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AUCTIONS

November 20 (7:00pm) & 21st (10:00am)
SOTHEBY’S The Latin American Art offerings include a selection of paintings, drawings and sculpture that span the ages, from Colonial to Contemporary. The sale will be highlighted by a triptych painting, Et at it, by Chilean artist Matta (Est. $3/4 million). Works by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, Costa Rican and Mexican artist Francisco Zúñiga, Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto and many others will also be featured. Sotheby’s New York, 1334 York Ave.

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ARTIST’S TALK

November 13th, 6:30 pm
WALTERCIO CALDAS, Brazil’s leading artist, in conversation with KAIRA CABAÑAS. Americas Society, 680 Park Ave./68thSt. RSVP: 212-277-8359 culture@americas-society.org

November 14th, 6:00 pm
DESTRUCTION IN ARGENTINE ART FROM THE 1960’S AND 1970’S, a discussion in that Argentine experimental time period, art by ALEXANDER ALBERRO and ANA LONGONI. Americas Society, 680 Park Ave. RSVP 212-277-8359

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CINEMA

November 14th. and 21st.
WOMEN CINEMATOGRAPHERS. The Sky Turns (Mercedes Alvarez: Spain, 2004). Cast: Elías Alvarez, M.Alvarez, Peio Azketa & Icham Chate. Awarded documental drama. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel: Argentina, 2001). Cast: Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián & Leonora Balcarce. Berlín & Sundance Awards. Auditorium: 6 pm. Instituto Cervantes at Amster Yard, 211-215 East 49 St. http://nuevayork.cervantes.es

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DANCE

November 9th
“BLUE MOON” TANGO NIGHT
Come dance tango, enjoy some drinks and see a spectacular tango demonstration for only $10. Milonga from 9:30PM to 12:30AM . Performance at 10:50PM. Hostess: Valeria Solomonoff. DJ "La Turca" Yesim. More information: (212) 807-0802. Online: www.dancemanhattan.com. At Dance Manhattan, 39 West 19th Street, 5th Floor, NYC.

November 20-25th
COMPLEXIONS COMTEMPORARY BALLET
Unique blend of electrifying physicality, passion and virtuosity; this season a new dance by Juan Rodriguez, as part of the company’s Peace Project. Tickets: (212) 242-0800. At The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., NYC www.joyce.org.

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LITERATURE

November 15th
Contemporary Argentine Writing: Discussion and Readings Prose and Poetry Reading/ Launch Party (Spanish/English). In celebration of Review’s special Argentine issue, Alan Pauls and Tamara Kamenszain, give a bilingual prose and poetry readings. Translators: Margaret Sayers Peden and Mónica de la Torre. 7 pm. Americas Society, 680 Park Ave.

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MULTIMEDIA

November 17th
Y MÉXICO SUENA… ASÍ!! RECENT MUSIC VIDEOS FROM MEXICO The Mexican Cultural Institute presents the most representative contemporary bands and artists from Mexico City: pop to punk, rock, cumbia, electronic and new sounds. Cutting-edge Mexican music videos and Q&A with director Alfredo Hubard. At El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104. 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm; Free. For advance registration e-mail public_programs@elmuseo.org www.mciny.org

From pop to punk, rock, cumbia, electronic and new sounds, this series reflects current trends in music from a generation that has absorbed, reinterpreted and surpassed Mexican and international 80´s and 90’s era music. The selection includes: Miedo (Fear), Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser, (2005, México, 4:09 min), Dir. Miguel Calderón; Pontiac Firebird '82, Sonido Lasser Drakar, (2005, México, 3:45 min), Dir. Alfredo Hubard; Yepa, Yepa, Yepa, Silverio, (2002, México, 4:08 min), Dir. Miguel Calderón; Odisea 2001, Titán, (2006, San Francisco, 4:03 min), Dir. Juan Luna Avin; Maldito (Damned), Jessy Bulbo, (2006, México, 2:58 min), Dir. Sergio García Michel; La isla con chicas (The Island with Girls), Kumbia Queers, (2007, Argentina/México, 3:45 min), Dir. Ali Gardoqui. A Q&A with Alfredo Hubard, Director of Pontiac Firebird ´82, will follow the presentation.

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MUSIC

November 9
LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL WEEK LAUNCHING PARTY & CONCERT
The Second Annual LACW opening event will feature the Binelli- Ferman Duo and Friends. World-class musicians Daniel Binelli and Polly Ferman have united their talents to develop and further the appreciation of the Tango, Milonga, Candombe, and other Latin American musical forms in the rarely heard partnership of the bandoneón and piano. At 7pm. Free admission. Reservations: (212) 277-8359. At Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, NYC.

Sponsored by the Americas Society. Special thanks to Red Creek Productions, Terrazas de los Andes, and Café Novecento.

November 10, 16 & 17th
TANGO/FOLKORE/CANDOMBE/JAZZ - NEW TRENDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN MUSIC
A showcase concert series presenting a new generation of Latin American musicians, mainly from the Rio de La Plata, who has developed a unique and innovative blend of Classical music, Jazz and local musical traditions, such as tango, folklore and candombe. Among the performers we will have instrumentalist/composers Emilio Solla, Pablo Aslan, Beledo, Julio Santillan, Bernardo Monk and vocalist/composers such us Maria Cangiano, Sabrina Lastman, Sofia Koutsouvitis and Sofia Tosello. Concerts at 8:30 and 10pm. Space limited, RSVP (718) 399-2161. At Night & Day Performance Space, 230 5th Avenue President Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. www.biscuitbbq.com

November 12th
MANO A MANO: PIANO MUSIC BY MEXICAN COMPOSERS FEATURING MAX LIFCHITZ
Co-sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York; In celebration of Latin American Cultural Week; at 8pm. Free. At Christ & St Stephen's Church, 120 West 69th St (bet Columbus and Bway). www.northsouthmusic.org

Program includes:
RICARDO CASTRO Vals de Concierto
MANUEL M. PONCE Scherzino Mexicano
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS Canción y Alegro
CARLOS CHAVEZ Piano Sonata No. 3
EDUARDO MATA Sonata
JORGE VIDALES Estudios Interválicos
MAX LIFCHITZ Elegía

November 12th
CONCERT BY QUINTET OF THE AMERICAS WITH COMPOSER MIGUEL DEL AGUILA.
Sato Moughalian, flute; Matt Sullivan, oboe; Edward Gilmore, clarinet; Barbara Oldham, horn; Laura Koepke, bassoon and drum with special guest Award winning composer from Uruguay and California - Miguel del Aguila. Celebrating the Human Spirit. 7:30pm. Admission FREE. At Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, NYC. www.quintet.org

PROGRAM:
“Overture” to Candide: Leonard Bernstein
“Yaravi” from Miniatures: William Grant Still
“The Soul” from Ritmo Indio: Louis W. Ballard
“Mikiztli” theme for Dia de Los Muertos
Quintet No. 2: Miguel del Aguila (1994-)
Amanecer Vallenato (paseo): Jorge Olaya Munoz
“Zurisee” from Foyveblas: Paul Douglas

This concert celebrates the creativity, energy and perseverance of the human spirit. From the optimism of Candide to the gentle and reverent laments from Peru and Native America to the intriguing rhythmic and wild fantasy of Miguel del Aguila’s Quintet No.2, this concert promises excitement and beauty. The Quintet will trade Western instruments for native flutes, whistles and drums in a Mexican processional melody for the Day of the Dead. The Quintet will also play Colombian dances which reflect the spirit of the origin of this unique ensemble and finish with the exciting “Zurisee” by Canadian composer Paul Douglas, a celebration of survival written by the composer after a near-fatal accident.

Composer Miguel del Aguila is arriving from California to be on hand to greet the audience and talk about his exciting and vivid quintet. Miguel del Aguila moved to the United State from Uruguay in 1978 and received his B.A. from San Francisco Conservatory. He then traveled to Vienna to further his musical studies. After ten years there, during which time he was active as a composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher, he returned in 1992 to live in Southern California. Numerous premieres of his works followed, and in 1994 local critics chose him "resident music man of the year" (Los Angeles Times) and to "cap the list of our top 10 people to watch" (The Star). He was honored with a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award in 1995 and a California Arts Council Artist in Residence Award in 1996. Miguel del Aguila's catalog of over 50 compositions includes opera, orchestra, choral, solo, and chamber works, as well as music for theater and TV. ?The numerous awards received by Aguila for his work include: California Arts Council Artist in Residence Award, 1996; Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, 1995; several Meet The Composer Awards; City of Ventura Arts Fellowship, 1994 and 1995; and first prizes in United Students Of The Americas Competition (New York 1988), Olympiad Of The Arts (California, 1984), and the AEMUS and Jeunesses Musicales Competitions (Montevideo '77 and '78). An active pianist and conductor, Miguel del Aguila performed as soloist with several orchestras and directed numerous ensembles. He has appeared at Carnegie Recital Hall and Merkin Hall in NY, and at Konzerthaus and Bösendorfer Hall in Vienna. He was the conductor and music director of the Ojai Camerata from 1995-1999. Miguel's website is http://members.aol.com/Mdaguila/index.html
For more information about Greenwich House please call 212-242-4770 For additional information call 718-230-5189.

Founded in 1976, Quintet of the Americas has long been recognized as a leading ensemble in the interpretation of contemporary and folk-inspired wind quintet music of the Western Hemisphere. The Washington Post has called their performances, “Musical dialogue at the highest level” and Japan’s InTune Magazine has written about them, “Their virtuosity, balances, articulation and intonation mark them as one of the world's top wind quintets. I have never heard finer playing.” Quintet of the Americas is in residence in The Department of Music and Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University.

Two-time recipients of the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Adventuresome Programming Awards, the Quintet’s programs have included repertoire as varied as commissioned pieces involving electronic music music with cultural influences such as Sephardic Music, Native American music, music from the African Diaspora. music influenced by jazz; music involving the Quintet’s collection of folk instruments including drums, flutes, rattles, conch horns, etc., music from Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, music with theatrical elements such as lighting, masks and movement by the players, and music by living composers with the composers present at concerts including touring performances.

NOVEMBER 12 & 19th
BRAZOOCA BAND AT CAFE WHA
The longest running Brazilian nigh in New York City! A trip to all styles of Brazilian music! From 10:15 PM to 2:30 AM. At Café Wha, 115 MacDougal St, NYC.

BRAZOOCA BAND IS:
Analu - Vocals
Carlos Darci - Trombone and Vocals
Etienne - Keyboards
Fabiana Masilli - Vocals
Mauricio Zottarelli - Drums
Robson Cerqueira - Guitar and Vocals
Rodrigo Ursaia - Saxophone
Ze Grey - Bass
Ze Mauricio - Percussion

November 13th
THE PABLO MAYOR TRIO
La Noche Colombiana presents The Pablo Mayor Trio performing repertoire from Colombian pianist Pablo Mayor's renowned 12-piece band Pablo Mayor-Folklore Urbano. As Pablo Mayor and his musicians are known to do, this Latin jazz trio will get you on your feet dancing! Featuring drummer Franco Pinna and David Hertzberg on bass, the group retains Pablo Mayor's signature Colombian swing, while presenting his original repertoire in an intimate setting. At 9pm. No cover. More Online: www.roselivemusic.com or http://www.folkloreurbano.com. At Rose Live Music 345 Grand St. (between Havemeyer and Marcy) Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

La Noche Colombiana, curated by Colombian musicians Pablo Mayor and Sebastián Cruz, is a weekly Tuesday night series which features new music from Colombian musicians in New York, otherwise known as Nueva Colombia. La Noche Colombiana has featured such renowned Colombian musicians as Hector Martignon, Edmar Castaneda, Lucia Pulido, La Cumbiamba eNeYe, Coba, and Pablo Mayor-Folklore Urbano, among many others. www.myspace.com/nochecolombiana.

November 14th
CONCERT "DUO CARUSO-DA SILVA"
Argentine pianist Lucia Caruso and Portuguese classical guitarist Pedro da Silva. At 7pm. Free (Limited space - on first come, first seated basis). Information: (212) 603-0440. At the Consulate General of Argentina – Auditorium, 12 West 56th Street, NYC. www.congenargentinany.com

November 15th
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS CONCERT
The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (POA) will launch its First International Tour with this concert at the Skirball Center. Led by 27-year-old Mexican Conductor and Artistic Director Alondra de la Parra, POA will present highlights of its repertoire: Inguesu (a piece based on a soccer match) by Mexican composer Enrico Chapela, Cuban Overture by George Gershwin, Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez, Four Seasons by Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla, and the Concerto for Piano by Edward McDowell featuring Venezuelan pianist Ana Karina Alamo. The No Borders US - Mexico tour will include the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX and the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Time: 7:00pm. Tickets: $30 Adults $10 Students and Seniors. At the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU, 566 Washington Place (Washington Square South), NYC. www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu

Program
Conductor, Alondra de la Parra
Soloist, Ana Karina Alamo - piano
Inguesu – Enrico Chapela
Cuban Overture- George Gershwin
Danzón No.2, Arturo Márquez
Piano Concerto Edward MacDowell
Four Seasons, Astor Piazzolla
Sensemayá, Silvestre Revueltas

November 15th
EMILIO SOLLA & THE NY TANGO JAZZ PROJECT
After only one year in New York, Emilio Solla has set his mark on the jazz scene arranging and conducting the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at the Lincoln Center and performing with his own NY Tango Jazz Project in addition to receiving sterling praise for his performances. 9:45 pm. Tickets available at the Box Office Tuesday – Sunday 1:00pm – showtime , or through Telecharge (212) 239-6200. At Barrow Street Theater, 27 Barrow Street, NYC. www.barrowstreettheatre.com

Emilio Solla, piano & compositions
Chris Cheek, saxophones
Víctor Prieto, accordion
Pablo Aslan, double bass
Ted Poor, drums

November 16th
THE EVOLUTION OF ARGENTINE CLASSICAL MUSIC
The evolution of Argentine classical music through its main composers and a Homage to the world acclaimed Master composer Alberto Ginastera, performed by Argentine pianist Valentín Surif. 7pm Free; Limited space at first come first seated basis. Information: (212) 603-0440. At the Consulate General of Argentina – Auditorium, 12 West 56th Street, NYC. www.congenargentinany.com

November 16th
CLIFF KORMAN’S GAFIEIRA JAZZ
“Gafieira”…in Rio de Janeiro the term conjures a world of sophisticated ballroom music and dance, harking back to the 1930’s and 40’s and the era of the big band sound in Brazil. In recent years the tradition has made a remarkable resurgence and become once again a centerpiece of carioca nightlife. With Gafieira Jazz, Cliff presents original compositions and arrangements of works from a wide range of Brazilian and American repertoire. Pieces include “Corta-Jaca” (Chiquinha Gonzaga), “Cheio de Malícia” (Radames Gnatalli), Brazilian-tinged treatments of “Speak no Evil” and “Fall” (Wayne Shorter), Cliff’s own samba “Brasilified” , choro “Saudade do Paulo” and baião “Domingo a Noite”, and exciting arrangements of “It Might as Well be Spring” and “Tico-Tico no Fuba”.

American pianist/composer Cliff Korman maintains homes in New York and Rio, and his fluency in both musical worlds results in a sound, which combines the swing and sensuality of Brazilian dance rhythms with the sophistication and immediacy of jazz improvisation.

Cliff’s arrangements offer exciting and original combinations of flute, clarinet, saxophones, trombone, piano, bass, drums and percussion, and join a love of the traditional with a contemporary need for innovation. At 9pm and 10:30pm. Reservations: (212) 989-9319, (917) 470-1465. Cover: $10. At Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, NYC. www.corneliastreetcafe.com

Joining Cliff in the ensemble are:
Billy Drewes (woodwinds)
Jay Rodriguez (woodwinds)
Chris Washburne (trombone)
Leonardo Cioglia (bass)
Adriano Santos (drum/percussion)

November 18th
BINELLI-FERMAN DUO & ALTURAS DUO. Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center hosts a CD presentation and concert by the Binelli-Ferman Duo and the Alturas Duo. 3pm. Free. At Barnes & Noble, 1972 Broadway/ Lincoln Triangle. NYC http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/storedetail.do?store=2628

Binelli-Ferman Duo:

World-class musicians Daniel Binelli and Polly Ferman have united their talents to develop and further the appreciation of the tango, milonga, Candombe, and other Latin American musical forms in the rarely heard partnership of the bandoneón and piano. Their performances reflect the elegance and the subtlety of the traditional tango, the sauciness of the milonga, the romance of the waltz, and the temperament and power of the contemporary tango.

The Binelli-Ferman Duo's ability to reach out to their audiences in conversation and through music has made its performances an amazing experience for concert enthusiasts worldwide. Since their debut in January 2000 in NYC, they have toured extensively throughout the world including performances in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Rome, Paris, Munich, Berne, and Saint Petersburg, as well as in New York City, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and Miami. In addition to concert appearances, they have presented master classes on the music of Argentina and the tango in the United States, Canada and in cities throughout Japan and China.

The Duo also performs as featured artists with chamber and symphony orchestras worldwide in a project called "Orchestango", that highlights the music of Binelli, Piazzolla, Salgán, and Ginastera, among others. Recent appearances have been with the San Francisco Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, The Montevideo Philharmonic, the Symphony of Concepción, Chile and the symphonies of Mendoza and Parana in Argentina. The Duo has recorded for Romeo Records and Epsa Music "Imágenes de Buenos Aires", "Orquestango" 1 and 2 for Sondor Records with the Montevideo Philharmonic and "New Tango Vision" with the Binelli-Ferman-Isaac Trio. www.binelli-ferman.com

The Alturas Duo:

The Alturas Duo has been recognized as one of the most entertaining ensembles performing in the chamber music world today. The only group of its kind, the Duo formed with the idea of playing South American and classical music by bringing together the unusual combination of the viola, charango and guitar creating fiery programs that move at ease between Johann Sebastian Bach, South American folk rhythms and new music commissioned by the duo.

Constantly in search of new music and diverse collaborations, they have performed with flutist Gonzalo Cortes, charango virtuoso Ernesto Cavour, Chilean guitarist and composer Horacio Salinas, cellists Jason Duckles and Jennifer Combs, violinists Katalin Viszmeg and Anthea Kreston, pianist Polly Ferman and Argentine bandoneón legend, Daniel Binelli. They have worked with many composers and have commissioned over fifteen works by Thomas Schuttenhelm, Jaime Romero, Dan Román, Garry Antonio, Alberto Cumplido, Javier Farias, Horacio Salinas, José Lezcano and James Argiro.

The Duo has performed and lectured across the United States, Canada, Chile and Bolivia including performances at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, the Music Mountain Chamber Music Series, the Smithsonian Institute, The First Annual Latin American Art Week in New York, the Chilean and Venezuelan embassies in Washington D.C., The Museum of Bolivian Folkloric Instruments in La Paz, the "Entre Cuerdas" guitar festival in Chile, the 34th International Viola Congress, the Québec City and Connecticut Classical Guitar Societies and have performed with the Choral Arts Society of Washington D.C., the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony of Southeast Texas, and the Hartford Festival Orchestra. They are First Prize winners of the 2006 New England International Chamber Music Competition and have held residencies at the Lyrica String Festival and the Hartt School of Music. They have recorded for BRIOSO and NAXOS records and have been featured performers on NPR, Radio Nuevo Mundo and Beethoven Radio in Chile. They are the founders and artistic directors of the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival and are members of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and Tourism's "Directory of Performing Artists Roster".

The name Alturas (Spanish for Heights) is derived from the poem "Alturas de Macchu Picchu" by the Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). www.alturasduo.com

November 19-20th
SOUTH AMERICAN WOMEN SERIES: VOCALISTS CREATING IN NEW YORK
November 19th Performance features: Sabrina Lastman and Sofia Tosello. November 20th features Andrea Tierra and Sofia Koutsovitis. Sets at 8:30 pm & 10 pm. $10 Cover. Reservations: (212) 989-9319. At Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, NYC. www.corneliastreetcafe.com

November 20th
AFRICAN INFLUENCE ON THE MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS
PAMAR presents a Concert of Latin American Music as part of their educational series with PS 125. Program Info: TBA. 6-9pm Tickets: $20. At PS 125, 425 West 123 Street, NYC. www.pamar.org/lacw

November 20th
CD release party and performance with Latin guitar maestro FRANCISCO "PANCHO" NAVARRO celebrating the Argentine musician's debut CD "Sweet Guitar" on Soundbrush Records. Pancho is a top-tier session musician now based in NYC, whose career began in Mendoza, Argentina. His classical guitar studies as well as his travels and work in South America infuse his music with a unique elegance and ease, and his has performed with Plácido Domingo, the Rolling Stones, Celia Cruz and Victor Lara. Navarro's long-awaited solo CD celebrates the work of Latin America's great songwriters, including Jose Alfredo Jiménez, Abel Fleury, Julio de Caro and Luiz Bonfá.
6:30 - 8:00pm Free admission. Consulate General of Argentina 12 West 56th Street NYC Reservations: 212-545-7536 x 21

November 21st
SHADOW OF URBANO/SOMBRA DE URBANO AN EVENING WITH THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL COLINA Superb soloists in an evening exploring the classical chamber music of Michael Colina www.michaelcolina.com. At 8 pm Tickets Available at the door $15, suggested donation. For information, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net. At Christ & St Stephens Church, 120 West 69th Street, NYC.

The November 21, 2007 concert of Mr. Colina’s Chamber Music will present boundary crossing premieres and collaborations with his long time friend, world-renowned, Grammy-winning jazz pianist and composer Bob James (http://www.bobjames.com/). Michael produced a number of Bob’s solo albums on Warner Brothers Records. Bob is now joining Colina in this unique event. Mr. James brings his improvisational skills together with the superb, Grammy-nominated Quartet San Francisco (http://www.quartetsanfrancisco.com/) to premiere “Sombra de Urbano” (Shadow of Urbano). This work that tells the story of Michael’s Cuban born father and his journey to America with his uncle Urbano, mentor and travel companion.

Also on the program is the world-renowned Binelli-Ferman Duo (Daniel Binelli on bandoneon and Polly Ferman on piano - http://www.binelli-ferman.com/). These passionate musicians will lead other great performers in Colina’s re-interpretation of Canteloube’s Chant D’Auvergne. This standard of the soprano repertoire will be sung in Spanish by the dramatic and enchanting tango singer Silvana De Luigi accompanied by Binelli’s dangerous bandoneon.

Anastasia Khitruk, Grammy-nominated virtuoso violinist (http://www.anastasiakhitruk.com/), will open the evening with Colina’s Notturno for Violin and Piano. Anastasia will also display her astounding musicianship in an unaccompanied work: “Der Golum” written expressly for her Mr. Colina.

See a video of Bob James in performance at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJs5uqert6Y&mode=related&search=. View Polly Ferman’s recent performance with Havana’s Camerata Romeu at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktf0rQheQNo. See a performance by Anastasia Khitruk of Colina’s Der Golum at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teW--JK0VRY.

Michael Colina, born of Cuban-American heritage, studied composition at the North Carolina School of the Arts with Vittorio Giannini, Louis Mennini and Robert Ward. He continued studies at the Chigiana in Sienna, Italy with Thomas Pasatieri and Roman Vlad. He was the first recipient of the Vittorio Giannini Memorial Scholarship award.

Currently living and working in New York, Mr. Colina has been writing for television, film, theatre, dance and the concert stage for over 20 years. His music has been performed throughout the U.S., Europe & Japan.

He produces and writes for many of the great contemporary Jazz musicians of today. He has been nominated for four Grammy awards and won three in the field of contemporary Jazz. Mr. Colina has released two solo CDs on the Private Music label as a Pianist and has 3 Gold Records to his name. Upcoming premieres of Colina’s classical works include a January 25, 2008 performance of his Flute Concerto, “Isles of Shoals” by the Yale Philharmonia and his “Idoru Trio” performed by the Salles Piano Trio in Brazil in April 2008.

Visit him online at http://www.michaelcolina.com/.

For more information about Michael Colina, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

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THEATER

November 15, 17 and 18th
TANGO INTIMO
138 East 27th Street, NYC Presented by Repertorio Espanol & Valeria Solomonoff. A thrilling examination of the absurdities, lies and lust within the tango embrace. Tango Intimo is Tango danced at its best. Information: (212) 225-9920. At Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27th St, NYC. www.repertorio.org

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THE WRITTEN WORD

November 8th
HAVANA NOIR Presented with the Cuban Cultural Center of New York. Achy Obejas, Cuban-American fiction writer and journalist, joined by authors Pablo Medina, Carolina García-Aguilera, and others. 7pm. Americas Society, 680 Park Ave.

November 12th
BREVÍSIMA RELACIÓN DE LA DESTRUCCIÓN DE LAS INDIAS by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas. Critical edition discussed by editor José Miguel Martínez Torrejón, and Dr. Raquel Chang-Rodríguez. 7pm. Americas Society, 680 Park Ave.

November 14th
THE WRITTEN WORD ON THE VISUAL ARTS. *FRANCISCA SUTIL, Fine Arts Museum of Santiago de Chile’s Ed., presented by gallerist NOHRA HAIME. *An encounter with ArtNexus in New York:“the magazine”. *HUGO CONSUEGRA. Universal Ed.: presented by editors Lisset Martínez and Gustavo Valdés. *National Museum of the Death’s Aguascalientes Autonomous University’s Ed., México. King Juan Carlos the I of Spain Center at NYU, 53 Washington Square. 212-998-3652. 7 pm. kjc.info@nyu.edu

The Written Word on the Visual Arts encompasses four presentations of diverse nature showcasing the rich world of the Latin American Visual Arts. That this program takes place at King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of New York University, sets up clearly the scope of the Latin American Visual Arts, ranging from the very informal arenas to the academic environments.

The four presentations are:
Francisca Sutil, 25 years of painting. Introduced by Nohra Haime.
Francisca Sutil, 25 years of painting. 2006. Ed. National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile. Essays by Milan Ivelic, John Yau, José Zalaquett, Renny Cohen, Judd Tully, Tiffany Bell, Terry R. Myers, Kate Linker, Edward Shaw and the artist herself. Bilingual. 190 pp.

Although it is understandable, there is a coincidence that has to be mentioned --both, in Spanish and in English--, her last name is “Sutil” /“Subtle”, is a key word to her artwork. Francisca’s art is subtle and at the same time energetic, providing the viewer with hypnotic rhythm and color.

Born in Chile, Sutil lived in the US for some time. Her work belongs to important private and public collections world wide; in New York, she exhibits at Nohra Haime Gallery. Nohra Haime herself –the renowned gallerist- will introduce Francisca Sutil’s book in the program The Written Word on the Visual Arts at King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU.

ArtNexus in New York, “the magazine”.
ArtNexus is the most important written source on Latin American art. Thirty years informing, offering insight of new art directions, artists and institutions, remembering the masters, keeping track of existing and new galleries, museums, fairs, residences and more. ArtNexus is a very dynamic publication directed by Celia Sredni de Birbragher. In every issue, ArtNexus readers benefit from the work of more than 100 art experts who cover all aspects of art in the Americas. The magazine offers the widest array of books and catalogs on Latin American Art. Through technology, ArtNexus is a tool for galleries and collectors, artists and universities. Consultation and education go hand in hand in the most effective electronic press releases worldwide.

Hugo Consuegra, introduced by Lisset Martínez Harryman and Gustavo Valdéz.

HUGO CONSUEGRA. Miami: Ediciones Universal, 2006.
A monograph that compiles various essays on the work of Cuban painter and architect, Hugo Consuegra (1929-2003) a prominent member of the group Los Once. It includes a richly illustrated biography reproducing unedited pictures and documents.

EDITORS
Lisset Martínez Herryman is an art critic and independent curator. She has written and lectured on Cuban and Latin American art and curated numerous exhibitions throughout Cuba and the United States. She is Publisher and Director of FISURA, a magazine specializing in literature and the visual arts.

Gustavo Valdés is an art historian and independent curator. He is the author of El color de la palabra (The Color of Words) a collection of interviews of 32 Cuban artists. He is co-producer of Un pintor, un cuadro (An artist, a painting) a series of documentaries which profiles distinguished Cuban artists in exile.

It has been our intention to collect, gather and present the most comprehensive and updated information on the impressive career of the Cuban artist Hugo Consuegra.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Armando Alvarez Bravo
Nicolás Quintana
Julio E. Hernández Miyares

Link to buy the book:
http://www.revistafisura.com/libreria.php

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VISUAL ARTS

November 1- December 1st
HUGO BASTIDAS: BRIDGES, PATHS AND PORTALS - Where do We Go From Here? NOHRA HAIME GALLERY 41 East 57th St. 6F. 212-888-3550. Opening Reception: October 31st. from 6 to 8 pm.

In this new body of work, Bastidas returns to the theme of the path and the mark. As in his earlier works, these paintings portray places that exist in reality, and yet they also depict a place that exists in the subconscious, symbolic of our everyday decisions and fears. Bastidas exemplifies the journey and the paths that we are faced with each day of our lives.

Bastidas' technique of optical effects truly sets the stage for a wonderful visual and subconscious experience. Not only does he please the viewer aesthetically, but he brings out the internal essence of our daily lives and construes their rich sensations and themes on canvas. The realism and sheer magnitude of the paintings draw us in, and yet as one moves closer, the intense distinction and reflection of light pushes us to step back. It is his artistic genius, ability to contrast ideals, and continual exploration in different ways that puts Bastidas at the forefront of today's artists.

Bastidas' black and white style is the basis of the works' majesty and mysticism. As one examines his canvases it is difficult not to simply appreciate the works for their craftsmanship, the idea of the stroke and its innate personality. Each stroke represents a moment that has happened, just as Pollock's works were in the moment. Bastidas' strokes and marks work in the same manner in that they further exemplify the notion of the path, that it has a beginning, a moment, and an end. This idea of the stroke and mark contrasted with almost photographical realism, sets the stage for an incredible visual and mental experience.

Bastidas has a deep concern for exploring the human condition and the surroundings which we are exposed to, whether it be an indigenous culture or an urban setting; we as human beings suffer from the same tragedies and dilemmas that are the ingredients for the milieu that is life. What makes his works more fascinating is that we as humans think about changing our environment and our surrounding more than we consider adapting to it, and this truly is the core of his work, the unfamiliar and unknown. In the painting Into the Mystic, he conveys these questions: Do we cross the bridge? What is on the other side, and do we need to see it before we cross? Which is a paradox because almost every decision we make is laced with true uncertainty, but most importantly will the bridge hold up? In Into the Mystic, there is only forwards as life moves on. It is reminiscent of his past work Split in the Road. In Flower Bridge, he utilizes the reflection in the water as a way to creatively exemplify two different bridges that one can take through optical effects.

Another theme at the nucleus of Bastidas' work is that of existentialism. Oath to Armani, the series' most set-apart piece in comparison to the rest, makes clear that Bastidas is expressing something different than the questions of life, but rather ideals concerned with selfhood. Here Bastidas contrasts the billboard with a beautiful building which is cropped focusing our attention directly on the Armani advertisement itself. He explores the inner desire and how we as human beings form ourselves internally and externally. We are faced daily with ideas of what we should be, and what is trendy. We are forced to fear the idea of falling behind and not being in the "in." Thus, in this work Bastidas is expressing this dilemma which very closely contrasts with the other works in respect to the unknown, the fear of falling behind and what lies ahead in respect to the paths and bridges we cross or burn.

It is impossible not to reflect on one's internal matters as a human when studying these works, and this is why Bastidas remains such a major force with visually charging work, yet subconsciously unnerving. Bastidas continually strives to paint works that are at once aesthetically pleasing, but also symbolically and emblematically represent something much deeper.

A catalogue of the exhibition will be published.

WILFREDO LAM: PAINTINGS and CERAMICS from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. LEON TOVAR GALLERY 16 EAST 71ST.St.,Su.1A. 212-585.2400. www.leontovargallery.com

October – November
TRAZOS UY announces “Dialogue between 2 Generations”, an exhibition by Uruguayan artists Nelson Romero and Sebastián Romero, at the Cultural Space of the Consulado de Uruguay en Nueva York. Trazos UY is a gallery with spaces in both, Canada and Uruguay. 420 Madison Ave. (Between 48th. and 49th. St.) 6th. F., NY. Free entrance. Monday to Friday 11AM to 3PM. www.trazosuy.org

November 1-15th
POINT OF VIEW: Ariadna Capasso, Nayda Collazo, Patricia Villalobos. Closing Party: Nov. 15: 6-8 pm. Organized by LMAK projects at MC Gallery. 549 W 52 St, 8 F. 212-255 9707. www.lmakprojects.com

Across the Silence

The series of drawings Across the Silence began in the summer of 2005.

Several things seemed to come together: Katrina and the hurricanes, the mudslides in Guatemala, the earthquake in Pakistan, the war in Iraq. These natural and human-made catastrophes resonated with the Mayan belief that the world is periodically destroyed for life to begin anew.

"At the same time, I was inspired by that incredible Mexican writer, Juan Rulfo, and his description of the fate of peasants in the great plain (as in El LLano en llamas or The Plain on Fire and Pedro Páramo), books in which the poverty of the land (i.e. a desert) underscores the greatest violence of all, the poverty of the people. It is this landscape and these people that populate my drawings...

This summer I traveled to Mexico City and throughout Jalisco to investigate the life of Juan Rulfo and his landscape on a grant from the Jerome Foundation. In large part, these drawings guided what I set out to find".

Ariadna Capasso
October 2007

Biography

Born in Buenos Aires, Ariadna Capasso received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2000. Her videos have been screened at The Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, Scope Art Fair and El Museo del Barrio, New York, at Gallery ON, Poznan, Poland, at Primavera en La Habana, Cuba, at Vórtice, Espacio Giesso, Buenos Aires and at the Non Still Art Festival, Boston and Brooklyn. Two large-scale collaborative video installations, La Conquista and Urban Corridor (which is also part of Rhizome.org), were shown at the CU Art Galleries, Boulder. She has held numerous exhibitions, including those at Haim Chanin Fine Arts, the Consulate General of Argentina, and Galería Galou, New York, Arte x arte, Buenos Aires, Hatton Galleries, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, and Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Mexico City, among others.

In 2003 and 2004 Capasso received individual artist grants from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund. She lives and works in New York. In 2006, she received a travel grant from the Jerome Foundation to explore the life of Mexican writer Juan Rulfo.

Damián Keller was born in Buenos Aires in 1966. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Stanford University and has recently joined the Music Department at University of Northern Texas, Denton. For ten years, Keller has been at the forefront of the development of environmental sound models, on which his compositional work is based. Besides his solo CD Toco y me voy [earsay productions], his music can be heard on numerous compact discs, including Leonardo Music Journal Vol. 10 [MIT Press] and Organised Sound 5(2) [Oxford University Press].

Gonzalo Macías was born in Tlaxcala, Mexico. He holds a Doctorate in Music from the University of Lille, France. Among his honors are the Mozart medal from the Instituto Cultural Domecq in Mexico City, an award from the French Government to study composition in Paris, one from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and a prestigious residence at Fondation Royaumont. His compositions have been played worldwide in France, Chile, U.S.A., Germany, Italy and Cuba. He composes both instrumental and electro-acoustic music and he has created many pieces for theater, including El Censor, Galería de Moribundos, Demonios (directed by Jorge Arturo Vargas), Belice (directed by David Olguín), Latitudes Cruzadas directed by Francine Alepin) and Noche de Epifanía (directed by Ludwig Margules).

November 3rd - December 22nd
GUSTAVO LOPEZ ARMENTIA: New Paintings, Bas-reliefs & Sculptures.
Artist in attendance in his 11th solo exhibition at Reece Galleries, 24 West 57th St. - 3rd F.. Tu. – Sat. 10 - 5:30pm. www.reecegalleries.com

New York, N.Y. (October 2007) Reece Galleries, celebrating its 38th Anniversary, is proud to announce its 11th one-person exhibition for Gustavo Lopez Armentia, one of Argentina’s most notable contemporary artists. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1949, Lopez Armentia began painting at the age of 5 and is entirely self taught.

During the 1980’s and 1990’s, he gained international recognition by exhibiting extensively throughout South America and Europe and has represented his country at several worldwide Invitationals, including the 1997 Venice Biennale. He has won many awards and his works are in the permanent collections of museums in Latin America and other countries. In 1993 The Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, held a solo show for Lopez Armentia, presenting more than 50 mixed media paintings and sculptures.

This exhibition will feature a unique medium invented and introduced by Armentia in 1998. A mixture of marble and quartz dust, gesso, found objects, and oil paint. The medium was formulated by the artist for its ability to further his particular narrative of dreams, travel and immigration, and the individual's connective alliance with the world’s inhabitants, regardless of geography or nationality. These new three-dimensional paintings and sculptures are cultural perceptions which, in the artist's own words, “... are not the projection of reality, but rather an internal truth that struggles between the rational and the heartfelt.”

The reception, with the artist in attendance, will be held at the gallery November 10, 2007, from 2:30-5:00pm.

Shirley I. Reece, President
sireece@reecegalleries.com
24 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
tel 212.333.5830 fax 212.333.7366
www.reecegalleries.com

Oct. 10th. – November 16th.
NELSON AND SEBASTIÁN ROMERO:Dialogue between two generations. Consulate General of Uruguay in NY, 420 Madison Avenue. 6th Fl. 212-753–8182. Mo-Fr.11-16.

Oct. 22nd – Nov. 3rd at Steuben West Gal. at Pratt Institute.
Nov. 1st -30th at Goloborotko´s.
GRAVURA BRASILEIRA 32 Contemporary artists. Steuben West Gal., Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, and at Goloborotko´s Studio: 68 Jay St., S. 209 (Entrance: 147 Front St.), Brklyn. 718-722-2772. www.goloborotko.com

The exhibit “Contemporary Brazilian Engravers” curated by Eduardo Besen, director of Gravura Brasileira gallery, draws a broad view of the print art being made in Brazil today, through the works of 32 artists:

Ana Elisa Dias Baptista, Andrea Tavares, Armando Sobral, Arnaldo Battaglini, Augusto Sampaio, Claudio Caropreso, Claudio Mubarac, Dio Viana, Elisa Bracher, Ernesto Bonato, Evandro Carlos Jardim, Fabricio Lopez, Fernando Vilela, Francisco Maringelli, Giorgia Volpe, Helena Freddi, Jacqueline Aronis, Jose Roberto Shwafaty, Laerte Ramos, Larissa Franco, Marcio Pannunzio,

Marco Buti, Margot Delgado, Maria C Carvalho, Maria Villares, Paulo Penna, Paulo Carapunarlo, Renata Basile da Silva, Sheila Goloborotko, Simone Rebelo, Ulysses Boscolo and Walter Wagner. The exhibition is listed as an official event of The Seventeenth Annual IFPDA Print Fair www.printdealers.com/printfairs.cfm?id=123 and of the 2nd Annual Latin American Cultural Week in New York 2007 www.pamar.org/lacwnyc/default.asp In 2008, “Contemporary Brazilian Engravers” will be exhibited in Washington DC and in Mexico City.

Organization:GRAVURA BRASILEIRA. rua Fradique Coutinho, 953 CEP 05416-011, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil, tel.00.55.11.3097.0301 e 3097.9193 www.cantogravura.com.br

November 1-30th
ALFREDO CASTAÑEDA SOLO EXHIBITION
Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an exhibition of twenty-five new paintings and drawings by Mexican Surrealist, Alfredo Castañeda. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 11-5; call for weekend and holiday schedules Contact: Mary-Anne Martin, 23 East 73rd St, 212-288-2213 or mamartin@mamfa.com *Preview the complete exhibition on our website: www.mamfa.com

Entitled “To Make Yourself Invisible” (Para hacerce invisible) the show centers on themes of time and change, ends and beginnings, and what the artist refers to as “multiple selves and collective identities.” Castañeda was born in Mexico in 1938. He has shown regularly with Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art since 1983. He lives and works in Madrid.

Recently, the renowned Spanish newspaper El País, published an interview with Alfredo Castañeda because of the thirty years print retrospective he is having in Madrid. “We, the artists of the XXI Century, take advantage of the wonderful estate of master painters from previous times…. I work the selfportrait because I search my own image. Through the years I have seen how I changed. And I reflect on “finally, who am I?”

November 8th –29th.
EDUARDO HOFFMANN: Paintings. Art Exhibition Opening Reception on Thursday, November 8th from 6-8 P.M. Free of charge. 212-603-0440. Consulate General of Argentina – Art Gallery, 12 West 56th St. The Exhibition will continue open to the public through November 29, Mo - Fr. 11am to 5pm. www.congenargentinany.com

Eduardo Hoffman was born in Mendoza, one of the extreme west States of Argentina, where the Andes high mountains are imposing presences. Intense winters, snowed landscape, sunny summers and the breeze of the mountains have nourished the artist concept of elegant contrast that prevails in his artwork. Nevertheless, Hoffman says of his deep interest in Buddhism. Out of these two concepts, baroque zones with thick layers of material are contrasted by empty areas of oriental quietness and self-limitation.

Either at art fairs, museums or art galleries, his work is appreciated as paintings of intimacy. He has had exhibitions at important Argentinean venues and in México City, Wien, Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Chicago and Miami. In the presence of the artist works, his gesture reveals both, painterly brush strokes and also lines. Therefore, his canvases are a balance of drawing and painting in a palette of worm tones.

November 8 – December 8
MATHIAS GOERITZ
A retrospective exhibition of the renowned Mexican artist, Mathias Goeritz (1915-1990). Mathias Goeritz arrived in Mexico in 1949. Having fled his native Germany during World War II, he spent time in Morocco and later in Spain, where he founded the experimental “Escuela de Altamira”. Goeritz established himself in Mexico during the time in which the predominant school of artistic thought was still ruled by the social and political ideas behind the muralist movement. Goeritz’s modernist and minimalist tendencies were not welcomed by adherents to the aforementioned ideals, but were certainly embraced by a new generation of eager creators whom he strongly influenced.

Goeritz’s works of both painting and sculpture employed a diversity of materials such as wood, copper or found objects. Still, he did not limit himself to painting and sculpture, but also thrived in the field of architecture. His conception of so-called “emotional architecture” was a reaction to the imposed functional architecture of the time. Together with renowned architect Luis Barragán and visual artist Chucho Reyes, Goeritz would attempt to achieve “Gesamtkunstwerk” in a diversity of architectural projects that are now landmarks.

Mathias Goeritz played an essential part in the foundation of a modern artistic current that would profoundly influence Latin American XXth century art, an influence that is underlined in this exhibition. Included are early pieces from his first years in Mexico when he was initially influenced by religious art and in turn was determined to modernize it. Additionally, this retrospective also includes a variety of important sculptures from throughout his career that reflect his materic experimentation with diverse media, as well as various maquettes and studies from diverse architectural projects.

Galeria Ramis Barquet 532 W.
24th St. NY 10011
212.675.3421

November 10 and 15th.
CHRISTIAN CRAVO: WATERS OF HOPE, Sept 20 - Nov 10. Dirk McDonnell: As Light Fell, Nov 15th - Jan 5, 2008, and Mexican photographs. Throckmorton Fine Art 145 East 57 St. 212-223.1059 Tu.- Sat.11 – 5 pm. info@throckmorton-nyc.com

Throckmorton Fine Art is pleased to announce the second exhibition of photographs by Brazilian artist Christian Cravo. The show entitled WATERS OF HOPE will feature images from Brazil, Haiti and India. Of his many travels around the world, Cravo has captured the uniqueness of different cultures and its environments. The new body of work in this exhibition explores the religious connection between the people and the bodies of water they worship in their daily lives.

Cravo takes us to places where water is not only sacred but it has a powerful way of transforming people. Water is the giver of all life, it nourishes, cleanses, cools, replenishes and it brings people together to one common place, body, soul and nature. The images also represent the connection that religion and cultures have in relation to the water sources that we take for granted. They are a photographic depiction of the human condition.

Book Available:
Christian Cravo: Espiritoculto, $25 USD 

November 13th,14th and 21st.
Accessible Luxury. SUSANA PESCE, Accessories and Jewelry in Non-Precious Materials (**) 1 to 8 pm. 149 Franklin St., 5 S, (between Hudson and Varick), Tribeca. Tel. 212-431-5212.

“In my work, I integrate non-conventional industrial, modern and vintage materials from diverse sources forming clusters of volume and shapes that could resemble the wisdom of Nature.”

The Wearable Art by Susana Pesce are accessories, and mainly jewelry in multi-media techniques, in non-precious materials. Her pieces belong to Private and Public Collections abroad and at home, like the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.

November 12th only, Rain date: Nov.17th.
VIDA YOVANOVICH: SOLEDADES SONORAS, interactive video-installation exploring women’s lives and identities. Curator: Graciela Kartofel. Loop at the bar: 4:30 – 8 pm. Magnan Projects 317 Tenth Ave. (27th St.) 212-244- 2344. www.magnanprojects.com

“Vida Yovanovich makes us accomplices of her social and aesthetic concerns. She began as photographer, doing black and white formal -and traditional work. Years later she turned into more conceptual photography living aside the regular shapes and proportions, cutting some images, forgetting about the formal limits in favor of the more expressive ones. This process lead the artist to installations, the incorporation of sound and the fragmentation of the projected images. Soledades Sonoras / Resonant Solitude is a video installation with original sound the artist created after long and difficult research in women’s jails. The viewer will perceive Vida Yovanovich’s artistic path while walking near the image; interfere in the projected scene, and hear the sound that reveals what took these women to such extreme situation.

Soledades Sonoras was originally presented at el Centro de la Imagen, in Mexico City, where she lives and works. The artist has had different exhibitions in Mexico and Europe. Abismo de Ausencia / Abyss of Absence, is currently traveling from the Instituto Cervantes in Budapest to The Netherlands. Vida, born in Cuba to European parents, has devoted her professional work to themes related with aging, women, self-portraits. The portfolio Abismo de Ausencia is the first in which she explores the absence of the human being. The work is still figurative; moreover, they are still lives. There is a title for all her work: reading over and over again about the melancholic pleasures and the love for life.”

Graciela Kartofel  

November 13th, 14,and 21st
ÁUREA JOYAS presents the jewelry collection of Waraa, a renewed version of ancient goldsmith inspired by indigenous Guajiran material culture.(**). 1 PM to 8 PM. Tel (212) 431-5212. 149 Franklin St., 5 S, (Hudson and Varick). www.aureajoyas.com

November 15th
JUAN DOWNEY VIDEO: THE LAUGHING ALIGATOR. 6:30 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m., by reservation only: RSVP 212-888-3550. NOHRA HAIME GALLERY 41 East 57th St. 6 F. www.artnet.com/nhaime.html

November 15th – December 15th
GENEVIEVE MAQUINAY with photographers ISABELLE ARMAND, MONICA RUZANSKY and TATCHER KEATS: OBJECTS and LENSES – RECLAIMED FOCUS(**) .Objects and Photography. Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 2 to 6 PM and by appointment. The Haim Chanin Fine Arts. 121 W. 19 St. (bet. 6th & 7th Ave.) 646-230-7200. www.haimchanin.com

Opening reception will take place at the gallery on Thursday, November 15, from 6 to 8 PM.

This exhibition presents side by side a selection of small-scale sculptures made from various found materials (woods, stones, rusted steel, organic pieces, etc.) and their pictorial interpretation by three photographers. This kaleidoscope of objects and images illustrates the multiplicity of perceptions and readings that an artwork can generate. The found materials, their recycling into sculptures, the creation of new images based on those objects create a chain that find its natural closure in their transformation into philanthropic commitment.

Oct. 18 - November 26th
MARIANO MOLINA and AUGUSTO ZANELA painting/photo - impression and documentation. Their works make a fresh "play on medium" with complimentary inquiries into the construction of optical perception. Praxis International Art, 25 E 73 St., 4th F. 212-772.9478. info@praxis-art.com www.praxis-art.com

November 18th.
JUAN JOSE CAMBRE: PAINTINGS. A preview of his solo show opening Nov.23rd. Nov.18th. at 6 pm, tango ensamble Los Chantas.The Hogar Collection, 362 Grand St. (corner of Marcy Ave., Williamsburg, Brklyn. 718-388.5022. www.hogarcollection.com

November 19th
AGUSTÍN FERNÁNDEZ FOUNDATION CELEBRATION
A launching party, Board and Projects presentation of the recently created Foundation of the Cuban artist Agustín Fernández. Americas Society. 680 Park Ave. at 68th St. 212-277.8359 (**) • culture@americas-society.org

“In my work there are certain erotic references which have images compelling to me. There are things one sees subconsciously that conjure up specific images. But my work is not erotic. My esthetic preoccupation has been with volume, and with the oscillation between the exact and the inexact. I have always painted the same theme, but in different ways. Even so, my paintings were more Cuban, more romantic before 1960; in exile they have become more metaphysical. I don’t know if exile has influenced me. It is not that I left Cuba, it’s not being able to return.”

Agustín Fernández

(**) Parts of the proceeds go to the Caring for Colombia Foundation.

Caring for Colombia is a non-for-profit organization working as a bridge between the USA and Colombia. From its base in New York, it mobilizes resources for programs that provide assistance to the victims of the humanitarian crisis devastating Colombia, and that promote change towards a more peaceful country. For more information about the foundation, please visit: www.caringforcolombia.org.

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VISUAL ARTS - long run exhibitions

EL MUSEO’S BIENAL: THE (S) FILES, already opened runs through January 6, 2008. Exhibition celebrating the experimental, immediate pulse of contemporary art. “The (S) Files” are literally “the selected files” of 51 artists. Nov. 28 Panel discussion: with gallerists and Latino artists. El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Ave. www.elmuseo.org

Many of the works on display have been chosen from the unsolicited submissions to El Museo’s Artists’ Archive over the past two years. This selection is the most expansive to date, with 51 artists showcasing work in traditional mediums such as drawing, painting and photography, as well as more experimental projects incorporating light, sound, and interactive elements, mobile sculptures and site-specific installations.

The exhibition has been curated by Elvis Fuentes, Associate Curator, El Museo del Barrio, and E. Carmen Ramos, Assistant Curator for Cultural Engagement, The Newark Museum, NJ. In addition, guest curator Rodolfo Kronfle Chambers (independent curator, Guayaquil , Ecuador ), has included in the exhibition a selection of works by five artists from Ecuador , this year’s invited guest country.

Even among the diversity within the works presented in El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 007, the curators recognize several recurrent themes that have emerged organically within the exhibition. Some of the artists reference the hyper-reality of contemporary culture of violence and war, often in relation to social perceptions of masculinity. Others explore the public dimension of art and examine issues of labor, immigration, language and identity, frequently documenting the artist’s experience or citing art historical traditions. Resounding another global concern, many of the artists approach the environment and the natural world through landscapes real or imaginary, most especially evident in the selection of work from the five artists from Ecuador.

I have adopted crochet and embroidery as ways to articulate ideas about culture, gender and identity, Recently I have felt an internal need to address issues of time, energy and space. Everything moves through transformative stages, in a constant state of becoming and evolving. I visualize these transformations in my recent embroideries. My interest lies in the sensibility and definition these ideas acquire once they are embroidered on to fabric. Blanca Amezkua. Catalog of El Museo’s 5th. Bienal, pp. 30.

Cart is a body of installations that invites the viewer to experience the floor as anew plane of interaction. Carpeting is such a common feature inmost buildings that it is invisible in our daily lives. The quality and color of these carpet tiles, a standard commercially available material, attempt to resonate and intensify our experience in most public buildings. These artificial topographies become a living dermis that emasculates the flatness of the carpet and their ‘minimalist’spirit. Analía Segal. Catalog of El Museo’s 5th. Bienal, pp. 112.

Sept. 13 - January 6, 2008
EL MUSEO’S BIENAL AT INSTITUTO CERVANTES. Instituto Cervantes New York hosts an extension of El Museo’s Bienal in a selection of work by seven of the artists. This off-site project explores the fragility and fluidity of language, ever appropriately held at this organization whose commitment is rooted in bridging Spanish-speaking audiences worldwide. At Instituto Cervantes at Amster Yard, 211-215 East 49 St. http://nuevayork.cervantes.es.

Art Agora, marks the first collaboration between the two institutions, and signifies the willingness to continue to cooperate in future projects. Art Agora presents a sampling of work by new generations of Latin American and US Latino artists. The exhibit reflects upon the vulnerability of words in the context of a world dominated by the language of images. This event is made possible thanks to the exclusive support of BBVA.

My artwork is reflective of my extreme introspective and emotional nature. Its peaks of the internal conflicts of the stereotypical Latina role in society and how outward expressions of emotions are classified as dramatic and over exaggerated. Calling attention to the vulnerability of the medium, … I challenge the new dynamics Latina women face having to balance traditional and modern feminist roles. Melisa Calderón, Catalog of El Museo’s 5th. Bienal, pp. 36.

Sept. 28 - January 5, 2008
BEGINNING WITH A BANG! From Confrontation to Intimacy in the Argentinean art scene. Curator: Victoria Noorthoorn. Americas Society, 680 Park Ave. Wednesday-Saturday, 12:00 - 6:00 pm www.americas-society.org, www.as-coa.org/as/art/Index

Beginning With A Bang! From Confrontation to Intimacy features the shift between the explosive and experimental moment in the Argentinean art scene of the 1960s, and the current scene emerging after the extreme crises in Argentina during the last 40 years. In the 1960s, artists explored destruction and dematerialization to propose original contributions to the fields of conceptual and action-based art. Today, artists explore fiction and intimacy as critical strategies to review and rebuild the artistic system. The exhibition brings together a historical section; which includes documents by Eduardo Costa, Raúl Escari, Alberto Greco, Roberto Jacoby, Oscar Masotta, Marta Minujín, and Federico Manuel Peralta Ramos, as well as performance-based actions,and sound and video works by Argentine contemporary artists: Marina De Caro, Ana Gallardo, Graciela Hasper, Roberto Jacoby and Syd Krochmalny, Fabio Kacero, Fernanda Laguna, Patricio Larrambebere, Eduardo Navarro, Leandro Tartaglia and Judi Werthein.

This exhibition, curated by Victoria Noorthoorn, makes available theoretical information for the first time to New York audiences that may help to shed light to new approaches on issues on dematerialization, mass media, and conceptual experimentation in Argentina during the 1960s.

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