SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Chilean stage gets international grant to develop arts projects
Seven Chilean stage art projects are to receive over €100,000 in financial aid as a result of a meeting between the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes or National Council of Culture and Arts, and the arts fund, Iberescena in Montevideo, Uruguay. The fund was created in 2006 for “the creation of an integration space for [...]
From Chile to Kenya, Nicole Rademacher searches for ‘Common Ground’
In collaboration with soloists from the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, contemporary video artist Nicole Rademacher will host a chamber music performance on Oct. 22 in Santiago as a way to help generate funds for her project, ”Common Ground: Exploring domestic ritual in Kenya.” Her latest venture will send her to the Lake Victoria Special Arts Foundation [...]
Valdivia International Film Festival returns to Chile
VALDIVIA — The Valdivia International Film festival is returning to Chile for the 18th year in a row. Films from all over the world, including six made in Chile, will be screened at this event. The other countries represented include Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and 10 from Europe. The event has been organized by the Fundación Imagen de Chile, Director [...]
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, a hub of Chilean cultural heritage
Located in Santiago’s Parque Forestal, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is an architecture monument that welcomes people of all ages, including tourists, locals and school groups. The first thing that will attract your attention is the building of the museum, el Palacio de Bellas Artes. It was built in 1910 and it was designed in neoclassical style [...]
Contemporary art fair finishes up in Santiago
The last day of Chile’s contemporary art fair, or Ch.ACO, was yesterday, Sept. 13. by Avery Cropp SANTIAGO –The international art fair included displays from over 50 contemporary artists from around the world and allowed the public to purchase works from the galleries representing the artists if they wished. Works were made with materials ranging [...]
Contemporary art fair to return to Chile
For the third year in a row a contemporary art fair, Ch.ACO, will be returning to Chile. by Avery Cropp Irene Abujatum, the director of the Chile Contemporary Art museum, and Gonzalo Pedraza, a curator in Santiago, have teamed up with the Fundación Imagen de Chile to get the Ch.ACO organized with activities and programs [...]
Gracia Barrios receives the Premio Nacional de Artes 2011
by Katie Bolin Chilean plastics artist Gracia Barrios was chosen as the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Artes 2011 or the 2011 National Arts Award. The selection committee, who chose Barrios unanimously, was composed of Gaspar Galaz on behalf of the Academia de Bellas Artes, the director of the Universidad de Chile Victor Pérez, [...]
Ñuñoa house hosts underground poetry reading
by Tess Hermes Amidst the street fires, arrests and police officers, a large house in Ñuñoa opened its doors to artists and friends. Thursday, Aug. 4 one of the largest and most violent protests Chile has seen in years arose. The on-going desire for free education was again the subject for a loud and passionate activity [...]
Barrio Italia design route: Free tour
Decorated in the typical style of the 1960s, Casa Museo Eduardo Frei Montalva, the Eduardo Frei Montalva Home Museum, invites you to the free Design Route tour in Barrio Italia, Santiago, this Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 a.m., with heritage tours of Mapocho culture at Hindenburg Street 683. Within the framework of the project, Proyecto Barrio [...]
Ambitious project by artist Fernando Prats is representing Chile at the 2011 Venice Biennale
The work of Chilean artist Fernando Prats shows the powerful reality of our geography, with topics such as the earthquake and the eruption of the Chaitén volcano. The Chilean Pavilion at the 54th Art Biennale of Venice is the result of a joint collaboration between the National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA), the [...]