On demand
online course
180 min
14 videos
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Bilingual
6 artists masterclasses in one short course
The Beginning of the Avant Gardes
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180 min
£160.00
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14 videos
Included Artists
Tarsila do Amaral
Study the artist who devoured European modernism and created one of the most celebrated avant gand movements from Latin America.
Francisco Matto
Study 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
Discover the spiritual and esoteric creations of Xul Solar, acclaimed as the "maker of worlds" by Jorge Luis Borges, as he sought to unify Latin America spiritually and artistically.
Anita Malfatti
Learn the story of 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
Through a deep study of one of his artworks, explore the work of an artist who proposed groundbreaking methods to produce and observe a mural.
Joaquin Torres Garcia
Explore the contributions of the artist who turned the map of America on its head to place the attention on the South for the first time!
Aurora Reyes
Studythe Muralist movement through the eyes of one of the first female muralists in Mexico.
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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
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I really like having the questions below each video, so i can take notes and process the information as i watch along” - Sofia
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About the lecturer
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.