About
The Art at Americas Society program boasts the longest-standing space in the United States dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. Since the mid-1960s, Americas Society has been producing both historical and contemporary exhibitions, publications, as well as public and educational programs, featuring outstanding artists, curators, critics, and scholars. Promoting a plural view of culture from the continent, Americas Society has achieved a unique and renowned leadership position in the field.
Members play a fundamental role in Americas Society's cultural activities. Join today.
Explore our past exhibitions below, and view a timeline of Visual Arts exhibitions dating back to 1967.
Discover Americas Society's public program series:
- In Discussion: Dialogues with experts who discuss curatorial projects in Latin America.
- In the Studio: Dialogues between Latin American contemporary artists, critics, and curators.
- In Situ: Instagram posts inviting architects to contribute their spatial ideas around the inside, the outside, and the in-between space(s).
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The gallery is currently open. "Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth" and "Deep Marajó: Contemporary Marajoara Ceramics" are currently on view through May 20.
Hours:
Wednesday to Friday: 12:00pm-6:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00pm-5:00 pm
Admission is free. No appointment necessary. Masks are encouraged.
ADDRESS
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 249-8950
Take the 6 train to 68th Street/Hunter College or the F and Q train to Lexington Ave/63rd Street. We are located on the northwest corner of East 68th Street and Park Avenue.
The upcoming Americas Society presents the first solo exhibition and career survey of the Chilean visual and performance artist in New York.
Art at Americas Society presents the first solo exhibition of the Afro-Brazilian artist in the United States runs from January 25 to May 20.
A sculpture by the Brazilian artist will be on view March 20 through November 5, 2023 on the mall at East 68th Street and Park Avenue.
Art at Americas Society presents a showcase of contemporary ceramics of artists who live in and interact with the Marajó archipelago of the Amazon River
This exhibition featured works by 19 contemporary artists from the Caribbean and their diasporas.
Americas Society presents the new iteration of its Latin American flag series along 68th Street by the Puerto Rican artist.
Join Raul Mourão, Luisa Duarte, and Jess Wilcox for a discussion moderated by Chief Curator of Art at Americas Society Aimé Iglesias Lukin.
The Argentinian artist conducts an in-person performance as a part of Art at Americas Society's Performance Series.
Americas Society hosts the Brazilian artist on Instagram Live to discuss his work and artistic practice.
Join us in person on Monday, February 27th for two panel discussions “The Drawings of Minnie Evans” and “A Chess Game with Bispo do Rosario," organized in collaboration with Outsider Art Fair.
This is a publication released to accompany Americas Society exhibition on the visionary Afro-Brazilian artist.
This is a pocket book released to accompany the Americas Society exhibition done in collaboration with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.
Edited by Aimé Iglesias Lukin and Karen Marta, this is a pocket book released to accompany the Americas Society exhibition on the Mexican artist.
Take a closer look at the Americas Society exhibition that explored the work of one of Mexico's most prominent female sculptors.
Watch a conversation between filmmakers featured in the Americas Society exhibition This Must Be the Place.
Artists featured in Americas Society's exhibition talk about their artistic relationship with New York City as documented in the new book.
The Art at Americas Society program has demonstrated a strong commitment to education and public engagement in its 50 years of history. Art events are free and welcome all audiences, including families, students, teachers, and scholars. Public programs and bilingual tours stimulate an interest in learning about art of the Americas among diverse communities.
Art at Americas Society offers regular private group tours of the exhibitions. Tours cater to all levels of learning, including K-12 and university classes, as well as adult groups, and are available in both English and Spanish.
Americas Society has built a partnership with CUNY, Hunter College. Hunter’s Cultural Ambassador works with the Art program to welcome students to exhibitions and public programs, as well as special events organized for the students.
In addition to a commitment to foster education and encourage higher learning, the Art program provides internships for future arts professionals.
To schedule a tour for your class or group, please contact: artgallery@as-coa.org
Alice Miceli: Projeto Chernobyl at Americas Society. (Image: OnWhiteWall.com)
The Arts of the Americas Circle is a dynamic group of collectors and arts lovers, involved in historical, modern, and contemporary art and culture from the region. All funds provide crucial support for our Art at Americas Society exhibitions, publications, and public programs at Americas Society throughout the year. To support our Art program, the Americas Society requests Arts of the Americas Circle patrons to make an annual contribution to provide critical financial support for the organization.
As a patron of the Arts of the Americas Circle, you will be invited to join a selection committee responsible for selecting two to three exhibitions proposed by the Art program each year. In addition, patrons will also receive invitations for special events exclusively organized for the Circle, including an intimate party held annually, visits to art fairs, galleries and artist’s studios, special book editions and conversations with artists, curators, and collectors.
Americas Society acknowledges the generous support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily A. Engel, Diana Fane, Galeria Almeida e Dale, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Vivian Pfeiffer, Phillips, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Erica Roberts, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, and Edward J. Sullivan.
For more information about the Arts of the Americas Circle, please contact artgallery@as-coa.org .
Private tour by Inés Katzenstein and Karen Grimson of Sur Moderno: Journeys of Abstraction at the Museum of Modern Art, November 2019.
Americas Society acknowledges the generous support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily A. Engel, Diana Fane, Galeria Almeida e Dale, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Vivian Pfeiffer, Phillips, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Erica Roberts, Sharon Schultz, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, and Edward J. Sullivan.