Latinx Art Guide: Latinx Art
Books
- Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and CulturePublication Date: 2018
- Latinx Photography in the United States byPublication Date: 2020
- The Sense of Brown byPublication Date: 2020Muñoz's treatise on brownness and being as well as his most direct address to queer Latinx studies.
- English Is Broken Here byPublication Date: 1995
- Ethno-Techno byPublication Date: 2005
Helpful Articles on the Web
- How Latinx Artists Were Shut Out Of Art History[VIA Hyperallergic 2020]
- Honoring Latinx Art, Personal and Political[VIA NYTIMES 2020]
- Preserving Latinx History Through Vintage Photos[VIA NYTIMES 2019]
- Latinx Artists Are Highlighted for the First Time in a Group Show at the Whitney[VIA Hyperallergic 2018]
- In the Art World, ‘Latinx’ Marks a Gender-Free Spot[VIA NYTIMES 2017]
- Latino/a Art: Race and the Illusion of Equality[VIA ART21 2016]
Databases & Research Archives
National Latinx Initiatives & Organizations
- NALACan prganization that provides funding, leadership training, convenings, research, and advocacy for Latino arts.
- Latino Art NowA conference held every few years attempting to discuss new themes and topics in Latino art.
Librarian
What is Latinx? And what is Latinx art?
It may seem strange to name a category of art by an ethnic, cultural and/or racial identifier. Yet considering a historical and persistent lack of representation for Latinx artists in academic scholarship and the art world today, the term currently functions as a reparative tool. Even though the term Latinx is itself disputed in certain circles, most academic, art and media venues have adopted the term as the gender neutral identifier to follow "Latino." Latinx art is not just one theme, genre, style or aesthetic but instead an associative gathering that attempts to spotlight a community of artists from diverse backgrounds.
Discussing identity labels and the usage of "Latinx," Tony Diaz, a well known ethnic studies advocate wrote, "Let me make something clear: our community does not need to pick one identity label so that others can more easily Google us. Society must profoundly imagine us more. The tragedy is that all the bickering about our identity labels can be addressed by taking just one Ethnic Studies course." In the absence of access to an ethnic studies course, the resources encompassed in this libguide will help you understand who and what is Latinx art. You can read more about the trajectory of Latinx as an identifier and its predecessor terms in this essay by Ed Morales, author of the widely discussed Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture.
Books on Latinx Artists
- Zilia Sánchez - Soy IslaPublication Date: 2019
- Carmen Herrera : Lines of SightPublication Date: 2016
- Teresita Fernandez : As Above so BelowPublication Date: 2015
- Marisol : sculptures and works on paperPublication Date: 2014
- The Supper Club byPublication Date: 2019
- Laura Aguilar : Show and TellPublication Date: 2017
- Spanish Harlem byPublication Date: 2017
- People byPublication Date: 2009
- Asco : elite of the obscure : a retrospective, 1972-1987Publication Date: 2011
- Unseen MendietaPublication Date: 2008
- Map Pointz: A Collective Memory byPublication Date: 2018
- Antonio Lopez 1970 : sex fashion & discoPublication Date: 2017
Video Lectures
Latinx Art Sessions was a program in 2019 co-presented by ArtCenter/South Florida and Pérez Art Museum Miami exploring Latinx identity in contemporary art.
This video from April 2018 discussed the significance of contemporary artists living and working in the U.S. of Latin American heritage, and their contributions to current understandings of the American experience. Panelists included Carmen Ramos, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Adriana Zavala, from Tufts University and the US Latinx Art Forum, Marcela Guerrero, from The Whitney Museum of American Art and artists Miguel Luciano and Lucia Hierro.
This conversation between Arlene Dávila and Adriana Zavala explores the arguments in Dávila's most recent book, Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics (Duke, 2020).
Exhibitions
- Estamos Bien: La Trienal 20/21 byPublication Date: 2021
- Latinx Abstract byPublication Date: 2021
- Axis Mundo : queer networks in Chicano L.A.Publication Date: 2018
- Home-So Different, So AppealingPublication Date: 2018
- Our America : The Latino Presence in American ArtPublication Date: 2014
- Nexus New YorkPublication Date: 2009
- TransactionsPublication Date: 2006
- Arte Latino: treasures from the Smithsonian American Art MuseumPublication Date: 2001
- Latino Visions : contemporary Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American artistsPublication Date: 2000
- Sin Nombre Hispana and Hispano artists of the New Deal era byPublication Date: 2001
- Pressing the PointPublication Date: 1999
- Ceremony of SpiritPublication Date: 1993
- The Decade Show byPublication Date: 1990
- Latin American Women Artists of the United StatesPublication Date: 2008
- The Latin American SpiritPublication Date: 1988
- Hispanic Art in the United StatesPublication Date: 1987
- Hispanic Art in the United StatesPublication Date: 1987
Film : DVDs & Streaming
- Antonio Lopez 1970 : sex fashion & discoPublication Date: 2017
- Searching for SugarmanPublication Date: 2012
- Jean-Michel Basquiat the Radiant ChildPublication Date: 2010
Journals & Magazines
This Winter 2021 issue of the photography magazine Aperture was guest edited by Latinx curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas and features many Latinx photographers and art writers. You can read the physical copy at the main library or read the digital version in Flipster, which you can access and log into via our database list.
- Chiricú.Publication Date: 1976 - CurrentA Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures peer-reviewed humanities publication. Available via Gale Academic One File.
- Latino StudiesPublication Date: 2003 - CurrentThis journal explores the local, national, transnational, and hemispheric realities that influence the Latina/o presence in the U.S. Available via Proquest.
- Latin American & Latinx Visual CultureSVA does not have a subscription but you can access the citations via this link and some articles are available to read in full text.