Women Artists from Latin America by Amalgama

In this episode, we bring you a live recording of Jane Soliman’s conversation with Mexican multimedia artist Paola Estrella at her current exhibition – The Cenote Ring – at HS Projects in London. Paola reflects on the origins of the project and how working across painting, performance, video, and digital environments allows ideas to shift, expand, and be reinterpreted through collaboration. Togeth...

How can art help us slow down in a fast-paced world? In this special episode, recorded during ARCO Madrid , I sit down with Dominican artist Julia Aurora Guzmán , whose work with ceramics, clay, and sculpture invites us into a state of deep observation and meditation. Guzmán explores themes of stillness, mourning, and centering —not as distressing but as peaceful, grounding experiences. She connec...

¿Qué pasa cuando el arte se cruza con la política, la celebración y el caos? En este episodio del podcast, conversamos con Roxana Ramos , artista argentina, en plena feria ARCO Madrid , justo después de recibir el premio al mejor stand , otorgado por los reyes de España . Lo que parecía ser una entrevista tranquila se convirtió en una charla llena de giros inesperados: llamadas incesantes desde Ar...

En nuestra segunda temporada de mujeres artistas desde America Latina exploramos la obra de diversas artistas latinaomericanas exhibidas en Arco 2024. En este episodio, Daniela Galán conversa con la artista brasileña Ayla Tavares sobre su innovador trabajo en cerámica, explorando la materialidad, la ciencia y su recorrido como artista brasileña en España. En este episodio, escucharás sobre: El enf...

Welcome to Women Artists from Latin America , a podcast by Amalgama, celebrating the voices and visions of contemporary Latin American artists. This season, recorded live at Madrid’s ARCO contemporary art fair in March 2024, offers insightful conversations with the creative minds shaping today’s art world. In this episode, host Daniela Galan speaks with London-based Argentinian artist Amalia Pica...

¡Bienvenidos a Mujeres Artistas de América Latina, un podcast de Amalgama! En este episodio, Daniela Galán conversa con la talentosa artista chilena Sandra Vásquez de la Horra. Durante esta enriquecedora charla, se abordan una variedad de temas fascinantes, explorando la diversa práctica artística de Sandra; su predilección por el dibujo, la poesía y la mitología; sus inspiraciones, influencias y...

In this episode, we’re delighted to bring you a wonderful conversation between Daniela Galan and Panama-based visual artist Donna Conlon. A profoundly insightful artist, Donna describes her own work as a socio-archaeological inquiry into my immediate surroundings. She uses her previous training as a biologist to highlight, through her art, the beauty and poetry that exists in everyday life. Donna...

In this episode, we bring you a conversation with London-based Peruvian artists Macarena Rojas Osterling and Lizi Sanchez during a walkthrough of our recent exhibition - The Fine Line - curated by Daniela Galan and Jane Soliman, and held at the diverse arts space Cromwell Place in London’s South Kensington. Delving into the extensive legacy of Latin American artists examining the relationship betw...

In this episode, we bring you a conversation we had with Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes during Photo London in May 2023, where she exhibited with Echo Fine Arts. Paredes uses her body as a performative vessel while merging painting, sculpture and photography. While she initially appears as the main subject in each of her photo performances, her work explores a wide range of themes such as exile,...

In this week's episode, listen to the mindbending conversation between the artist Paola Torrez Núñez de Prado and Dr. Giuliana Borea as they unravel the dynamics of power in translation and interpretation. Dive into an extraordinary journey into lost languages, exploring how data and AI currently affect these processes. Tune in for a fascinating chat you won't want to miss. Enjoy.

Welcome to Women Artists from Latin America from Amalgama Art. In this series of our podcast, we're bringing you episodes from our 2021 Forum - TRAMA - in which we explored the relationship between art and language in Latin America. In this week's episode, we are excited to share with you the fascinating performative conversation between Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuna and curator Camila Mar...

Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast series, where we dive deep into the world of contemporary art and explore the minds of some of the most fascinating artists of our time. Today, we have the privilege of speaking with the one and only Coco Fusco – a world-renowned artist, writer, and curator whose work pushes the boundaries of social, cultural, and political commentary. From her groundbr...

In this episode, we share the first part of Daniela Galán's conversation with María José Arjona , who is considered one of the greatest performance artists worldwide. They talk about her groundbreaking practice which concentrates on long durational performances that navigate through the concepts of time, power and the body as a vehicle to comprehend and study the world.  “ The beauty of perfo...

Welcome to Women Artists from Latin America a podcast devoted to raising the historical relevance and current value of the production of women artists from Latin America to the rightful place. This podcast is part of our programme Amalgama. Find out what we do at artamalgama.com

In Episode 1 of Women Artists from Latin America, Daniela Galan shares with you the outstanding work of Maris Bustamante, an incredibly prolific artist who did not conform to the artistic standards of her time and even dared to declare as legally and legitimately hers an icon of Mexican identity, the Taco. Listen to this podcast as Daniela will talk about three of her performative works that were...