For centuries the Americas have been inhabited by people who learned to truly understand the territory and nature—and live in harmony with it. Today we celebrate and honor that ancestral understanding. With the exhibition “CO-RELATION: The Art of Unity”, the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presents a series of contemporary artists from Colombia, host of the Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the IDB and IIC 2020. From an array of perspectives, techniques and materials, the artists evoke themes and periods that bridge the realities of the indigenous peoples who inhabit Colombia today.

These groups comprise one of the great riches that Colombia offers the world. Inhabiting about 30 percent of the Colombian territory, their variety and vastness make them unique. Of the 522 indigenous peoples in Latin America today, 103 live in Colombia. Of those, 65 are at risk of extinction. Their languages ​​and cultural knowledge are also at risk.

This exhibition brings together contemporary Colombian artists from diverse territories and landscapes, cities, towns, Amazon riverbank communities and other rural and urban Andean areas. Some represent native peoples while others work with them, coexisting in a curatorial commitment to highlight communication between these worlds as an act of unity to increase intercultural experiences and enrich the world through understanding.

The artists echo different aspects of indigenous cosmovision, and the challenges faced by indigenous communities. Their works examine the ancestral wealth, and the cultural and biological diversity of Colombia, and aim to elevate awareness of the urgent need to care for these communities and to ensure their survival and that of the planet.

Together with the artists, the Cultural Center wanted to create an immersive experience of the senses, one that would allow us to experience life differently through rituals, relationships with elements, plants and the sacred. We wanted something that would allow people to revere in and travel to other spheres of the indigenous worldview.

This cosmovision makes one’s relationship with the land an issue of identity and establishes principles of social organization based on reciprocity and redistribution. To reflect that, this multidisciplinary exhibition includes sound landscapes, visual arts, and installations to recreate a space that transports the public to indigenous lands and related sounds of nature, languages ​​and ceremonies.

The IDB recognizes the incomparable role of indigenous peoples as participants in the region’s development. It aims to create conditions in which they can develop in harmony with their surroundings, using their own priorities to fulfill their cultural, natural and social potential.

CO-Relation: The Art of Unity was co-curated by Manuela Reyes and Trinidad Zaldívar.

Artists

Miler Lagos

Rosa Ximena Tisoy Tandioy (warmity)

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Aldibey Jaidiber Tálaga Camayo

Jorge Panchoaga

Monika Bravo

León David Cobo

Luz Lizarazo

Danilo Rojas

Free registration for the opening reception here.

The Inter-American Development Bank was born 60 years ago to help the region’s people progress toward a better future. Back then, the region was very different and the challenges it faced were enormous. Over these past six decades, the IDB has helped countries in the region to increase economic growth and decrease poverty. The IDB has also helped increase life expectancy, literacy, educational enrollment, and access to essential services.

This has improved lives across Latin America and the Caribbean, even as new challenges emerged, including the growth of pollution, waste, and environmental degradation. If we had to recreate the IDB today, these problems would undoubtedly be among the top challenges we would face over the next 60 years. In fact, it will be very hard to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals unless waste management is addressed as a priority.

Consider plastic waste. How can we take the plastic garbage and turn it into something positive? One answer could come from regional artists who have taken discarded plastic and turned it into something beautiful, forcing us to reconsider how we can safeguard the planet by repurposing something that isn’t disposable.

To celebrate the IDB’s 60th Anniversary and highlight our need to prepare for the future, the IDB’s recently renovated Cultural Center is re-opening its doors to showcase challenges the Americas will face over the next 60 years. This exhibit focuses on solid waste, plastic, consumerism and the environment.

By highlighting the power of artists to transform garbage into provocative messages, we hope to create a call-to-action that will encourage both development professionals and the broader public to address our challenges head-on. The exhibit aims to increase environmental awareness and change the way we think about protecting the planet.

Single-Use Planet refers to the fact that this planet is the only home we’ve got – our survival depends on it. Our survival also depends on our ability to tackle toxic waste, one of our most urgent environmental problems. A diverse range of eco-activist artists from across Latin America and the Caribbean helped shape the exhibit’s disruptive message.

Featured Artists: Mandy Barker, Tony Capellan, Magdalena Correa, Blue Curry, Alejandro Duran, Vik Muniz, Federico Uribe, and Simon Vega.

Art can make us see hidden realities, hear silenced voices, and discover forgotten narratives. It has the power to make us stop, think, and potentially change our mind. With the rise of digital technology and connectivity, access to diverse perspectives is greater than ever, turning art into an even more influential force in shaping our views of what the future can be.

The Inter-American Development Bank asked a group of local artists of Latin American and Caribbean heritage working in Washington to respond to the idea of promoting more inclusive cities. Through a collaborative process, the artists answered by creating this multidisciplinary exhibition about choices in urban development, which seeks to uncover who gets to ask questions and what sort of questions they pose. A City of Questions consists of a multitude of queries, sometimes giving voice to an underrepresented group or offering a fresh perspective into urban life.

While this exhibition showcases Washington-based artists, their ideas transcend borders. Their insights encourage us to listen more closely to the hopes and dreams of all people and to liberate our imagination and envision more equitable alternatives for our urban spaces.

This exhibition was made possible thanks to artistic research support by Washington Project for the Arts, which envisions the city as a place that welcomes, values, and respects the presence and contributions of contemporary artists.

Featured Artists
Edgar Endress
Ghana ThinkTank
Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre
Veronica Melendez
Rodrigo Pradel

IDB Cultural Center Curatorial Team

Jonathan Goldman
Manuela Reyes

The Exhibition:
Fashioning the Future is an experiential journey through contemporary Argentine fashion that merges science, technology, and creativity. As part of the 2018 Inter-American Development Bank and the Inter-American Investment Corporation Board of Governors Annual Meeting, this forward-looking exhibition celebrates the richness of Argentina’s creative and scientific contributions as well as the country’s role in innovative thinking in the region. As the world becomes ever more inter-connected and digital, the interwoven relationship between science and creativity is strengthening and is becoming more vital as drivers of innovation and growth.

The world is now entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution, described as a range of new technologies and products that are a synthesis of the physical, digital, and biological spheres. Through the lens of fashion, we can see a radical transformation with the lines blurring between those areas. The garments presented in this exhibition reveal a more intuitive and more interconnected future, and open our minds to alternative perspectives and possibilities. 

Fashioning the Future showcases the work of different institutions and collectives. Our partner, the Cultural Center for Science (C3) of Argentina’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and Productive Innovation, created a unique project that merges science, technology, and creativity. By grouping fashion designers and scientists together in the creative process, these garments are infused with notions of various science fields, from biology to astrophysics. On the other hand, Argentine design group 12na incorporates into their creations concepts like the circular economy – a reaction to our current “make, use, dispose” culture.  In their works, circular fashion is a response to our “fast fashion” lifestyle as well as its effect in climate change. 12na responds to the needs of the future through “upcycling” and sustainability. Their project, Nakama, produces proactive garments supporting water conservation and waste reduction, a major environmental hurdle in the industry.  As activists, they propose new solutions such as “slow fashion” and open source fashion designs. 

We are witnessing an immense economic and social change – both globally and in fashion. The fashion industry employs 5.7 million worldwide and may very well be at the forefront of this new era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Transforming the industry in this way may lead to an estimated $500 billion in economic opportunity worldwide. By viewing these potential combinations of the industrial, digital, and biological worlds through contemporary Argentine fashion, we can imagine how creativity and science can work in unison to positively transform our lives in the future.

The Experience:
In addition to the fashion, this immersive exhibition features both a site-specific installation as well as a digital/physical app experience. The expansive art installation alludes to our potential future landscape, transitioning from the macroscopic to the microscopic. It also distorts our perceptions of place – both physically and in time. The app experience confuses the boundaries between physical and digital experience. This technology will supplement - and react to - the fashion on display both through on-screen content as well as sound art. Through this multisensorial experience, visitors’ movements become as much a part of the exhibit as the objects and installations on display – thereby questioning the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds we exist in.
 
Exhibition Participants:

Partner:
Cultural Center for Science (C3) of Argentina’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation

Designers:
Catalina Arevalo
Emiliano Blanco
Mariano Breccia 
Carla Cando
Martín Churba
Cecilia Gadea
Cristian Girardi
Mechi Martínez
Fernando Martumanian
Camila Milessi 
María Monsalvo
Jessica Pullo
Nadine Zlotogora 

Scientists:
Andrea Buccino
Noelia Carmona
Luis Cappozzo
Omar Coso
Silvana Sede
Diego Fernández Slezak

Artists:
Joaquín Fargas
Karina Maddonni

Site-specific Art Installation:
Jessica Angel

Sound Artist:
Louis Weeks 
 

July 18 – October 13, 2017

Inhotim: at the Crossroads of Glocal Change, featuring the artwork of Olafur Eliasson, Iran do Espirito Santo, Vik Muniz, and Luiz Zerbini, is the first exhibition from the Inhotim Institute in the United States and is intended to be a statement of how necessary it is to recognize, collectively, that climate change is happening and that it is not a positive or sustainable future for nature – or for ourselves, as part of this larger system. Through a partnership with the IDB, Inhotim’s first exhibition in the USA will introduce the American public to works from its contemporary art collection, the richness of the botanical garden’s biodiversity, and the history and significance of this landmark institution that was created in one of the world’s most heavily mined regions. We hope it will inspire the public to think about the important role that synesthetic and collective experiences can play on cultural and ecological change. At the same time, however, Inhotim sees themselves as an example of hope and potential for collective change at a "glocal" level – which means to think global and act local. They believe it is possible to create, experience, and reflect on change in a positive way, with small but great practices, through (a relationship with) art and botanical collections/nature. It is with this outlook that Inhotim strives to make us understand that another attitude is necessary, collectively, in order to acknowledge and act upon climate change positively. In so doing, this exhibition also celebrates Inhotim’s "glocal" understanding about their participation in the world: act in Brumadinho/Minas Gerais, Brazil and think with a global perspective.

“DIS\PLACE” is an invitation to reflect on notions of home through the lens of displacement. In this exhibition, we address photojournalism’s ability to present development challenges with a sense of intimacy, vulnerability, and empathy. Topics here include migration, violence, and humanity’s impact on the environment as a direct consequence of displacement. Our aim is to “displace” viewers and their senses as they look out at the world as well as inward towards their own perceptions of place and home.

This exhibition was created in partnership with World Press Photo and the Lightscape Foundation as part of the 2017 World Press Photo exhibition in Washington D.C. It features participants from their Latin American Masterclass. By combining photojournalism, which has a proven ability not only to document but to change the course of human events, “DIS\PLACE” aims to inspire new perceptions on topics like social exclusion and inequality; low production and innovation; and limited economic integration.

The voices of the featured photojournalists narrating their experiences of Latin America may be a catalyst to real-world reforms when used in service of social, political, and environmental advocacy by capturing, as Cartier Bresson phrased it, “decisive moments.” Photojournalists have the capacity to freeze time instantly and transport us directly to it. Some of these frozen moments of displacement are consequences of external threats, such as water contamination, extensive mining, or violence, while others refer to more internal, psychological reasons, shedding light on the invisible, metaphoric, and memory spaces.

Roots will always pull us to our homeland and there will always be a strong attachment to our sense of origin. Can we find a sense of home in our house, our community, our country, or even as part of one home on planet Earth? By identifying in ourselves what home is, there can be a better understanding of who we are, where we are from, and how we can build a better future by creating a more connected community.

April 14 – July 2016

In a world with shrinking material resources and a growing reliance on innovation and technology, the creative industries are becoming an ever more important tool of economic growth. Animation, the art of illustrating video sequences, is one such industry that is experiencing growing potential as both a business and an art form. Caribbean in Motion seeks to explore the multifaceted social and economic benefits associated with the animation industry. These benefits include economic growth, increased social justice and awareness, as well as a greater capacity for creativity, artistry, and expression.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in partnership with the Anime Caribe Caribbean Animation Festival, presents this exhibit with the hope of increasing awareness of the importance of supporting a vibrant creative economy. Developing new outlets for creative production may pave the way for a sustainable, 21st Century social and economic development.

March 16 - May 26, 2017

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Designing Paraguayhighlights emerging talent in Paraguay, young men and women who are lighting the way for future innovations in the creative industries. Here, we showcase Paraguayan innovation across a variety of disciplines. The exhibition represents a shift away from traditional craft, but also a recognition of the importance of local knowledge and culture applied to globally-minded creative products.

 Paraguay – a small, landlocked country sometimes referred to as the heart of South America – is known for its rolling landscape, dense jungle, and the importance of its two principal waterways: the Paraguay and Parana rivers. The country is thoroughly bilingual – both in culture and in language – as the indigenous Guarani culture is part of Paraguayan daily life and both Spanish and Guarani are the official languages.

 As Paraguay looks ahead into the future, it is moving away from an agricultural and industrial economy toward a more competitive global, knowledge-based economy. One such area of growth is the cultural and creative industries – those endeavors that lie at the crossroads of art, design, culture, business, and technology – which represents about 6.1% of the world’s GDP. While the country has experienced an average growth rate of 4.8% annually from 2005-2016, this is mostly credited to agricultural and commodity exports. Creativity, as the driver of innovation, may in fact contribute to significant economic diversification.

 This exhibition aims to disrupt our perception of Paraguay so that we may discover the diversity of its talent and the potential global impact of its creative output. The voices that are emerging onto the international scene are highlighted here with work that draws inspiration from rich and unique cultural traditions and holds the promise of boosting growth and improving the lives of millions of Paraguayans.

October 27, 2016 - February 3, 2017

Resilience is defined as the human ability to cope with difficult times and bounce back from personal trauma. In much the same way, when a society is confronted with the aftermath of a collective hardship – whether sociopolitical, ecological, or institutional – its people must figure out how to process these events collectively. Creativity and art have always been an essential tool for a society to reclaim its own historical narrative and draw lessons for the future. In this way, artists create a space for society’s healing and growth.

The Inter-American Development Bank, with support from the Smithsonian Latino Center and the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Washington, presents Resilience as an example of how art and creativity provide an important social value by giving expression to sentiments that help to shape our collective narratives.

Today, the Dominican Republic is one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. Nevertheless, the advances in reducing poverty and inequality have not kept pace with GDP growth. Looking toward the future, the country needs to improve the quality of education, healthcare infrastructure and services, diversify exports, and boost productivity,- while also adapting to climate change and promoting innovation. As a partner in the Dominican Republic’s economic and social development for nearly six decades, the IDB is committed to working with the government, NGOs, and private sector partners to achieve these goals.

Artist List: Pepe Coronado, René de los Santos, Iliana Emilia García, Reynaldo García Pantaleón, Luanda Lozano, Miguel Luciano, Germán Perez, Ella Pérez-Garcia, Narciso Polanco, Freddy Rodríguez, Moses Ros-Suárez (co-curator), Juan Sánchez, Fernando Tamburini, Ezequiel Taveras, Rider Ureña.

December 10, 2015 – March 1, 2016

Q&A: with Seven Contemporary Cuban Artistsis the first exhibition of contemporary Cuban art held in Washington, DC in many, many years. The show offers a fresh and multidimensional view of the island to a public more used to imagining their neighboring nation as a black and white photograph, frozen in time.

Those who visit Q&A may discover, through the eyes of seven young and talented artists, a fascinating society in constant evolution, where memories of the past are intertwined with concerns of the present and questions about the future.

Online catalog available here.

October 5tth to November 25th, 2015

VanguardISTHMUS is a selection of works by Central American artists drawn from the Ortiz Gurdian Foundation Collection. It features artists and works that belong to a fragile, yet resilient region which is prepared to be fearless, and take on any limiting circumstances with flexibility. Their visual language characterizes the isthmus, which advocates for a Central America that is not weighed down by its social composition, violence or migration, but rather fights against its prevailing distorted image.

March 24 to May 16, 2014

IDB Cultural Center Gallery

1300 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC, 20577

HOURS: MON-FRI 11AM-6 PM

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presents the exhibition “Abstraction Abstracción Abstração: Sophistication in Brazilian Art,” as a preamble and special tribute to Brazil, site of the 55th Annual Meeting of the IDB’s Board of Governors, taking place in Costa do Sauípe, Bahia March 27–30. The exhibit in Washington, DC is open to the public from March 24 to May 16, 2014 .

Exhibition: July 8 to September 27, 2013 at the Center's art gallery at IDB, located at 1300 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC, 20577.

Hours: MON-FRI 11AM-6 PM.  
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"Acrílico No. 7," 1993 by Fanny Sanín (b. Bogotá, Colombia, 1938 – ) acrylic on canvas, 40 x 36 inches

Exhibition featuring 36 pieces by24 artists, including Edgar Negret, Fanny Sanín, Enrique Grau, David Manzur and Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, among others, and is curated by Félix Ángel.It is a visual tour that highlights the complexities, challenges and singularities of Colombia through the eyes of several of its most important artists.

The exhibition artworks were selected and organized chronologically according to the different periods in which the artists worked. The visual journey begins with pre-Columbian replicas, continuing with the reinvention of the territory from the 15th to the 19th centuries, the 20th century and through the early 1950s with the beginning of contemporary art, the social transformations of the 1960s, the decentralization of art in the 1970s, and concludes with works of the end of the century.

IDB Cultural Center Gallery

1300 New York Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC, 20577

HOURS: MON-FRI 11AM-6 PM

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) opens “GOLS for Development,” a digital and photographic exhibition that narrates the impact of sportas a vehicle for social transparency, taking as an example thelife of Pelé, King of Soccer, in parallel with several projects on sports for development implemented in marginal areas in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Brazilian photographer José Dias Herrera is featured in thisexhibition, which consists of 19 photographs, two videos, from the personal archives of Pelé and from IDB mission archives.

More than an exhibit, “GOLS for Development” is a realisticaccount of development and social mobility through sportsand culture, to inspire us to create an increasingly equitable socioeconomic playing field.

The exhibition will be open through February 28 , 2014 at the IDB Cultural Center Gallery in Washington, DC, and has been curated and presented by the IDB Cultural Center in the Office of External Relations, in partnership with Legends 10, Pele´s representatives in the United States.

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Exhibition: December 19, 2012 to February 15, 2013 at theCenter's art gallery at IDB, located at 1300 New York Avenue, N.W.,Washington, DC, 20577.

Hours:
MON-FRI 9:30 AM-6 PM
SAT-SUN 11 AM-6PM

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Funerary mask from tomb 196, Tikal. Mosaic of carved jade and Spondylus shell pieces. ca. 700 CE. This treasure from Tikal never leaves Guatemala. It is the head of the avian Sun god, made of jade mosaic pieces, and would have been worn by a king in full ceremonial dress. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala. Image courtesy of Jesús López.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cultural Center and the Country Department for Belize, Central America, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic, will host the exhibit entitled “Heavenly Jade of the Maya” comprising rare jade jewelry and objects from recent archaeological discoveries.The exhibit will commemorate the ending of the Maya calendar cycle (December 21, 2012) known asbak´tun, and the beginning of a new era. The Mesoamerican civilization studied the movement of the stars for centuries, and constructed a conceptual foundation to explain the relation of the individual and the cosmos. The exhibit displays the creative wealth worn by powerful nobles to keep their rituals and beliefs alive, since the Maya considered jade more precious than gold.

The contents of the exhibition are from the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Guatemala City. Part of the exhibition project includes financing a technical cooperation to train three Guatemalans in jade conservation in a newly installed laboratory facility at the museum.

Exhibition:March 7 to June 2, 2013 at the Center's art gallery at IDB, located at 1300 New York Avenue, N.W.,Washington, DC, 20577.

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MON-FRI 11 AM-6 PM | SAT-SUN 11 AM-6PM

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"Kuna Tapestry (Tapiz kuna)," 1991. By Teresa Icaza (b. 1940 – d. 2010). Oil and collage on canvas, 120 x 100 cm. Colección privada.

Foto: Hernán Santos

The IDB Cultural Center is proud to host thisexhibithonoring the Republic of Panama,host country of the IDB Annual Meeting, which will take place from March 14–20, 2013. The exhibition highlights the history of modern and contemporary art by Panamanian women and will include paintings, photographs, sculptures, and video art from the 1920s to the present. The 22 artworks, selected by Panamanian curator Dr. Monica E. Kupfer, reveal the ways in which a varied group of female artists have experienced and represented significant geopolitical events in the nation’s history. Their interpretations also show the position of women in Panamanian society, and their views of themselves through their own and others’ eyes.

Among the artists are: Susana Arias, Beatrix (Trixie) Briceño, Fabiola Buritica, Coqui Calderón, María Raquel Cochez, Donna Conlon, Isabel De Obaldía, Sandra Eleta, Ana Elena Garuz, Teresa Icaza, Iraida Icaza, Amelia Lyons de Alfaro, Lezlie Milson, Rachelle Mozman, Roser Muntañola de Oduber, Amalia Rossi de Jeanine, Olga Sánchez, Olga Sinclair, Victoria Suescum, Amalia Tapia, Alicia Viteri, and Emily Zhukov.

Exhibition: open until April 30, 2013 
at The Gallery Walk at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 

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Artist Sixto Seguil, from Huancayo, Peru, working on a gourd.

Photo: DKYM Desinise Okuyama, Peru

Washington National Airport holds first ever Latin American art exhibit. DCA’s Gallery Walk showcases 56 artworks ranging from decorative crafts to photographs and mixed media from 17 Latin American countries through April 30, 2013.

Latin America’s diverse ingenuity and creativity will be on display at the Gallery Walk at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), where millions of travelers and the general public will be able to visit, for the next six months, an arts and crafts exhibition organized by the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority’s Arts Program.

Exhibition: August 1 to September 28, 2012
at the Center's art gallery at IDB,
located at 1300 New York Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC, 20577.
Hours: MON-FRI, 11 AM-6PM.

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"Mother and Child," 1986by Andy WarholUnited States (Pittsburgh, PA, 1928 - New York, NY, 1987) screenprint on paper, AP (4/50); 36 x 36 inches

IDB displays works of grand masters of painting. Works by Mexico’s Diego Rivera, Andy Warhol of the United States, and Edgar Negret of Colombia are part of an art exhibit organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Cultural Center.

Thisexhibit includes 23 pieces from the IDB Art Collection. The works are inspired by themes such as Latin American and Caribbean history, indigenous cultures, slavery, revolution, freedom, justice, violence, and popular traditions."The Power of Culture" will offer visitors an opportunity to learn about a variety of creative expressions.

The exhbition also includes works by Carlos Cruz-Diez of Venezuela, Antonio Seguí of Argentina, Maxwell Taylor of Bahamas, Patricia Israel of Chile, José Alberto Hernández Campos of Costa Rica, Luis González Palma of Guatemala and Virginia Patrone of Uruguay, among others.

Exhibition:
March 5 to June 1, 2012
at the Center's art gallery at IDB, 
located at 1300 New York Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC, 20577.
Hours: MON-FRI, 11 AM-6PM.

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"Los últimos cines I (The Last Cinemas I)", 2000, by Diego Velazco (b. 1967, Montevideo, Uruguay) black and white photograph, 6 x 6 cm film, Hasselblad 503 camera, printed on Epson 9800, K3 inks, on Epson Premium 260 gram (1/7) paper; 27.5 x 27.5 inches

Contemporary Uruguayan Artists: A Uruguayan Presence in the ABOUT CHANGE ExhibitionThe exhibition honors Uruguay and the City of Montevideo, site of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IDB.

The 17 art works selected for the exhibition offer a panorama of contemporary Uruguayan creativity. These pieces revisit history, explore memory, examine changes that have transformed culture and the environment, and rethink traditions. It includes painting, print, sculpture, mixed media, and photography, by 13 artists: Santiago Aldabalde, Ana Campanella, Muriel Cardoso, Gerardo Carella, Federico Meneses, Ernesto Rizzo, Jacqueline Lacasa, Gabriel Lema, Daniel Machado, Cecilia Mattos, Diego Velazco, Santiago Velazco, and Diego Villalba.

This exhibit is also part of ABOUT CHANGE, a project implemented by the World Bank Art Program in cooperation with the IDB Cultural Center and the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS). This initiative comprises a series of exhibitions representing Latin America and the Caribbean being held in various venues in Washington DC.

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Exhibition: November 7, 2011 - February 3, 2012 at theCenter's art gallery at IDB headquarters in Washington, DC

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"El cafecito (The Little Café)," 1973 by Emilio Sánchez Cuban-American, b. Camagüey, Cuba 1921 – d. New York City, New York, United States, 1999

Color lithograph, AP, edition 50; 22 x 29 3/4 inches (55.88 x 75.57 cm) Gift of the Emilio Sánchez Foundation, New York (2011)

Photo: Gregory StaleyThe present exhibition entitled New Visions: A Selection of the Latest Acquisitions from the IDB Art Collection, 2008-2011 is part of the 19th anniversary celebrations of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cultural Center, originally inaugurated on May 15th 1992 by the President of Chile, Patricio Aylwin.

On this occasion the IDB Cultural Center is pleased to present an exhibit of the artworks that became part of the Collection through the acquisition fund, gifts and permanent loans. It features 25 art works by 17 artists such as Federico Martino, Sebastián Spreng, and Susana Sulic (Argentina); Gastón Orellana (Chile); Ana Isabel Díez Zuluaga and Omar Rayo (Colombia); Silvia Elena Monge Puig (Costa Rica); Niurka Barroso (Cuba-Canada); Carmen Herrera and Emilio Sánchez (Cuba-United States); Julio Valdez (Dominican Republic); Geovanny Verdezoto (Ecuador); Luis González Palma (Guatemala); Mireille Délice (Haiti); Antonio López Sáenz and Alberto Alejandro Millares Méndez (Mexico); and Naúl Ojeda (Uruguay).

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 Exhibition: August 15 – October 21, 2011 at the Center's art gallery at IDB headquarters in Washington, DC

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"Recuerdos de Jorge Amado (Memories of Jorge Amado)," 1988 by Miguel A. Battegazzore, Uruguayan, b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 1931-, acrylic on linen, 34 1/2 x 45 inches

This selection of art works by Latin American artists of Italian descent constitutes a symbolic yet significant exploration of the Italian cultural presence and its influence in Latin America. The exhibit proudly celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Italy's Unification.

Among the artists included are: Héctor Borla, Sergio Camporeale, Ricardo Crivelli, Eduardo Medici, Emilio Pettoruti, and Rogelio Polesello (Argentina), Lyria Palombini (Brazil), Roberto Sebastián Matta (Chile), Umberto Giangrandi (Colombia), Francisco Amighetti (Costa Rica),Javier Bassi, Miguel A. Battegazzore, José Belloni, Enrique Broglia, Pedro Figari, Antonio Frasconi,Diego Masi and Carlos María Tonelli(Uruguay). More >>

"A New Beginning," 2009 by Michael Parchment, b. 1957, Jamaica. Oil on hardboard, 37 5/8 x 27 inches

Exhibition: May 18 – July 22, 2011 at the Center's art gallery at IDB headquarters in Washington, DC

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A selection of contemporary Jamaican artists, invited by the World Bank to exhibit their work in the Caribbean segment of ABOUT CHANGE, the hemispheric survey organized by the World Bank Art Program in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Organization of American States. More >>

V Inter-American Biennial of Video Art Logo design by Leilany Garron

Exhibition:
December 6, 2010– January 28,2011 at the Center's art gallery at IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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20 videos from 11 countries, including Puerto Rico, comprise the 5th edition of the IDB Cultural Center Video Biennial. Winning and selected videos, from an international call to Latin American and Caribbean artists for 5-minute videos, creatively explore and broaden the discussion of factors that affect the social, cultural and economic environments in the Region. Exhibition includes First, Second and Third Prize winners, Honorable Mentions, and additional entries selected from among 223 sent by artists from 20 countries. More>>

Exhibition:
February 28 – April 29, 2011 at the Center's art gallery at IDB headquarters in Washington, DC

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"Three Totem Poles," 2010. By Michel Gautier, b. April 6, 1959, Cotonou, Benin. Recycled hand-made cotton paper with photolithography. Height: Totems No. 1 and 2, 64 inches (162.56 cm); Totem No. 3, 40 inches (101.6 cm).Diameter: approximately 18 inches (45.72 cm)

An exhibition honoring Canada and the City of Calgary, in Alberta, site of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank. Twelve Canadian artists, selected from an open call, present 34 prints in various techniques, from etching to monotype; they include: Briar Craig, Delio Delgado, René Derouin, Katie Fife, Joscelyn Gardner, Michel Gautier, Vanessa Hall-Patch, Miriam Rudolph, Tracy Lynn Templeton, Todd Tremeer, Oscar Danilo Vargas, and Laura Widmer. More >>