Manos invisibles (Invisible Hands), 2014. Video, color, sound, 8:56 minutes. Courtesy of the artists and Diablo Rosso, Panamá.  

Manos invisibles (Invisible Hands), 2014. Video, color, sound, 8:56 minutes. Courtesy of the artists and Diablo Rosso, Panamá.

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Hyperallergic Fall 2022 New York Art Guide

Tropical Is Political is featured in Hyperallergic's "guide to the museum exhibitions and art events you should check out in New York City this season."

New York City continues to be a global hub of culture, and nowhere is that energy and vitality as evident as in the city’s vibrant art scene, which includes dozens of museums, hundreds of art galleries, countless nonprofit spaces and temporary venues, and a cornucopia of public art.

Contemporary art is in the DNA of this city, and it is where Pop Art, Minimalism, graffiti, digital art, and so many other influential styles and movements got their start, eventually going on to have a major impact on global culture. […]

Tropical Is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime

An often thinly veiled extractive visitor economy is at the forefront of video, painting, installation, and photography probing the neocolonial undercurrents of tourism in the Caribbean. Featuring 19 contemporary artists, the exhibition will travel to San Juan’s Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico after its run in New York City. […]

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