MAPI presents “Memory of Fire”, based on Eduardo Galeano’s trilogy of the same name, on the 30th anniversary of the first edition. The work traces the history of the Indigenous peoples of Latin America from a mythical past to the 1980s, combining...
These photographs are the result of a series of trips along the Maya route made over several years, following the tradition established by the nineteenth-century travelers who went to Mexico in search of adventure and mysticism. Javier Hinojosa undertakes a visual...
The Voice of the Voiceless. Mbyá Guaraní Community. The Argentine Embassy in Uruguay and the MAPI – Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art presented the exhibition “The Voice of the Voiceless. Mbya Guaraní Community”, which opened on Saturday, November...
Images of natives of the Southern Cone (Mapuche and Fuegians), who were taken to Europe at the end of the 19th century to be exhibited in what became known as “human zoos”. The practice of anthropozoological exhibitions (of human beings and animals in the...
Colombia is a country of hidden masks. It is far from the big cities, in remote places and small towns, that little-known masks come to life in celebrations, rites, popular festivals and carnivals. The diversity of the masks in terms of their origin (Hispanic,...
Polaroids “I have been developing this work for 4 years, since a Polaroid SX 70 came into my hands, using Impossible cartridges. What motivates me to experiment with this technique is the territory to be explored and the influence of chance on the prints....
Peru is a country with a great variety of cultures, traditions and languages. The confluence of different influences –Indigenous, European, African and Asian– over the centuries has shaped a multicultural landscape with a great wealth of festive, musical and artistic...
As part of Women’s Month, MAPI presents the exhibition “R@stros (faces and traces) femeninos. Claudio Rama’s collection of Latin American masks”. This exhibition brings us closer to the cultural diversity of Latin American societies in terms of...
The Embassy of Mexico in Uruguay and MAPI present the exhibition “Mirror of Light” by Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide. The opening will take place on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7 pm, and the exhibition will remain open to the public through...
