About
The Art at Americas Society program boasts the longest-standing space in the United States dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. Since the mid-1960s, Americas Society has been producing both historical and contemporary exhibitions, publications, as well as public and educational programs, featuring outstanding artists, curators, critics, and scholars. Promoting a plural view of culture from the continent, Americas Society has achieved a unique and renowned leadership position in the field.
Members play a fundamental role in Americas Society's cultural activities. Join today.
Learn about Americas Society's Performance Series.
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Gallery Hours
The gallery is open. The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean will run from September 4 through December 14, 2024. Ghost Stories: Highlights from Asia Art Archive in America, Alice Shintani's Prayer Birds, and Gala Porras-Kim's Dainzu, Building A, Stone 1, illuminated text all run concurrently.
Hours:
Wednesday to Friday: 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
The gallery will be closed for the week of Thanksgiving (Nov 27-30, 2024) and will be back to normal hours starting December 4, 2024.
Admission is free. No appointment necessary. Masks are encouraged.
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ADDRESS
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
(212) 249-8950
Take the 6 train to 68th Street/Hunter College or the F and Q train to Lexington Ave/63rd Street. We are located on the northwest corner of East 68th Street and Park Avenue.
Ghost Stories: Highlights from Asia Art Archive in America
In collaboration with Asia Art Archive in America, the exhibition will present books and archival materials from September 4 to December 14, 2024.
The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean
On view until December 14, this exhibition investigates the notion of appearance in work from Asian diasporic artists from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Flag Series: Alice Shintani, Prayer Birds, 2024
Since 2020, the Flag Series presents public artworks from artists across the Americas, bringing their contributions to audiences in New York.
Atrium Series: Gala Porras-Kim, Dainzu, Building A, Stone 1, illuminated text, 2022.
Gala Porras-Kim’s Dainzu, Building A, Stone 1, illuminated text will be on view from September 4, 2024 through December 14, 2024.
Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos
Opening January 29, this exhibition highlights the ongoing conversations and collaborations between the Los Angeles-based artists.
The first solo exhibition and career survey of the Argentine artist in New York ran at Americas Society from June 5 to July 27.
Since 2020, the Flag Series presents public artworks from artists across the Americas, bringing their contributions to audiences in New York.
The Venezuelan-Korean artist will make their debut performance as part of the Art at Americas Society's Performance Series.
The two institutions host an afternoon-long program, which includes an artist spotlight, a roundtable, and a keynote presentation by Tao Leigh Goffe.
El Dorado: A Reader
Published with the exhibition El Dorado: Myths of Gold, the book investigates how a legend as malleable as gold itself has alchemized from myth to reality.
El Dorado: Myths of Gold Exhibition Catalog
This is a publication released to accompany an Americas Society exhibition exploring the legend as a foundational myth of the Americas.
Sylvia Palacios Whitman: To Draw a Line with the Body Pocket Book
This is a publication released to accompany Americas Society exhibition on the Chilean visual and performance artist.
Art at Americas Society hosted a conversation with three artists as they discussed on their practice and the 2000s New York art scene.
Watch the artist in her studio talk about the process behind her exhibition, opening on June 5 at Americas Society.
Marta Minujín's iconic 1985 photo-performance was restaged at Americas Society with remarks from the artist on March 26, 2024.
The Art at Americas Society program has demonstrated a strong commitment to education and public engagement in its 50 years of history. Art events are free and welcome all audiences, including families, students, teachers, and scholars. Public programs and bilingual tours stimulate an interest in learning about art of the Americas among diverse communities.
Art at Americas Society offers regular private group tours of the exhibitions. Tours cater to all levels of learning, including K-12 and university classes, as well as adult groups, and are available in both English and Spanish.
Americas Society has built a partnership with CUNY, Hunter College. Hunter’s Cultural Ambassador works with the Art program to welcome students to exhibitions and public programs, as well as special events organized for the students.
In addition to a commitment to foster education and encourage higher learning, the Art program provides internships for future arts professionals.
To schedule a tour for your class or group, please contact: artgallery@as-coa.org
Alice Miceli: Projeto Chernobyl at Americas Society. (Image: OnWhiteWall.com)
The Arts of the Americas Circle is a dynamic group of collectors and arts lovers, involved in historical, modern, and contemporary art and culture from the region. All funds provide crucial support for our Art at Americas Society exhibitions, publications, and public programs at Americas Society throughout the year. To support our Art program, the Americas Society requests Arts of the Americas Circle patrons to make an annual contribution to provide critical financial support for the organization.
As a patron of the Arts of the Americas Circle, you will be invited to join a selection committee responsible for selecting two to three exhibitions proposed by the Art program each year. In addition, patrons will also receive invitations for special events exclusively organized for the Circle, including an intimate party held annually, visits to art fairs, galleries and artist’s studios, special book editions and conversations with artists, curators, and collectors.
Americas Society acknowledges the generous support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Amalia Amoedo, Almeida e Dale Galeria de Arte, Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily A. Engel, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, Elena Matsuura, Maggie Miqueo, Antonio Murzi, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Marco Pappalardo and Cintya Poletti Pappalardo, Carolina Pinciroli, Erica Roberts, Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Sharon Schultz, and Edward J. Sullivan.
For more information about the Arts of the Americas Circle, please contact Carla Lucini (clucini@as-coa.org).
Private tour by Inés Katzenstein and Karen Grimson of Sur Moderno: Journeys of Abstraction at the Museum of Modern Art, November 2019.