Historias Entre Lienzos is a digital platform dedicated to showcasing the works and legacy of Argentinian female artists from the 19th century to the present, who previously lacked an online presence. Established in 2019, the platform has since rescued from oblivion 44 female artists whose stories and artworks were not available on the web. In this conversation, we speak with Guadalupe Lobeto, the co-founder of Historias Entre Lienzos, about the platform’s history, mission, and challenges. Guadalupe is an Argentinian art historian based in New York City, with extensive experience working with Latin American female artists and working in museum and institutional consulting.

LAZO which in Spanish meaning ‘tie’ or ‘link’, is an art collective that brings together artists and related practitioners of Latin American & Caribbean descent to create participatory projects and exhibitions. LAZO’s members are Claudia Cortínez, Rodrigo Moreira, Mauricio Cortes Ortega, and Alva Mooses.

Their collaboration began while studying at Yale University and was formalized in 2018 while artists-in-residence at the Loisaida Center during which they organized 5 months of art/community programming. The collective is based in NYC and works closely with artists and organizations throughout the Americas.

Tsai-Ling Tseng’s paintings reflect personal observations and encounters transformed through the alchemy of imagination. Using figures with exaggerated yellow skin, a reference to her Taiwanese heritage, Tseng explores self-representation, narratives, emotions, and her identity as an Asian woman. Tseng was one of the 12 fellows at Paint School, a program by Shandaken Projects, New York in 2020, a discourse-based program that brings fellows together with faculty members who are widely recognized as among the most exceptional painters working today, with the aim to enrich contemporary painting through peer exchange.

Missing pre-pandemic creative dialogues with other artists, studio visits, and openings as well as the sense of community and inspiration, Jennifer Sullivan, a New York-based artist created this podcast as a way to fill in some of that missing space. Click here to learn more about this project and access these awesome interviews !

Claudia Bitran is a multimedia artist who emulates, remakes and rewrites the hyperbolic world of pop production in a Do It Yourself manner. In her practice, she assumes multiple roles (painter, director, producer, performer, editor). Thinking, examining and even questioning mass consumption, the power of entertainment and the manipulation that exists behind it all*. We visited her studio at the Smack Mellon Residency to learn all about her practice and her experience at the residency.

*(txt based on Bitran’s official website)

Xavier Acarín is a curator from Barcelona based in New York. He has worked in different art organizations in Spain and in the U.S. and currently is the 2016-17 Curator in Residence at the Abrons Arts Center. We were lucky to see two very interesting shows curated by him as part of the program and were eager to learn more about his story and his practice.

Shifter is a multifaceted project that aims to serve as a meeting point for the various discourses of contemporary art, politics and philosophy. Originally conceived as an online magazine, Shifter now performs in a variety of ways including print publications, public dialogues and exhibitions. NY Art Maps interviewed Sreshta Rit Premnath, the founding editor of this project. READ MORE about Shifter and their future plans!

We're Hir We're Queer is a collective- run pamphlet and zine distributor based in Brooklyn and Rio de Janeiro that challenges the conventional format of academic text distribution by promoting and publishing texts whose contents reflect on non-white, non heterosexual political theory, written by and for this community as an attempt to decentralize knowledge from academic institutions. One of their members shares a little bit of what they do for NY ArtMaps !

unbag is an artist and curatorial collective based in Brooklyn. It promotes dialogue at the intersection of art and politics. Since forming in the Fall of 2015, unbag has curated exhibitions, coordinated critique groups, and led seminars with artists including Sofia Quirno, Daniel Cerrejon, Mylo Mendez, Margarita Sánchez Urdaneta, Luka Rayski, Jeremy Olson, and more. unbag is currently publishing a magazine, due for release in May, 2017. We interviewed Aaron Cooper one of the members of this exiting project to tell you more about their doings and ideas.

The Chimney is a hype and unconventional exhibition and performance space in Bushwick, founded by two unstoppable French ladies who decided to hit the Brooklyn art scene with a challenging new proposal. Clara from Paris and Jennifer from Monaco, they arrived to the U.S. in 2014 hoping New York would help them jump-start their careers. Read about the exciting story behind The Chimney and the backstage of these art entrepreneurs in an interview with Carla Lucini, a young curator from Argentina