Americas Society Announces Its Upcoming 2022 Visual Arts Programming

Also, in conjunction with the current exhibition, Americas Society collaborated with Projeto Hélio Oiticica and Socrates Sculpture Park to bring to life Subterranean Tropicália Projects: PN15, 1971/2022, an installation originally conceived by the late Brazilian artist, Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980). He is regarded as one of Brazil’s leading artists of the twentieth century, and the public sculpture is based on Oiticica’s never-before-executed proposal from 1971 for Central Park. Curated by Jess Wilcox, curator & director of exhibitions for the Park, the large-scale immersive environment that draws inspiration from New York City’s thriving underground culture will be on view at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens from May 14 through August 14, 2022.

In June 2022, Americas Society will present Geles Cabrera: Museo Escultórico, the first solo show in the United States for Mexican artist Geles Cabrera (b. 1926), considered one the most prominent female sculptors in her country. The exhibition will explore over 40 years of her career, demonstrating the legacy of Cabrera’s work in Mexican art. Geles Cabrera: Museo Escultórico will be on view from June 8 through July 30, 2022. The exhibition is curated by Americas Society Chief Curator and Director of Visual Arts Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Assistant Curator Tie Jojima, and Assistant Curator Rachel Remick. Museo Escultórico will be the first installment in a series of Americas Society exhibitions highlighting the legacy of women and female-identifying artists of the Americas, with special focus on recuperating those artists previously understudied or overlooked.

In Fall 2022, Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime opens at Americas Society, in collaboration with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. The show will explore the themes of paradise and fiscal paradise, examining their geographical coincidence in the Caribbean, where tourism and finance consist of the “visitor economy,” a term referring to the economic activity of people who visit a place. Curated by Marina Reyes Franco, Tropical is Political will display works by contemporary artists from several Caribbean islands, including Gwladys Gambie, Allora & Calzadilla, Carolina Caycedo, Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Abigail Hadeed, Joiri Minaya, José Morbán, Dave Smith, Yiyo Tirado, and Oneika Russel.

Americas Society’s Flag Series presents public artworks on the 68th Street building facade. Currently on view is the second flag in the series Estrella Distante by Chilean artist Felipe Mujica (b. 1974). Consisting of a white guñelve—an eight-pointed star—over a colorful background, Estrella Distante proposes an abstract reinterpretation of an ancient Mapuche flag. The flag is on view through July 30, 2022.

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Funders and Sponsors:

Americas Society acknowledges the generous support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily A. Engel, Diana Fane, Galeria Almeida e Dale, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Vivian Pfeiffer and Jeanette van Campenhout, Phillips, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Erica Roberts, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, and Edward J. Sullivan.

The publication of  This Must Be the Place: An Oral History of Latin American Artists in New York 1965-1975 is made possible by the support of our co-publisher, ISLAA.

Subterranean Tropicália Projects: PN15 1971/2022 is presented in conjunction with the exhibition This Must Be the Place: Latin America Artists in New York, 1965-1971 on view at Americas Society through May 21, 2022. Major support for the project comes from the Estate of Hélio Oiticica and Lisson Gallery with additional support from Claudio Oiticica & Diane Lynn DeBogory, The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Consulate-General of Brazil in New York, The Garcia Family Foundation, The Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation, The Ortiz Family, Safra National Bank of New York, Ana Sokoloff, and Clarice O. Tavares.

The presentation of Geles Cabrera: Museo Escultórico is made possible by the generous support from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation. The project is also supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support is provided by the Smart Family Foundation, the William Talbott Hillman Foundation, and Galería Agustina Ferreyra.

The presentation of Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime is made possible by the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This project is also supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This exhibition is also supported by the Smart Family Foundation of New York and by Etant donnés Contemporary Art, a program from Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States, with support from the French Ministry of Culture, Institut français, Ford Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, CHANEL, and ADAGP.