Conference: This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975

Thursday, March 24, 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM

​​Welcome and Introductory Remarks Day 1

Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Visual Arts Director and Chief Curator, Americas Society

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM

PANEL 1: EMBODIMENT, QUEERNESS, AND EROTICISM

Discussant: Vivian Crockett, Curator, New Museum

• “Lunar Poetics in Zilia Sánchez’s Cuban New York,” Alyson Cluck, PhD Candidate, Department of Art History and Archeology, University of Maryland
   
• “The Queer Politics of Hélio Oiticica’s Babylonian Cinema,” Daniela Mayer, MA in Art History, Hunter College
   
• “Video Trans-Americas: Dis/placing New York,” Catherine Spencer, Senior Lecturer, School of Art History, University of St. Andrews

Audience Q&A

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

PANEL 2: MATERIALITY: FERTILIZER, ALUMINUM, AND CITY AS MEDIUM

Discussant: Florencia San Martin, Assistant Professor of Art History and Global Cultures, California State University, San Bernardino

• “Juan Downey’s Mineral Media,” Nicolas Holt, PhD Candidate in Art History, McGill University

• “Pressed Against the Pavement: The Transfer Technique and the Immigrant Experience in José Antonio Fernández-Muro’s New York Collages, 1964-1970,” Megan Kincaid, PhD Candidate in Modern and Contemporary Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

• “A Trojan Horse in the Stable Gallery,” Delia Solomons, Assistant Professor of Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University

Audience Q&A

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

KEYNOTE

“Latinx Art, 2010-2022: The Challenges, Risks, and Possibilities of Inclusion,” E. Carmen Ramos, Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Audience Q&A

Friday, March 25, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

​​Welcome and Introductory Remarks Day 2

Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Visual Arts Director and Chief Curator, Americas Society

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ROUNDTABLE: CONTEMPORARY RESONANCES OF THE 1970s

Discussant: Arlene Dávila, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University

• Participating artists: Alicia Grullon, Mary Valverde, Glendalys Medina, Elia Elba

Audience Q&A

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

PANEL 3: NETWORKS AND COMMUNITIES AROUND VIDEO AND TELEVISION

Discussant: Gillian Sneed, Assistant Professor of Art History, School of Art + Design, San Diego State University

• “Names of Friends: Eduardo Costa and Hannah Weiner’s Conceptualism,” Annie Ochmanek, PhD Candidate in Art History, Columbia University

• “The Television Alternative: Glusberg at MoMA and Transnational Video Network,” Daniel Ricardo Quiles, Associate Professor and Chair, 2021–2024, Department of Art History, Theory and Criticism, The School of Art Institute of Chicago

• “Between the New York Underground and Community Media: Jaime Barrios’s Film Club (1968),” Jessica Gordon-Burrhoughs, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies and Visual Culture, University of Edinburgh

Audience Q&A

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM

PANEL 4: ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK

Discussant: Josh Franco, National Collector, Archives of American Art

• “The Tribal Drum. Nemesio Antúnez's radio show Arte desde Nueva York, 1967-68,”Amalia Cross, PhD Candidate in History, Universidad Católica de Santiago

• “‘Manhattan Non-Stop’: Guillermo Núñez and Chilean Artists in New York,” Rachel Kaplan, Assistant Curator, Latin American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• “Dear Mr. President: Carlos Irizarry's Explosive Messages,” Melissa M. Ramos-Borges, Adjunct Professor at Departamento de Humanidades, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez and at Programa de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras

Audience Q&A

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

KEYNOTE

“Año Cero: 1969,” Yasmin Ramirez, Independent Curator

Audience Q&A

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 and Jeanette van Campenhout, Phillips, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Erica Roberts, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, and Edward J. Sullivan.

This conference is co-organized with the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA).