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10 Essential Albums of the new Brazilian Pop

July 28, 2023 in Listas 0 comments

With a tenuous connection with the sound brands that are associated with the music of Brazil – samba, bossa nova, carnival – the new Brazilian pop shares a tendency towards electronic music, contemporary R&B and avant garde pop. Here is a review of ten essential albums to dive into the […]

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10 Mexican Women Muralists to Watch Out For

October 20, 2020 in Listas Comments are Disabled

Mujeres Muralistas can be considered both a movement and an archive. Founded by Scarlett Baily, a muralist based in Mexico City, this project aims to increase the visibility of work by women muralists by creating awareness in curators of exhibitions, organizers of art festivals, and the general public of the importance […]

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Interaction and resistance: 10 Colombian Artists Under 45

October 14, 2020 in Listas Comments are Disabled

Representation, resistance, and the interaction between man and his environment are recurring themes in contemporary Colombian art. Here is a selection of 10 Colombian artist born after 1975, by curator Luisa Fernanda Lindo. 1.  ADRIANA SALAZAR (1980)  The relationship between subject and object, nature and artifice, as well as the […]

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Afrotrónicos: the new sounds of Afro-Peruvian electronic music

September 27, 2020 in Listas Comments are Disabled

During the second decade of the new millennium, several Peruvian artists embarked on musical projects that articulated Afro-Peruvian culture with the sounds of contemporary electronics. Translocal styles such as grime, dubstep, trap and global bass were freely synthesized by these musicians to weave a rhythmic and sonic curtain. Jaws [quijadas] […]

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Reinventing History and Language: 10 Peruvian Artists Under 45

September 16, 2020 in Listas Comments are Disabled

Archeological expeditions of the past to question the present and reinvent the future, Peruvian contemporary art goes beyond superficial layers. Selection and text by Peruvian art curator Luisa Fernanda Lindo.  1.CLAUDIA MARTINEZ-GARAY (1983) Martinez-Garay‘s work takes existing images to review and question the past. Her work reads the remains that […]

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10 TikTokers Sharing LatinX Cultural Diversity

August 15, 2020 in Listas Comments are Disabled

In 2016, Byte Dance, a Chinese company, created TikTok, but the app became popular in the United States in 2019. A short-form video-sharing app, TikTok allows users to create short music clips, lip-sync, dance, and comedy skits through videos with the use of music and audio clips created by users. […]

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