Joining forces with the Consulate General of Mexico, the Mexican Cultural Institute, and Mexico City’s Museo de Arte Moderno, Rockefeller Center is transforming itself into a true citadel of Mexican culture to celebrate Día De Los Muertos, the Mexican “Day of the Dead.” With a primary focus on historic and contemporary forms of Mexican art, the celebration features a series of exhibitions featuring an array of artwork and sculpture stretching throughout the New York City landmark, as well as a pop-up “tianguis”, an open-air market, with a variety of vendors selling Mexican food, tequila, traditional clothing, and indigenous textiles.
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New York City’s iconic Pace Gallery on West 25th street in Chelsea, founded by legendary art dealer Arne Glimcher, it is Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes’ moment. Marking her first solo show with the Pace Gallery, and her first solo show in New York City in 10 years, “Mistura Sagrada” exhibits the artist’s grand efforts in painting and sculpture. Roughly translated as “Holy Mixture,” Beatriz Milhazes’ talents span two floors of the monumental building. In a serene gallery on the second floor, Milhazes’ immense paintings (ranging from five to nine feet wide) brim with color and energy. Combining a sophisticated, almost Léger-esque interplay of shapes with deep pigments and textures which alternate between natural, artificial, and vernacular textures, the artist’s paintings are a feast for the eyes, whether from afar or up close (where the paintings exhibit a surprising chalkiness).
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“Las flores de mi país” at the Central Park Arsenal
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the stately and imposing Central Park Arsenal, designed by the architect Martin Thompson plays host to “Las flores de mi país” (The Flowers of My Country), an art exhibit created in collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Latino Society and its Art and Antiquities Division showcasing the works of Hispanic artists.
Nestled on the third floor of the Annex, in between offices and conference rooms of the headquarters of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, “Las flores de mi país” welcomes the public. “Las flores de mi país” is a wide-ranging and vibrant exhibition centering around plants, nature, and the power of home and heritage. Featuring photographs, paintings, sculpture, and mixed media creations, the theme of the show rotates around the beauty and culture of a homeland, and occasionally, the pain of leaving it behind. Works by more than twenty Latinx artists who hail from a variety of Caribbean, South, and Central American nations (including Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador) dot the walls, with great splashes of color and large floral canvases dominating the space. Of particular note are a series of nine paintings by artist Daniel Delvalle, whose day job as a gardener for NYC Parks is immediately apparent in his perceptive and beautiful floral expressions.
“Las flores de mi país” is on view and free to the public through November 10, 2022, in the Arsenal Gallery.