Series curated and moderated by Irene Gelfman.
The FORUM of the latest edition of Pinta Asunción Art Week 2025 seeks to bring together curators, cultural managers, artists, and key figures from the local and international scene to engage in dialogue and collective reflection on fundamental issues in art today, such as community practices, curatorship as a political act, the current state of art in the region, the art–craft dichotomy, the problem of authorship in art, and cultural management as a practice of heritage preservation.
The FORUM takes place at Casa de la Integración CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean –
Address: Avda. Mcal. López & Rca. Dominicana.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 – 4:30 p.m.
FORUM | ART, COMMUNITY AND REFLECTION
Participants:
Andrea Vazquez – President of the Paraguayan Institute of Handicrafts.
Lucrecia Lionti – Visual artist and educator.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 – 10:30 a.m.
FORUM | FOUNDATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Participants:
Fredi Casco – Artistic Director of Fundación Texo for Contemporary Art.
Martin Craciun – Curator and Director of the National Institute of Visual Arts of Uruguay.
Natalia Antola – General Director of the Directorate of Cultural Heritage.
Eleonora Jaureguiberry – General Coordinator of MALBA Puertos.