South America

The city of Bagan set against the rising dawn. Credit: Nicholas Kenrick, flickr.
10 Ancient Wonders to Visit This Year
Of the famous ‘Big Seven’ ancient wonders, the Pyramids of Giza are the only monuments that remain extant. The others, such as the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, now only exist as foundations and…
Tanya Aguiñiga, Extraño 15, 2021. Ice-dyed cotton rope, synthetic hair, flax.
Standouts at Armory’s Focus 2022: “Landscape Undone”
The Focus part of the Armory Fair 2022 is a reflection of the galleries devoted to those communities. Acevedo-Yates extended a personal invite to the galleries she loves (and there were some…
Frederic Edwin Church, The Andes of Ecuador, 1855.
Reframed: Frederic Edwin Church's "Andes"
The Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church, traveled from New York State to South America, via dangerous expeditions from April 1853 to September 1853, only to research and execute his…
José Luis Lazarte Luna, Assistant Conservator in Paintings Conservation, who was born and raised in Lima, Peru, stands in front of several paintings in the Cuzco School style that were recently gifted to The Met
The Met: Conserving Cuzco School Paintings
Follow the conservation treatment and research of Emblem of Folly, a painting from colonial Cuzco. This is one of ten paintings in the Cuzco School style that were recently gifted to The Met as part…