On demand
online course
180 min
14 videos
Starting 1 April 2023
The Beginning of the Avant Gardes
Bilingual
In this short course, you will learn the story of the beginning of modernism in Latin America through the eyes and work of seven incredible artists. Learn the gossip, stories and relationships that made these artists who they are while you study their groundbreaking work in depth. This course, like much of what we do, is focused especially on the work of female artists, whose artistic importance remains to be properly highlighted. We promise that by the end of the course, you will discover a new artist whose work you will absolutely love.
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En este curso corto aprenderás cómo comenzó del modernismo en América Latina a través de los ojos y el trabajo de siete increíbles artistas. Conocerás los chismes, las historias y las relaciones que hicieron de estos artistas lo que son, mientras estudias a profundidad su trabajo. Este curso, como gran parte de lo que hacemos, se centra especialmente en el trabajo de mujeres artistas, cuya importancia artística sigue sin destacarse adecuadamente. Nuestra promesa es que al final del curso encontrarás un nuevo artista cuyo trabajo te va a dejar absolutamente enamorad@.
180 min
£160.00
14 videos
Artistas incluidos
Tarsila do Amaral
Learn about the woman who devoured European modernism.
Francisco Matto
Learn about one of the first artists who decided to pursue his artistic education by travelling Latin America (instead of Europe) and raising the value of pre-Columbian artistic and intellectual legacies.
Xul Solar
Learn the story of a maker of worlds, who pursued the spiritual, artistic unification of Latin America.
Anita Malfatti
Learn about the first artist who introduced modernism to Brazil, being both criticised and treated as mad whilst also canonised as the banner for the new Modern aesthetic in the country
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Learn about the story of an artist who proposed groundbreaking methods to produce and observe a mural.
Joaquin Torres Garcia
Learn about the artist who turned the map of America on its head to place the attention on the South for the first time!
Aurora Reyes
Learn about the Muralist movement through the eyes of one of the first female muralists in Mexico.
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Lo que dicen los estudiantes
Me encanto conocer a Anita y su historia… me encanta ver como las biografías de las personas se entremezclan con sus vidas profesionales y personales. - Naiara
I love seeing how people's biographies intertwine with their professional and personal lives. - Naiara
Me gusto mucho tener las preguntas abajo del video para ir tomando apuntes y procesando la información a medida que vero el video” - Sofia
I really like having the questions below each video, so i can take notes and process the information as i watch along” - Sofia
Preguntas más frecuentes
¿Necesito tener algún conocimiento previo de historia del arte para tomar esta clase?
He pagado por esta clase, ¿qué pasa ahora?
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Sobre el disertante

Daniela Galan
Daniela Galan is the founder and director of Amalgama. She is a registered lecturer at the Arts Society in the United Kingdom and has over 17 years of research in art history and philosophy. She has focused her investigation on artists from Latin America, especially female artists whose work remains underrepresented within the art industry. This was the founding purpose of Amalgama, which led her to curate numerous exhibitions, forums and publications since its inception in 2018.