680 Park Avenue
New York City
6 to 8 pm
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Telenovela: A Reader Book Launch
The program will feature a panel conversation with the publication’s co-editors Aimé Iglesias Lukin and Mariano López Seoane.
6 to 8 pm
680 Park Avenue
New York City
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Overview
Art at Americas Society is pleased to present a book launch celebrating the release of Telenovela: A Reader, published by Americas Society in conjunction with the exhibition Telenovela.
The program will feature a panel conversation with the publication’s co-editors Aimé Iglesias Lukin, director and chief curator of Art at Americas Society, and Mariano López Seoane, director of the Graduate Program and ISLAA fellow in Latin American art at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, alongside other speakers.
Wednesday, September 16, 6–8 PM
680 Park Avenue, New York, 10065
Registration is required
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The program's recording will be available on this website and on the Art at Americas Society YouTube channel. A reception will close the event.
Telenovela: A Reader, co-edited by Iglesias Lukin and López Seoane, brings together artworks, archival documents, and multidisciplinary essays that examine telenovelas through the lenses of art history, sociology, anthropology, comparative literature, performance studies, and visual studies. Expanding on the themes explored in the exhibition, the publication considers the telenovela as a cultural form that has shaped collective imaginaries across Latin America and its diasporas.
Further information with be forthcoming.
Funders
Telenovela has been made possible by generous support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Henry Luce Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Cowles Charitable Trust, and Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Significant in-kind support has been provided by Globo.
Americas Society acknowledges the generous support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Amalia Amoedo, Ileana Anselin, Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily Engel, Blanca and Sunil Hirani, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, Elena Matsuura, Maggie Miqueo, Maria Mostajo, Antonio Murzi, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Carolina Pinciroli, Erica Roberts, Sharon Schultz, and Edward J. Sullivan.
