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Latin Art in NYC

New York City is the world’s art capital, a city of exhibitions at museums, galleries, fairs, auctions and on New York City streets too. In a way, being a New Yorker is an art form in and of itself.

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Art Museums in NYC

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Art Fairs in NYC

Art fairs cluster around Armory Week in March and Frieze Week in May. Art auctions cluster in May and November.

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Art Galleries NYC

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New York Auction Houses

There are art auctions all year long, but they cluster in May and November. Auction exhibitions are museum quality and free. You can attend most auctions. Only a few require an invitation.

Sotheby’s folded their Latin American Art auctions into their general auctions. This has increased prices for Latin American artists.

One of the things we like about Christie’s Latin American art auction is the colonial art done in European styles by American, often Indigenous artists.

Like New York real estate, art prices seem to go nowhere, but up.

"Man, Controller of the Universe" by Diego Rivera, 1933. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (Wikimedia)
“Man, Controller of the Universe” by Diego Rivera, 1933. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (Wikimedia)

The cover image is “Man, Controller of the Universe” (1934), the mural Diego Rivera replicated at Palacio de Bellas Arts in Mexico City after his original “Man at the Crossroads” (1933) in 30 Rockefeller Center was destroyed.

The mural contrasts capitalism and socialism. Nelson Rockefeller was upset about the portrait of Lenin. It’s the most famous painting in New York City that no one will never see.

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