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Contemporary Latin American Art

This guide provides information on contemporary artists from Latin America and links to resources such as books, websites, and videos. All artists included in this research guide are of Latin American origin or descent.

Painting

José Bedia

Scherezade García

Articles

Young Black girl surrounded by gold, turquoise, purple, green, and black scribbles, paint lines, and details in a circular pattern..

Scherezade García, The Dominican York, from the series Island of Many Gods, 2006, acrylic, charcoal, ink, and sequins on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the R.P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.28.1, © 2006, Scherezade García

Guillermo Kuitca

Fabian Marcaccio

Painting

Arnaldo Roche Rabell

Nuno Ramos

Image of a canvas with textured paint and raised sections in bright green, pink, blue, yellow, and purple.

Nuno Ramos, “Sol a pino 01,” 2018, Encaustic, oil, cloth, plastic and metal on wood, 197 x 313 x 40 cm. © Nuno Ramos. Photo Eduardo Ortega. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro

Luiz Zerbini