On Friday, March 12th, to celebrate the opening of their latest exhibit, featuring 42 artists and collectives from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, El Museo del Barrio will have an online tour.
“El Museo del Barrio presents ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21, the museum’s first national large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art featuring more than 40 artists from across the United States and Puerto Rico. Originally planned for Fall 2020, the show has been reconceived and expanded as a yearlong initiative, the exhibition debuts summer 2020 with online projects followed by an onsite exhibition in Las Galerías (Galleries) opening Spring 2021. Related public programs featuring curators, artists, invited scholars and other guests will take place throughout the year.”
ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21 is inspired by the critically acclaimed and historic The (S) Files exhibitions held at El Museo between 1999 and 2013, which provided a platform for emerging Latino and Latin American artists from the New York metropolitan region. This exhibition address issues of race and identity politics, gentrification and displacement.
The celebration event will include greetings from special guests; a walk-through of exhibition highlights by the Trienal Curatorial team of Rodrigo Moura, Susanna V. Temkin, and Elia Alba, and a conversation with participating artists Carolina Caycedo, Yelaine Rodriguez, and Joey Terrill.
To RSVP, visit www.elmuseo.org
To watch La Trienal talk about El Museo’s first national survey of contemporary Latinx art on Youtube, tune in here.