Latinoamericanísimo

Roca, the Spanish bathroom manufacturer, expands its international network with the opening of the first Roca Gallery in Latin America located in São Paulo.

Zona Maco, Latin America’s leading contemporary art and design fair, opens its doors on February 8th at the Centro Citibanamex in Mexico City, and will run through February 12th.

Galería Hilario Galguera presents Alabanzas, an exhibition of pictorial and sculptural pieces by Bosco Sodi that opens on Tuesday, February 7th and runs through April 7th, 2023. This is Sodi’s forth exhibition with the gallery.

A new series of hand-painted porcelain sculptures by Alma Berrow are on view in the exhibition, ‘For dust you are and to dust you shall return’, in the project space of Galeria Hilario Galguera in Mexico City.

In Praise of Caves: Organic Architecture Projects from Mexico by Carlos Lazo, Mathias Goeritz, Juan O’Gorman, and Javier Senosiain, is a fascinating exhibition that looks at four revolutionary artists, architects and thinkers who explored the idea of living more connected to the earth in ways that are as relevant today as they ever were.

The Palais Galliera in Paris celebrates Frida Kahlo this fall with an exhibition that focuses on the influential artist from a more intimate viewpoint, looking at the way she constructed her identity and how she presented and represented herself both in life and in her work.

TLmag spoke to Mexico-based artist Sumie Garcia Hirata in April 2022, as she prepared for her spring show with ammann//projects. This interview was originally published in our S/S 2022 issue: TLmag37: State of Gold.

TLmag spoke with Edgar Orlaineta about his artistic practice and a new series of ceramic vases which launched last Spring at the Mexico Design Fair.

TLmag spoke with photographer Ruy Teixeira about his decades long career during which he has turned his eye onto some of the most iconic and intriguing people, places and things in the design and architecture world. The images featured here are from a series titled “Looking Green.”

In this extensive conversation between Christian Larsen and photographer Vincent Fournier, we learn about the aesthetics and interests behind ‘Brasília, A Time Capsule’, a series which investigates the architecture, landscape, and people of Brasília (Brazil).

The vibrant colours of Bela Silva’s newest series give Spazio Nobile’s space a Spring awakening. Inspired by the artist’s recent trip to Mexico, the show celebrates Latin-American culture, its history and diverse craftsmanship in a cycle of drawings, ceramic works and a Codex Mexico.

ATRA founder Alexander Díaz Andersson’s Mexican and Swedish influences find form in furniture that features refined silhouettes, noble materials and a considered approach toward colour.