
Latinx Art Guide: Latinx Art
Books
Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture
Publication Date: 2018
Latinx Photography in the United States by
Publication Date: 2020The Sense of Brown by
Publication Date: 2020Muñoz's treatise on brownness and being as well as his most direct address to queer Latinx studies.English Is Broken Here by
Publication Date: 1995
Ethno-Techno by
Publication 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.
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.
This guide was originally curated and written by Barbara Calderon.
Books on Latinx Artists
Zilia Sánchez - Soy Isla
Publication Date: 2019Carmen Herrera : Lines of Sight
Publication Date: 2016
Teresita Fernandez : As Above so Below
Publication Date: 2015Marisol : sculptures and works on paper
Publication Date: 2014
The Supper Club by
Publication Date: 2019Laura Aguilar : Show and Tell
Publication Date: 2017Spanish Harlem by
Publication Date: 2017People by
Publication Date: 2009
Asco : elite of the obscure : a retrospective, 1972-1987
Publication Date: 2011Unseen Mendieta
Publication Date: 2008
Map Pointz: A Collective Memory by
Publication Date: 2018Antonio Lopez 1970 : sex fashion & disco
Publication 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 by
Publication Date: 2021Latinx Abstract by
Publication Date: 2021
Axis Mundo : queer networks in Chicano L.A.
Publication Date: 2018Home-So Different, So Appealing
Publication Date: 2018Our America : The Latino Presence in American Art
Publication Date: 2014
Nexus New York
Publication Date: 2009Transactions
Publication Date: 2006Arte Latino: treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Publication Date: 2001Latino Visions : contemporary Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American artists
Publication Date: 2000Sin Nombre Hispana and Hispano artists of the New Deal era by
Publication Date: 2001
Pressing the Point
Publication Date: 1999Ceremony of Spirit
Publication Date: 1993The Decade Show by
Publication Date: 1990Latin American Women Artists of the United States
Publication Date: 2008
The Latin American Spirit
Publication Date: 1988Hispanic Art in the United States
Publication Date: 1987Hispanic Art in the United States
Publication Date: 1987
Film : DVDs & Streaming
Antonio Lopez 1970 : sex fashion & disco
Publication Date: 2017Searching for Sugarman
Publication Date: 2012Jean-Michel Basquiat the Radiant Child
Publication 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.
Comics
Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology
Collection of comics created by Latinx artists and writers that comes together to shed light on their various autobiographical experiences as situated within the language, culture, history, and sociopolitics that inform Latinx hemispheric identities and subjectivities.
Latinx Comic Book Storytelling
A path breaking book edited by Latina/o Studies genius Frederick Luis Aldama, featuring interviews with an assortment of talents presently redefining comics, graphic narrative, and sequential art.
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics
Frederick Luis Aldama guides us through the full archive of all the Latinx superheroes in comics since the 1940s. Aldama \\ shows us a view to the Latinx content, sometimes deeply embedded, but also provokes critical inquiry into the way storytelling formats distill and reconstruct real Latinos/as.