Críticas Magazine

Adriana V. Lopez

Festivals and Exhibits, Latino Style
July 19, 2008

 Summertime in NY is Latino time. And for some reason, my hometown of Nueva York starts jumping with Latino cultural festivals, concerts and arts exhibits, when the weather starts getting tropical. Here’s a handy arts and culture listings if you’re visiting the great urban sprawl anytime soon:

The New York International Latino Film Festival
(NYILFF)

July 22 to July 27

http://nylatinofilm.com

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The Hola Mexico Film Festival

July 23 to July 27

www.holamexicoff.com.

Queens Theatre in the Park’s Latino Cultural Festival

July 23 to August 3

http://queenstheatre.org

ART EXHIBITS

Venezuela in the L.E.S.

Five contemporary artists from Venezuela and five artists from the United States display their work.

Now through July 29.

Abrazo Interno Gallery, 2 floor

CSV Cultural Center

107 Suffolk Street, between Delancey & Rivington Streets, Lower East Side

Spanish Greats at the MoMA:

Picasso Sculpture
Picasso’s lesser known works of sculpture

July 3 through November 3

Dalí: Painting and Film Exhibition
An exhibition of the work of Salvador Dali

Now through September 15

MoMA

West 53 Street at Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan

www.moma.org

Hispanic Society of America
A free museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.

613 West 155 Street

Audubon Terrace

Manhattan

212-926-2234

Grotesque Histories in Brooklyn
Enrique Chagoya, Aaron Johnson, and Miguel Luciano in an exhibition of their work which is based on history, both ancient and recent, to address the current world condition

July 2 through August 8

BRIC Rotunda Gallery

33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY

www.briconline.org

Dominican Republic: A Refuge for Jews
In 1938 the government of the Dominican Republic offered refuge for 100,000 Jews

Now through July 25

Museum of Jewish Heritage

36 Battery Park, Manhattan

Posted by Adriana V. Lopez on July 19, 2008 | Comments (0)