolica Mania is at Bard Graduate Center Gallery in the Upper West Side to Jan 2, 2022. bard.edu 🇪🇸
Carrie Mae Weems: The Shape of Things is an installation and performance series produced by the renowned photographer of African American life, at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side Thu, Dec 2-31. $18. 🇺🇸
Mónica Palma: Linea Alba is at Soloway Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Nov 7 – Dec 12. solowaygallery.com 🇲🇽
Francisco G. Pinzón Samper is at Thierry Goldberg Gallery in the Lower East Side, Thu, Nov 18 – Dec 23. thierrygoldberg.com 🇨🇴🇫🇷
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: inbetweenness is at the Judd Foundation in SoHo from Oct 22 – Dec 18. 🇨🇺🏳️🌈
Athi-Patra Ruga: Act One…In Travesti is at Galerie Eva Presenhuber in SoHo, Nov 5 – Dec 18. presenhuber.com 🇿🇦
Buscando Recuerdos, a group show of Latinx femme-identifying artists, is at Hashimoto Contemporary in the Lower East Side, Sat, Nov 20 – Dec 11. hashimotocontemporary.com
Wilfredo Lam: The Imagination at Work is at PACE Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan Wed, Nov 10 – Dec 21. pacegallery.com 🇨🇺
Kara Walker: Prince McVeigh and the Turner Blasphemies examines American mythmaking at Sikkema Jenkins in Chelsea, Manhattan Fri, Oct 29 – Dec 18. 🇺🇸
This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965-1975 is at Americas Society in the Upper East Side to Dec 18.
Lionel Sabatté: Possible Remains of our Future is at Ceysson & Bénétière in the Upper East Side Wed, Nov 10 – Dec 18. ceyssonbenetiere.com 🇫🇷
Jaume Plensa: NEST is at Galerie Lelong in Chelsea Fri, Oct 29 – Dec 3. 🇪🇸
NYC’s art world is quiet during the holidays, but head’s south for Art Basel Miami Beach Dec 2-4. artbasel.com
Jules Tavernier and the Elem Promo, an exhibition of the artist’s collaboration with the Indigenous Pomo community in northern California, at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park ends Nov 28. metmuseum.org 🇺🇸
Mariano Ferrante: Monocromo is at Art Projects International in Tribeca to Nov 20. artprojects.com 🇦🇷
The 16th National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo is at Hostos Community College, Sat, Nov 20 from 12-5pm and virtual. 🇵🇷
Natalia Bravo-Barbee: Flores de Femicidio is at the York College gallery in Jamaica, Queens to Nov 19. cuny.edu 🇦🇷
Tanino Liberatore: Poetry Interrupted! is at Philippe Labaune Gallery in Chelsea to Sat, Nov 13. philippelabuane.com 🇮🇹
Eva Davidova Global Mode Omnívoros is a mind-bending digital installation at Instituto Cervantes in Midtown East to Nov 10. 🇪🇸
Natalia Bravo-Barbee: Flores de Femicidio is at the York College gallery in Jamaica, Queens to Nov 19. cuny.edu 🇦🇷
Vera Girivi is at Sargent’s Daughters in Two Bridges, Manhattan to Nov 7. sargentsdaughters.com 🇮🇹
Lino Tagliapietra: Journey (blown glass) is at Heller Gallery in Chelsea to Nov 6. hellergallery.com 🇮🇹
Raquel Rabinovich: Portals is at Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary in the Upper East Side to Nov 5, Mon-Fri, 12-5pm. hutchinsonmodern.com 🇦🇷
Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts on the roof garden at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park ends Oct 31. $25. 🇻🇪
Nicolás Guagnini: Heads and Torsos is at Bortolami in Tribeca to Oct 30. bortolamigallery.com 🇦🇷
Tatiana Trouvé: From March to May is at Gagosian Madison Ave in the Upper East Side to Oct 30. gagosian.com 🇮🇹
From Surface to Space: Max Bill and Concrete Sculpture in Buenos Aires is at the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art in the Upper East Side to Oct 30. islaa.org 🇦🇷
The Medici: Portraits & Politics 1512-1570 is at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park to Oct 11. $25. 🇮🇹
Claudia Coca: Landscapes of Desire and Oblivion is at Ethan Cohen Gallery in Chelsea to Oct 11. ecfa.com 🇵🇪
Dave McKenzie: The Story I Tell Myself is at The Whitney in Meatpacking to Oct 4. 🇺🇸
Dawoud Bey: An American Project is at The Whitney in Meatpacking to Oct 3 whitney.org 🇺🇸
Estamos Bien – La Trienal 20/21 at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem ends Sep 26. 🇦🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇫🇷🇭🇹🇵🇪🇵🇷🇺🇸
Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography 1946-1964 at MoMA in Midtown ends Sun, Sep 26. $25 🇧🇷
Cézanne Drawing at MoMA in Midtown ends Sat, Sep 25. $25 🇫🇷
Gaudalupe Maravilla’s “Planeta Abuelx” is outdoors at Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria, Queens through Sep 6, 2021. FREE 🇸🇻
Point of View Can be Blinding
Like most human culture, art begins as an expression of faith to soften the journey through life and death. From there it grows into a hundred flowers.
If you look at American art the same way you look at European art, your own bias will blind you. They are different world views. The art world is beginning to recognize that one isn’t better than the other. European art is more European, American art is more American. Whether art is made from diamonds or trash is irrelevant. In fact art made from trash is probably more real. Diamonds are a sucker’s artifice.
There is great art everywhere. There is art on New York City streets too. In a way, being a New Yorker is an art form in and of itself.
The Most Famous Latin Art in New York City That You Will Never See
In 1933 Mexican muralist Diego Rivera painted “Man at the Crossroads” (1933) over the atrium inside 30 Rock in Rockefeller Center.
The mural contrasts capitalism and socialism. Nelson Rockefeller was upset about the portrait of Lenin, so he had it torn down. It’s the most famous painting in New York City that you will never see.
Rivera recreated the masterwork as “Man, Controller of the Universe” (1934), inside Palacio de Bellas Arts in Mexico City.