| PINTA Art Fair will Present 50 Carefully Selected Galleries |
 Cecilia Paredes, 'Rythmic Garland', 2009. Acid free photographic paper print, 140 X 140 cm. Courtesy of Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami. |
| NEW YORK, NY.- Fifty carefully selected galleries will set the pace for the modern and contemporary Latin American art market in New York, during the celebration of PINTA, the annual Latin American art fair, which is slated for November 19 to 22, 2009 at the Metropolitan Pavilion y B. Altman Building, in Chelsea, New York. This third PINTA show offers a rich panorama of the history and evolution in modern Latin American art. Prominent works by the following artists will be exhibited: Víctor Grippo, Django Hernández, Doris Salcedo, Luis Camnitzer, Regina Silveira, Nicola Costantino, Roberto Jacoby, Henrique Oliveira, Pablo Vargas Lugo, Arthur Lescher, Eduardo Costa, León Ferrari, César Paternosto, Elías Crispín, Marta Chilindrón, Darío Escobar, Sandra Bermúdez, Graciela Sacco, Pepe López, Valeska Soares, María Fernanda Cardozo, José Gabriel Fernández, Magdalena Fernández, Luis Lizardo, Luis Roldán, Alessandro Balteo, Mauro Giacone, Ernesto Pujol, Alexandre Arrechea, Cao Guimarães, Luiz Hermano, Antonio Manuel, Sebastião Salgado, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Juan Irribaren, Liliana Porter, Teresa Margolles, Leandro Katz, David Lamelas, Lygia Pape, Lygia Clark, Sergio Camargo, Carmelo Arden Quin, Joaquín Torres García, Augusto Torres, Caetano de Almeida, Gego, Mira Schendel, Carmen Herrera, Hélio Oiticica, Vik Muniz, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Jesús Soto, Julio Le Parc, José Da Costa, María Freire 2009 will be the third year for the already established PINTA Museum Acquisitions Program, which invites institutions committed to Latin American art. This program has been created with the aim of incentivating the art market and enhancing museum collections, and guarantees funds to selected museums to acquire works at PINTA. The new invited institutions include: Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Art Museum (Boston,) Tate Modern Art Gallery (London,) El Museo del Barrio (New York,) Pinacoteca do Estado Museu de São Paulo de Arte Contemporânea (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico D.F.). Furthermore, museums that have participated in previous editions of the program are expected to visit the fair, such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York,) Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Texas,) Museo de Arte Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires) and Museo de Arte de Lima (Peru). Galleries from the United Status, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Cuba and Spain will be included in the selected group at PINTA 2009. |
