Join CENTRO for the opening night of Ida y Vuelta: Art Culture and the Diasporican Experience at the Hunter College East Harlem Gallery on March 30th. The exhibit, whose name translates to Round Trip, Migration Experiences in Contemporary Puerto Rican Art, is curated by Laura Bravo and features 19 Puerto Rican artists whose works respond […]
Join Anaida Hernández as she explores her work, La rueda de la fortuna - el sueño americano (1999), on display as part of the exhibition, Ida y Vuelta: Experiencias de la migración en el arte puertorriqueño contemporáneo at the Hunter College East Harlem Gallery. La rueda de la fortuna was part of Hernández solo exhibition […]
Looking for a new book to read? Look no further! Join us for another Library & Archives Lunch Hour on new books in Puerto Rican Studies. The field of Puerto Rican studies is rich and diverse in both its subject matter and those who write about it, and there's something for everyone this lunch hour. […]
CENTRO is a repository for the archives of many famous and influential Puerto Ricans. However, it has also been a place to keep our own history - CENTRO's history. Join this special Library & Archives Lunch Hour to explore the history of CENTRO as it's maintained in the archives. We'll dive into primary sources dating […]
Please join us for the opening of an important new exhibition: Roosevelt House: Saving a National Treasure for a New Generation Exploring the history, preservation, and rebirth of the Roosevelt family home — today’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, and celebrating the three extraordinary women deservedly identified with this thriving landmark: Sara […]
Moscow Conceptualism began as an alternative underground art world in the late Soviet Union. Its unofficial status shaped its artistic methods and theoretical framework. The exhibition includes original objects, archival materials, and working models of original artworks, alongside new projects created by Moscow Conceptualists in collaboration with art and art history students and faculty at […]
In the mid-1960s, the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica began embracing joyously transgressive modes of performance, film, and installation to champion marginalized persons and their culture. Made in collaboration with the Brazilian filmmaker Neville D’Almeida while Oiticica was self-exiled to New York during the 1970s, the original installation series of five Bloco-Experiências in Cosmococa–Programa in Progress […]
Join CENTRO on November 14th at 6 PM at CUNY’s Baruch College Mishkin Gallery for a community viewing of their new exhibition, We didn’t ask permission, we just did it…, on display through December 8th, 2023. This vibrant and experimental exhibition revisits and honors the legacy of three historic exhibition series in Puerto Rico from 2000 […]
Join us for an unforgettable evening of art and celebration at the Ida y Vuelta Exhibition Closing Party! As we bid farewell to this captivating journey, we invite you to be part of the culminating festivities. Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of artistic narratives that have graced our gallery walls over these past months. […]
In 1958, an emerging Puerto Rican community was displaced from the Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill neighborhoods to make way for the construction of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Utilizing never before seen archival documents made available to CENTRO by the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and other archival materials, this exhibit […]
