Of Treasures and Revelations: Mobility and the Multiple Lives of the Exhibition ‘The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820.’ A Conversation with the Curators

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Notes

1. ‘The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820: Exhibition Roundtable Discussion’ took place on 29 September 2007 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and was sponsored by The Getty Foundation. The idea for the discussion of the exhibition ‘The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820’ originated in the concluding roundtable of ‘The Power of Images’ symposium in Philadelphia (9–12 November 2006) when questions about how exhibitions are shaped and transformed as they move to different venues were raised. The editorial board of the CLAR agreed that pursuing these questions in greater depth with the curators would provide a provocative alternative to a traditional exhibition review. The editors invited Joseph Rishel, Clara Bargellini, Ery Cámara, and Ilona Katzew to contribute to a special forum for CLAR based on a conversation among them that focused on their experiences of curating their respective interpretations of ‘The Arts of Latin America.’ Subsequently, thanks to the initiative of Ilona Katzew, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art generously organized a roundtable in which the curators participated and on which the discussion which appears in this special issue is based.

2. I wish to thank Mark Castro, curatorial assistant of the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, for his invaluable help in editing the final version of Joseph Rishel's comments.

3. ‘Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920–1950,’ 21 October 2006–14 January 2007; ‘Frida Kahlo,’ 20 February–18 May 2008; ‘Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico, 1935–1950,’ 16 February–11 May 2008.

4. Roberta Smith, ‘Cultures Collided, and Art Was Born,’ The New York Times, 22 September 2006; Robert L. Pincus, ‘Exhibit Reflects on How the Latin West Was Won,’ The San Diego Union Tribune, 9 September 2007.

5. Daniel Hernandez, ‘Call It LACKMA,’ LA Weekly, 14 August 2007, http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/call-it-lackma/17003.

6. Agustin Gurza, ‘Just let the art speak for itself,’ Los Angeles Times, 25 August 2007.