HERITAGE

New York City’s Latin culture draws from an extraordinary web of heritage lines — the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the European colonizers who reshaped the hemisphere, the African nations whose descendants forged new traditions, and the Asian communities who arrived through indentured servitude and later migration. More recent arrivals, from Lebanese to Japanese communities, have woven themselves permanently into Latin identity across generations. Explore events, artists, and cultural traditions organized by heritage, spanning the full breadth of the communities that make up NYC’s Latin world.

  • Contemporary Brazil ~ Baroque Roots

    Contemporary Brazil ~ Baroque Roots
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    June 18-21, 2013 UNITED NATIONS Midtown East, Manhattan 🇧🇷

  • 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

  • Opera Hispanica Festival

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    March 6, 2013 ARGENTINE CONSULATE NY Midtown, Manhattan – The opera festival opened with a special performance for diplomats.

  • 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…

  • The Condemned

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    March 5, 2013 ~ “The Condemned” 2012 by writer/director Roberto Busco-Garcia, is a psychological thriller set in small town Puerto Rico.

  • Anna Tonna

    Anna Tonna
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    December 4, 2012 HISPANIC SOCIETY Washington Heights, NYC The opera singer sang Spanish boleros for the Duchess of Alba (Goya) a lady of Spain, who watched coyly without saying a word -¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!

  • 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.

  • Heleno

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    A universal story, masterfully told, elegantly shot & brilliantly acted by Rodrigo Santoro. A film of passion, decadence and destruction.

  • Rodrigo Santoro

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    An interview with Rodrigo Santoro on his latest film, Heleno, a powerful human drama about the passion, decadence and destruction of Heleno de Freitas.

  • Heleno

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    A film about the passion, decadence and destruction of the first global sports star, Brazilian footballer Heleno de Freitas, opens December 7.