New York's First Contemporary Latin American Art Fair. The organizers have invited the most prestigious galleries from the United States, Latin America and Europe to participate in this event. Thus, it is an exclusive fair which includes the participation of only thirty-five select art galleries showing museum-quality works representative of abstract, concrete, neoconcrete, kinetic and conceptual art, as well as of other contemporary art movements.
New York's First Contemporary Latin American Art Fair
PINTA, New York’s first contemporary Latin American art fair, will
be held at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, 18th Street between 6th and 7th
avenues, November 16-20, 2007.
PINTA will be a unique event exhibiting annually – for sale through the participating
galleries – the best of Latin American art, coinciding with Christie’s and Sotheby’s
Latin American art auctions and with important exhibitions in museums and cultural
institutions in New York City.
The fair organizers have invited the most prestigious galleries from the United
States, Latin America and Europe to participate in this event. Thus, PINTA will be
an exclusive fair which will include the participation of only thirty-five select art
galleries showing museum-quality works representative of abstract, concrete, neoconcrete,
kinetic and conceptual art, as well as of other contemporary art
movements.
Participating galleries will feature works in different disciplines by artists such as
Nicanor Aráoz, Carmelo Arden Quinn, Alexandre Arrechea, Cruz Azaceta, Milton
Becerra, José Bedia, Muu Blanco, Oscar Bony, Ary Brizzi, Rafael Bueno, Waltercio
Caldas, Eugenia Calvo, Sergio Camargo, Mari Carmen Carrillo, Pablo Cardozo,
Omar Carreño, Josá Pedro Costigliolo, Amílcar de Castro, Roberto Cortázar,
Eduardo Costa, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Ariel Cusnier, Darío Escobar, Tomás Espina,
Eugenio Espinosa, Manuel Espinosa, José Damasceno, Emiliano Di Calvacanti,
Fabián Díaz Peña, Arturo Duclos, Danilo Dueñas, Diego de Adúriz, José Gabriel
Fernández, Teresita Fernández, León Ferrari, Gonzalo Fonseca, María Freire,
Horacio García Rossi, Carlos Gallardo, Gego, Alexandre Gerdel, Günther Gerzso,
Carmela Gross, José Gurvich, Annemarie Heinrich, Arturo Herrera, Carmen
Herrera, Juan Iribarren, Paulo Jares, Alfredo Jaar, Daniel Joglar, Silvina Lacarra,
Wifredo Lam, Arthur Lescher, Martín Legon, Javier León, Antonio Llorens, Marcos
López, Raul Lozza, Oscar Machado, Ana María Maiolino, Gabriela Machado,
Víctor Magariños, Marco Maggi, Fabián Marcaccio, Roberto Matta, Cildo Meireles,
Juan Mele, Marta Minujin, Marcone Moreira, Mariano Molina, Ronald Morán, Iván
Navarro, Edgar Negret, Helio Oiticica, José Clemente Orozco, Julio Le Parc,
César Paternosto, José Patricio, Arthur Luiz Piza, Rogelio Polesello, Lygia Pape,
Liliana Porter, Alfredo Prior, Mario Pucciarelli, Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, Omar
Rayo, Armando Reverón, Fabio Risso, Carlos Rojas, Luis Roldán, Anatole
Saderman, Kasuya Sakai, Mira Schendel, Regina Silveira, Xul Solar, Jesús Soto,
Grete Stern, Eduardo Stupia, Luis Tomasello, Joaquín Torres García, Gregorio
Vardanega, Ani Villanueva, Román Vitali and Augusto Zanela, among others.
The following galleries will be represented: Alejandra Von Hartz (Miami), Aina
Nowak (Madrid), Alfredo Ginocchio (Mexico), Arévalo Art (Miami), Alternativa Elvira
Neri (Caracas), Appetite (Buenos Aires and New York) Cecilia de Torres (New
York), Durban Segnini (Caracas and Miami), EDS (Mexico), Gabinete Raquel
Arnaud (Sao Paolo), dpm Arte Contemporáneo (Guayaquil and Miami), Fernando
Pradilla (Madrid), Wussmann (Buenos Aires and New York), GC Estudio de Arte
(Buenos Aires), Hardcore Contemporary Art (Miami), Josee Bienvenu (New York),
Latincollector (New York), Latitude Art (San Juan), Nara Roesler (Sao Paulo), Lyle
O Reitzel (Miami and Santo Domingo), Pan American Projects (Miami and Dallas),
Praxis Art International (Nueva York, Miami and Buenos Aires), RJ Fine Arts
(Stamford), Tres Art (Miami), Van Eyck (Buenos Aires), Vasari (Buenos Aires),
Virgilio (Sao Paulo), Rubbers (Buenos Aires), Henrique Faria Fine Art (New York),
Leon Tovar (New York), Magnan Projects (New York), Hostfelt (New York, San
Francisco), MOKA (Chicago), Sammer (Miami), Ruth Benzacar (Buenos Aires).
PINTA´s opening event, a tribute to the Brazilian conceptual artist Waltércio Caldas
will take place at The Americas Society on Tuesday, November 13 at 6:30 p.m.
The creation of the Pinta Research Fund, a program to fund scholarships for New
York University (NYU) advanced students in the field of Latin American Art History
will be announced at the Opening Reception. Any donations to contribute with this
initiative will be most welcome.
Collector, art patron and philanthropist Patricia Phelps de Cisneros is the Honorary
Chairperson of PINTA’s Host Committee, and Estrellita Brodsky and Gonzalo
Parodi are its Co-Chairs.
The Pinta Museum Acquisitions Program has been created with the aim of
incentivating the art market and enhancing museum collections. It will contribute
funds to four major museums committed to Latin American art: the Museum of
Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Museum Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), El Museo del
Barrio (New York) and the Lima Art Museum (MALI).
PINTA is headed by Diego Costa Peuser, Alejandro Zaia, Mauro Herlitzka and
Fernando Morales-de la Cruz. Chairman Alejandro Zaia is also Chair of Conexion
PR/ZCM, a public relations firm based in Miami and South America. Diego Costa
Peuser, the Fair Director, is currently the publisher of Arte al Día Internacional
magazine, and he is also the director of the arteaméricas fair in Miami and of
Buenos Aires Photo. Mauro Herlitzka, PINTA´s Institutional Director, is the current
President of Fundación Espigas. Fernando Morales-de la Cruz presides
BransMission a branding consultancy based in Switzeland and is the founder of the
Global Creaitive Initiative, the artwagencollection and the Itinerant Museum.
The Opening Reception will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 7 p.m., and the
fair will open its doors to the public at large on Friday, November 16 at 12 a.m.
Around 20,000 visitors are expected to attend the five-day event.
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 W 18th St., New York
Dates & Times:
Friday, November 16, noon to 8 pm; Saturday, November 17, noon to 8 pm; Monday, November 19, noon to 8 pm; Tuesday, November 20,noon to 5 pm