Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics

by Arlene Dávila

In Latinx Art Arlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and artists. Providing an inside and critical look of the global contemporary art market, Dávila's book is at once an introduction to contemporary Latinx art and a call to decolonize the art worlds and practices that erase and whitewash Latinx artists. Dávila shows the importance of race, class, and nationalism in shaping contemporary art markets while providing a path for scrutinizing art and culture institutions and for diversifying the art world.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Latinx, History

240 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2020

Reviews

[Isabella :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

so happy i finally finished this book! i am also glad that i am currently working for a gallery while reading this because it was focused on the art market in a way that i would not have understood as much if i just had my background in museums. this book raises a lot of issues that are often hard to talk about like currencies of nationality within and outside of latin america and in direct relation to the united states. there are some aspects that i wish had been differently worded or considered, but still grateful this book exists and someone put together this labor of love for latinx people and diasporic people in the arts!

[Giovanni García-Fenech · Rating 5 out of 5]

A much-needed and very welcome analysis of the many obstacles faced by Latinx artists in getting recognition. This book was in a number of best-of-year lists, including those by NY Times art critic Holland Cotter and ArtNews Magazine, and with good reason.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent break from the murder mysteries I've been reading and left me with a lot to think about.