Feminist Curatorship. A conversation with Katya Cazar
By Kekena Corvalán Katya Cazar is one of Ecuador’s most influential curators and cultural managers. Over the years, she has carved out a career that bridges curatorial practice, art history, and feminist theory. Her commitment to a more inclusive and equitable art world has driven numerous projects that focus on amplifying the voices of women […]
Curaduria feminista. En conversación con Katya Cazar
“En el Ecuador, la falta de unión de las mujeres nos ha debilitado como movimiento social y político” Por Kekena Corvalán. Kekena: Lo primero que quería preguntarte es acerca de tu formación, y cómo llegas desde ella a la curaduría. Katya: La mía es una formación, ahora lo puedo ver, llena de diversas influencias y […]
Study for the Restoration of a Profile. Ana Gallardo at Ruth Benzacar Gallery
Buenos Aires, February 2025. By Kekena Corvalán. View ¨Study for the Restoration of a Profile¨ Ana Gallardo, Ruth Benzacar Gallery. Once again, from the complete and coherent vitality of her artistic practice, Ana poses a double question that permeates the discussions that most challenge us: What subjects should art address? This is related to another […]
Have A Good One!
WhiteBox SIP Exhibition Project By Kaylie Pykkonen The art you’re looking for is right in front of you. Yasmeen Abdallah. Tea Vines. Assorted tea, yarn, fabric, circular hoops, Variable dimensions. 2015-ongoing. Photo credit: Kaylie Pykkonen Walking into a bodega to grab a snack or a quick coffee is an everyday experience for many New Yorkers. […]
We Will Not Say Goodbye Even If the Road Darkens
Exhibition of Women at the Municipal Museum of Modern Art in Cuenca, Ecuador Curated by Kekena Corvalan Curator Kekena Corbalan and La emancipada Collectiva Organized by La Emancipada (The Emancipated), a collective based in Quito composed of Tania Lombeida Miño, Lbel Lara Pazmiño, and Pamela Pazmiño Vernaza, a new edition of the Ecuadorian Art and […]
C A C H E Feminist Aesthetics and Archival Processes
By Nina Hoechtl 08/11/2024 – 12/01/2025 Located at the end of the permanent collection exhibition of the Lentos Art Museum, Linz, Austria, a small yet compelling exhibition opened in the Museum’s Reading Room in early November 2024. The exhibition artistically and performatively engages with a unique archive of working materials related to performance and media […]
Exposición Miradas femeninas al cuerpo desde la Colección Kaluz
Un ejercicio para reconciliarnos con nuestrxs cuerpxs Por Blanca Meneses Exposición curada por Karen Cordero R. Centro Cultural Tolzú, México. Artistas: Manuela Ballester, Angelina Beloff, Rocío Caballero, Carmen Chami, Olga Costa, Elvira Gascón, María Izquierdo, Mary Martín, Fanny Rabel, Josefa Sanromán, Lucinda Urrusti, Cordelia Urueta, Catalina Vallarta, Remedios Varo, Teresa Velázquez, Puri Yañez. Vistas de […]
WOMEN AT WAR
Curated by Monika Fabijanska Women in War opens at the North Dakota Museum of Art on January 16, 2025. This powerful exhibition showcases the work of leading contemporary women artists from Ukraine, including Yevgenia Belorusets, Oksana Chepelyk, Olia Fedorova, Alena Grom, Zhanna Kadyrova, Alevtina Kakhidze, Dana Kavelina, Lesia Khomenko, Vlada Ralko, Anna Scherbyna, Kateryna Yermolaeva, and Alla Horska (1929-1970). Spanning media from painting to video, it explores the gendered perspectives […]
Luchas Por el Arte. Mapa de Relaciones y Disputas Por la Hegemonía del Arte (1843-1933)
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Santiago de Chile: Entrevista a sus Curadoras. La Columna Indisciplinada Por Kekena Corvalán Leer en ingles Entrevistamos a Gloria Cortés Aliaga y Eva Cancino Fuentes, las curadoras de la exposición Luchas por el Arte. Mapa de Relaciones y Disputas Por la Hegemonía del Arte (1843-1933), que se exhibe actualmente […]
Recollections and Reflections on Collectivity
I am writing this reflection based on my experience with collectives over the course of over forty years, as a situated recollection, perhaps somewhat arbitrary, but coherent with what I have learned from this passage through collectivity: that one can only speak for oneself, and yet the sum of those singular voices, when placed in a horizontal, respectful dialogue, can potentialize the sum of multiple subjectivities in ways that suggest new models of power relations for society.
