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Portuguese Surrealist poet and painter Mário Cesa Portuguese Surrealist poet and painter Mário Cesariny was #bornonthisday in 1923. As with his poetry, his painting is both spontaneous and subversive, with small whiffs of a magic, dreamlike dimension, with a strong presence of colour, of disorder or even the chaos that is usually associated with the surrealist automatisms and chance methods. The non-sensical and the absurd, so typical a stock-in-trade of the first Avantgardes, are also present in Cesariny’s painting, but they’re also to be found in his objects and “assemblages”. His was a continuously aesthetic experimental approach, whether through the use of less conventional means such as collage and water painting, or through other means. As a major advocate for the surrealist movement in Portugal, Mário Cesariny influenced over several Portuguese artists. The 2002 Grand Prix EDP for the Visual Arts recognised his special contribution to the Portuguese Arts of the 20th century (Camões Institute, 2007). #art #portugueseart #iberoamerica #contemporaryart #artinspiration #mariocesariny #viaartsprize #callforentries #callforartists
We are happy to see the London art scene slowly ge We are happy to see the London art scene slowly getting back on its feet. The Victoria & Albert Museum successfully reopened its doors yesterday, now operating with social distancing measures and requiring visitors to book online in advance before their visit. Can you recall the last Latin American artists that were featured in a V&A exhibition? First up, we have Brazilian photographer Vik Muniz in ‘Making it up: Photographic Fictions’ (May 2013 – March 2014) with his piece ‘Action Photo’ (After Hans Namuth, 1997). Brazilian artist Arthur Bispo do Rosário displayed his artworks from August to October 2012, as part of the London Cultural Olympiad. ‘Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon’ took place in the summer of 2006, bringing together several pieces on the Argentinean revolutionary, including the symbolic portrait ‘Guerrillero Heroico’ by Cuban photographer Alberto Diaz Korda. #art #londonartscene #v&a #photography #latinamericanart #contemporaryart #viaartsprize #callforentries #callforartists
#TBT with a timelapse to our VIA 2019 award ceremo #TBT with a timelapse to our VIA 2019 award ceremony night, when winners Alexandre Canonico and Antonio Tarsis received their prizes from jury members Dr Sarah Demelo and Sofia Fan. We had 30 incredible works on display at the Embassy of Brazil in London from November to December 2019. The shortlisted artworks for the exhibition were selected from amongst over 400 submissions. If you want to be part of our 2020 edition, applications are open until 27 September - find out more on viaartsprize.org #viaartsprize #artprize #artcompetition #artaward #callforart #callforentries #opencall #ukartist #londonart
#Repost @victoriamirogallery Final days to view M #Repost @victoriamirogallery Final days to view María Berrío: A Day’s Cadence — ends Saturday 8 August 2020. In these new works, the theme of catastrophe takes shape through the artist’s narration of a small fishing village that has undergone a tragedy. Berrío explores how the formation of historical memory occurs amidst processes of grieving in a village that maps the site of her own imagination. ‘Windows feature prominently,’ writes the artist, ‘but their vantages onto the outside are obscured by ominous clouds.’ @mariaberriostudio⠀ ⠀ -⠀ Image: María Berrío, Malady of the Infinite, 2020. Collage with Japanese paper and watercolour paint on canvas⠀ 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm, 20 x 16 x 1 1/2 in © María Berrío. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro #MaríaBerrío #MariaBerrio  #ADaysCadence #victoriamiro #colombianartist #latinamericanart #londonartscene #londonart #artsprize #artcompetition #viaartsprize #callforartists
We were over the moon with the @tate galleries reo We were over the moon with the @tate galleries reopening last week! Have you seen spanish artist Cristina Iglesias’s massive ‘Pavilion Suspended in a Room I’, in Tate Modern’s Blavatnik Building? The sculpture’s latticed panels are made of braided wire suspended horizontally and vertically to create a tent-like structure. The viewer can enter the interior of the work and explore the complex layered panels which seem abstract, but looking closely you will find words all over them, taken from ‘Rendezvous with Rama’, a classic science-fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Cildo Meireles, Wilfredo Lam, Cristina Iglesias, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Sergio de Camargo, Damián Ortega, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Paz Errazuriz, Graciela Iturbide, Mira Schendel, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Francisco Sobrino are a few of the many Ibero-american artists you will find at Tate Modern. Is any of them going to inspire your next piece? Don’t miss out on applying to VIA 2020 on zealous.co/viaartsprize2020/opportunity/VIA-Special-Edition-2020/ #contemporaryart #tatemodern #iberoamerican #art #londonartscene #artprize #artaward #callforentries #callforartists #culture #viaartsprize Photo: Cristina Iglesias, Suspended Pavillion in a Room I, 2005. Braided iron, steel cables and shade. Tate Modern Collection, London.
Applications for our 2020 edition are open! As a Applications for our 2020 edition are open! As a response to the challenges presented by the Covid-19 outbreak, the 2020 edition of the VIA Arts Prize will take on a special format. The 30 shortlisted works will be exhibited online at the VIA Arts Prize official website from November 2020. As the social distancing measures brought on by the pandemic are set to continue for some time within the creative industries, VIA organisers have therefore decided to adapt this year’s awards, taking this as an opportunity to support more artists and reach wider audiences during these challenging circumstances. Three cash prizes of £2,000, generously provided by Itaú, will be awarded to the jury committee’s first, second and third choices. A cash prize of £1,000 will also be granted to the winner of the ‘People’s Choice Award’ (to be determined by the public via an online voting system). The four winners of the 2020 VIA Arts Prize will also be awarded a joint exhibition in the Embassy of Brazil’s Sala Brasil in 2021, alongside the 2019 winner’s show (dates to be confirmed). The VIA Arts Prize is the UK’s only Ibero-American-themed arts prize. Artists of any nationality residing in the UK are invited to submit an original artwork specifically inspired by Ibero-American arts and culture. VIA is hosted annually at the Embassy of Brazil in London, in partnership with ACALASP (the Association of Cultural Attachés of Latin America, Spain and Portugal), supported by Instituto Cervantes and People’s Palace Projects, and sponsored by @Itaú. For more information, please visit our website viaartsprize.org #londonartscene #londonart #iberoamerica #latinamericanart #ukartist #artistsoninstagram #artprize #artistsupportpledge #viaartsprize
It’s your last chance to see ‘Picasso and Pape It’s your last chance to see ‘Picasso and Paper’ at the Royal Academy of Arts this weekend! The exhibition features 300 of his works, including studies for ‘Guernica’ and a 4.8-metre-wide collage. Couldn’t get hold of a golden ticket, like most of us? The RA has made the gallery visiting experience available online at royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/picasso-and-paper Picasso considered paper as a mean with limitless possibilities to explore his ideas. Did you know he once filled 16 sketchbooks with studies for a single piece, ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’? Has your VIA submission piece been filling your sketchbook lately? Don’t forget, applications close on the 27th of September! #picasso #artcollection #spanishart #sketchbook #artprize #iberoamerica #artinspiration #londonartscene
Catch a selection of incredible works from Colombi Catch a selection of incredible works from Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero and Spanish artist Manolo Valdés on Opera Gallery Masterpiece London 2020 Fair. You can browse through the artworks online, and find gems like the pieces featured here (Botero’s Pas de Deux, 2004, and Valdés’s Cabeza con Mariposas Azules, 2019). Their digital booth is available at operagallery.com/fair/masterpiece-london-2020-online Feeling inspired by these masters? Apply now to VIA 2020 on zealous.co/viaartsprize2020/opportunity/VIA-Special-Edition-2020/ #contemporaryart #londonartfair #artinspiration #viaartsprize
Repost from @latitude_brasil Galeria Luisa Strina Repost from @latitude_brasil Galeria Luisa Strina (@galeiraluisastrina) presents Nuestra America, the third and last exhibition of the trilogy celebrating the gallery’s 45th anniversary. In a viewing room specially designed for the occasion, Nuestra America covers the recent years of the place, the period from mid-2000 until the end of 2010, when Luisa Strina was dedicated to straightening the bonds between the Brazilian and Latin American art milieus. Nuestra América gathers works from artists Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, Alfredo Jaar, Anna Maria Maiolino, Bernardo Ortiz, Beto Shwafaty, Carlos Garaicoa, Cildo Meireles, Clarissa Tossin, Eduardo Basualdo, Federico Herrero, Gabriel Sierra, Jorge Macchi, Juan Araujo, Lygia Pape, Magdalena Jitrik, Marcellvs L., Marepe, Mateo López, Matias Duville, Nicolás Paris, Pablo Accinelli, Pedro Motta, Pedro Reyes e Thiago Honório. Online at www.galerialuisastrina.com.br
@una.fest is a unique platform celebrating the cul @una.fest is a unique platform celebrating the cultural ties between Latin America and Scotland through arts, film, and music. Their first online edition approaches the theme of water, and it is now live on www.unafest.com (23-27 July). ÚNA: Uniting Narratives with Arts is an arts and ecological foundation based in Glasgow and Bogotá.
We are glad to announce that the call for entries We are glad to announce that the call for entries for the VIA Arts Prize Special Edition 2020 is now open. As a response to the challenges presented by the Covid-19 outbreak, the 2020 edition of the VIA Arts Prize will take on a special format. The 30 shortlisted works will be exhibited online at the VIA Arts Prize official website from November 2020. As the social distancing measures brought on by the pandemic are set to continue for some time within the creative industries, VIA organisers have therefore decided to adapt this year's awards, taking this as an opportunity to support more artists and reach wider audiences during these challenging circumstances. Three cash prizes of £2,000, generously provided by Itaú, will be awarded to the jury committee’s first, second and third choices. A cash prize of £1,000 will also be granted to the winner of the ‘People's Choice Award’ (to be determined by the public via an online voting system). The four winners of the 2020 VIA Arts Prize will also be awarded a joint exhibition in the Embassy of Brazil’s Sala Brasil in 2021, alongside the 2019 winner's show (dates to be confirmed). The VIA Arts Prize is the UK’s only Ibero-American-themed arts prize. Artists of any nationality residing in the UK are invited to submit an original artwork specifically inspired by Ibero-American arts and culture. VIA is hosted annually at the Embassy of Brazil in London, in partnership with ACALASP (the Association of Cultural Attachés of Latin America, Spain and Portugal), supported by Instituto Cervantes and People's Palace Projects, and sponsored by @Itaú. For more information, please visit our website viaartsprize.org
We want to thank everyone involved in this year’ We want to thank everyone involved in this year’s VIA Arts Prize, it was our best yet! Keep an eye out for information on our 2020 edition . #viaartsprize #london #art #award #prize #latinamericanart #iberoamerican #culture #inspiration
We are delighted to announce that emerging Venezue We are delighted to announce that emerging Venezuelan artist @olivajosec has been chosen by the public as the winner of the VIA Arts Prize 2019 People’s Choice Award with his mixed media assemblage ‘Parallel’, touching on emigration and the Venezuelan exodus . Congratulations ! #peopleschoiceaward #winner #contemporaryart #mirror #venezuela #viaartsprize
Today is your last chance to see the VIA Arts Priz Today is your last chance to see the VIA Arts Prize 2019 exhibition closing at 6pm this evening . See the 30 shortlisted artworks inspired by Latin American and Iberian arts and cultures at the Embassy of Brazil . #free #london #art #exhibition #artaward #artprize #viaartsprize #latinamericanart #whatson #thingstodoinlondon
‘Xama: Internet at your fingertips!’ by @t.rib ‘Xama: Internet at your fingertips!’ by @t.ribeiroboulting is one of this year’s shortlisted artworks . Beauty salons: a form of cultural expression pervasive throughout Latin America, hubs of social interaction, networks of information dissemination. This is a speculative project, which explores an interface between them and the internet - creating an autonomous, local alternative to the hegemony of existent social media networks . #free #london #exhibition #latinamericanart #installation #contemporaryart #brazil #viaartsprize #pink
An exhibition of work from this year’s 30 VIA Ar An exhibition of work from this year’s 30 VIA Arts Prize finalists including a poignant photography series documenting the ageing population in Portugal is on view at the Embassy of Brazil until tomorrow (10am-6pm) . Portrait series ‘65+’ by Sara Lopes was inspired by the artist's grandparents and the elderly of São João de Rei in Portugal. The Portuguese National Institute of Statistics states that in 2016, 1 in every 5 people was an elderly person (65 and older). It is predicted that in 50 years, Portugal will lose 23% of the population and that in 2070, 44% of the 8 million inhabitants will be over 80 years old. This series of portraits shows some of the elderly of São João de Rei in their rooms, where they spend more time as they grow older. Moreover, the series also allows to see traces of the Portuguese culture, such as the importance of religion and family . The artist says of her work: “65+ started in my grandmother’s house. While she was waiting for me to set up the camera, we talked about how there are few children in the village nowadays. São João de Rei, located 13 km from Braga, has been her home since she was born. However, unlike her, a lot of people of working age left the parish in search of better opportunities. This is a small example that speaks of a bigger issue: the ageing of the Portuguese population" . #free #london #exhibition #viaartsprize #portugal #photography #whatson #saralopes #documentary #thingstodoinlondon
‘Solid Rod IX’ by @silvia.lerin is inspired by ‘Solid Rod IX’ by @silvia.lerin is inspired by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape and represents the abstraction of a metallic rod cut transversally. Not to be missed in the VIA Arts Prize 2019 exhibition on at the Embassy of Brazil until tomorrow . #free #london #art #exhibition #whatson #thingstodoinlondon #viaartsprize #metallic #mixedmedia #silvialerin
‘Manhã de Carnival, and Other Mysteries of Orph ‘Manhã de Carnival, and Other Mysteries of Orpheus and Eurydice’ by @lindaze celebrates the cross-disciplinary talent of Vinicius de Moraes in particular his play ‘Orfeu Conceição’, a classical Greek story which touches on current social, cultural and political issues. The artist explores themes such as fear, opposites, reflection and identity. In this piece, she seeks to restore the idea of fictional manipulation using the fragility and transparency of the wax to define the impossibility of fiction to exist in the circumstances of reality . This piece is part of the VIA Arts Prize 2019 exhibition on until Wednesday at the Embassy of Brazil . #london #art #exhibition #viaartsprize #wax #installation #whatson #thingstodoinlondon #contemporaryart
‘The Garden, The Wall and Three Coins in Dialogu ‘The Garden, The Wall and Three Coins in Dialogue Because Money Talks’ by @franciscodelaltiplano is inspired by the traditional weavings that are part of Mayan culture. The Mesoamerican textile tradition has a long history that goes back over 3,000 years, through which the Maya documented data from their culture and its development in lintels, stelae, codices and ceramics. The Garden is related to the rainforest in Guatemala and other countries which is being exploited in a nonsustainable way, with a direct link to climate change. The Wall is a topic that forms parts of the immigration crisis that many countries are experiencing and the coins from three different countries relate to economy . See this striking painting for yourself in the VIA Arts Prize 2019 exhibition on at the Embassy of Brazil until Wednesday . #london #art #exhibition #viaartsprize #whatson #thingstodoinlondon #latinamericanart
Three days left to see the shortlisted VIA Arts Pr Three days left to see the shortlisted VIA Arts Prize artworks in this year’s exhibition on at the Embassy of Brazil . The exhibition is open to the public until Wednesday 11 December, Monday to Friday (10am-6pm).The People’s Choice Award will be awarded to the public’s favourite artwork. Visitors can vote in situ during the exhibition and the results will be revealed at the end of the show . #london #free #exhibition #viaartsprize #whatson #thingstodo
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15 July 2020
Call for entries opens

27 September 2020
Call for entries closes

21 October 2020
Pre-selection results published

2 November 2020
Online exhibition opens and People's Choice Award voting begins

2 December 2020
First, second and third prizewinners announced

18 December 2020
People's Choice Award winner announced

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