ARTH 465
Contemporary Latin American Art Spring 2025
Division I D Difference, Power, and Equity

This course examines art produced in the region known as Latin America from the 1960s to the present, a period spanning the Cold War, the advent of military dictatorships, economic booms and crises, political polarizations, the rise of neoliberalism, and ecological upheaval. Using a transnational perspective, each week we will rigorously analyze practices as varied as painting, sculpture, photography, mail art, installations, performances, and ephemeral interventions through a specific theme, while also situating each work in its distinct social, political, and economic context. We will also pay special attention to the increased global dissemination of works from Latin America and by Latin American descendants in exhibitions and biennials since the 1990s, and will critically examine this historicization and its dominant trends.