Art, Film, & Culture
Art, Film, & Culture
The Art, Film, & Culture program seeks to foster and develop the scope of Latin American visual, verbal and performing arts at Harvard through exhibitions, conferences and performances organized in collaboration with specific departments and faculty, and aligned with course-content within Harvard. In Latin America, the program seeks to strengthen ties between Harvard and local art institutions.
Exhibitions
Three Variations of a Diasporic Landscape
A Geography of Longing and Belonging
April 1, 2025 – June 1, 2026
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Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions are displayed on the second floor of CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street and are open to the public during business hours. The focus is on Latino and Latin American contemporary visual art connected to the course work or academic research of Harvard faculty and graduate students.
Initiatives
CURATING ARCHITECTURE ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Curating Architecture Across the Americas (CAAA) promotes historical inquiry and critical curatorial practices in architecture and design exhibitions. This forum brings together scholars and curators, professors and students, historians and cultural agents to establish a dynamic interdisciplinary and transnational network and facilitate scholarly research in academic and museum settings.
CONCEPTUAL STUMBLINGS
A revision of the last 50 years of visual arts in Chile that aims to consolidate a new body of knowledge about Chilean contemporary art. A shared interest in the cultural legacy of conceptual art practices forged in Chile during moments of state-sponsored oppression brings together the artists and researchers involved in this initiative.
REMAPPING LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
A reconsideration of contemporary Latin American cinema that seeks new ways to understand the diverse range of filmmaking practices that have emerged transnationally across the region.
Permanent Collection
Permanent Collection Art-Loan Program
Arts & Humanities Workshop Series
Co-chaired and moderated by Mariano Siskind, Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures and Alejandra Vela, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures the series fosters scholarly discussions centered on the work of leading academics in the fields of the Arts and Humanities.
Faculty Leadership
Under the leadership of its faculty co-chairs, the Art, Film, & Culture Faculty Committee leads the vision, priorities and arts related projects undertaken by the program.
Recent News
Finding New Art in Unexpected Places
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies loaning pieces from collection to areas around campus to widen exposure, spark reconsideration