The International Program and Department of Architecture and Design collaborated with the University of Technology, Jamaica, to present a symposium on the subject of Modernist architecture in the Caribbean.
The symposium offered two days of moderated talks, on February 29 and March 1, by practicing architects, architectural historians, and curators from thirteen countries—the Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Venezuela— who explored issues involving architecture in the region. Topics of focus included regional and international legacies, preservation, environmental sustainability, and urban planning, as they relate to modernist architectural history and contemporary practice.
The goal of the symposium was to encourage scholarly, curatorial, and broader educational awareness of the subject and to assess the lessons for contemporary practice from this architectural heritage.
Attendance was open to the general public on both days, and local and international students were offered a reduced rate; the symposium was sold-out on both days. For further details on the symposium and participants please visit the University of Technology Web site.
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors of the Caribbean Modernist Architecture Symposium: The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, The Reed Foundation, Patricia Cisneros Travel Fund for Latin America of The Museum of Modern Art, Jamaica National Building Society, Pan Jam, Victoria Mutual Building Society, Air Jamaica, American Airlines, British Airways, The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites, and Jamaica Conference Centre.
Latin American Museum Professionals Workshop
Sponsored by The
International Council of The Museum of Modern Art and the
Lampadia Foundation, the Latin American Museum Professionals
Workshop was held in November of 1998 at MoMA, during the
Museum’s landmark exhibition Jackson Pollock: A Retrospective.
Using the show itself as a case study, participants discussed
a wide range of issues related to exhibition organization.
Participants also attended a lecture by then Chief Curator
of Painting and Sculpture Kirk Varnedoe, and also visited
the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson;
El Museo del Barrio; the Americas Society; and other New York–area
arts institutions and private collections.
The International Program has in recent
years also sponsored workshops on museum libraries and archives
in Caracas, Buenos Aires, and Havana, as well as workshops
on conservation and fundraising in Caracas and Mexico City.
 Listen,
Here, Now! Argentine Art in the 1960s: Writings of the Avant-Garde,
the second volume in the series of documentary anthologies
on modern art produced by the International Program, was published
in September 2004. It is the first book to explore the intense,
internationally significant developments in Argentine art
of the 1960s through English translations of the original
documents. An anthology of invaluable primary source material
on the development of performance art, media art, and political
art in Argentina, it includes key essays by the two best-known
Argentine critics of the period, Jorge Romero Brest and Oscar
Masotta, along with manifestos, letters, lectures, and project
notes by several artists. It was edited by Ines Katzenstein
and, in part, by Andrea Giunta. Well-known Latin-American
scholars contribute chapter introductions placing the ideas
and arguments of these documents in context. The book also
includes a comprehensive biographical and bibliographical
appendix.
Listen Here Now! Argentine Art of the 1960s: Writings of the Avant-Garde (2004) was subsequently published in Spanish as Escritos de vanguardia: Arte argentino de los años '60 (2007), with the collaboration of Fundación Proa and Fundación Espigas of Buenos Aires.
A
third title in this series is currently in progress. It will
focus on the career of distinguished Venezuelan art critic,
curator, and photographer Alfredo Boulton, who was for many
years a member of The International Council of The Museum
of Modern Art.
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