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In this special edition of the CSRC Newsletter, we celebrate the Getty-led Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative! The CSRC is one of the lead partners of PST: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. Plus, CSRC online exhibits for Hispanic Heritage Month, new publications from CSRC Press, and more!
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Jezebel announced Google Arts & Culture’s launch of a new online archive dedicated to Latino art and cultural history.
CSRC director Chon Noriega was quoted in a piece discussing the popular terms ‘Latinx’ and ‘Chicanx.’ The exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing, which Noriega co-curated, was also mentioned.
The CSRC-organized exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing and Home artists Leyla Cardenas and Carmen Argote were mentioned in an article discussing the topic of home as an art subject.
Home artist Pepón Osorio has been named by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio to the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers. Osorio is also the subject of a monograph in the A Ver series, published by the CSRC Press.
In an essay critiquing the Getty-funded arts initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, the CSRC-organized exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing was among the mentioned exhibitions.
This piece on Remezcla highlighted the launch of the Latino Cultures in the US digital collection on Google Arts & Culture. The effort was collaboration between Google and 50 partner institutions, including the Chicano Studies Research Center.
Home artist Leyla Cárdenas discussed her piece Excision (2012) in the Modern Arts Notes Podcast. Cárdenas’ sculpture can be viewed in the CSRC-organized exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing at LACMA through October 15.