Montevideo offers us another surprise, now with the discovery of an oil painting painted by the traveling artist Johann Moritz Rugendas (Augsburg, 3/29/1802 - Weilheim, 05/29/1858), Scene of a street in the center of Lima. The work had been sold at auction in Liepiz, Germany, in 1930 and since then its whereabouts were unknown.

The art historian Roberto Amigo carries out a meticulous study on this novelty, and carefully analyzes the iconographic virtues of the work.

«Since the beginning of photographic practices in America in the 19th century – and Chile is no exception – the idea that the photographer as an observer looked at a reality as if he were looking through a window was a fundamental part of various visual constructions of subjects, landscapes and events. Although these conceptions of looking move from certain Western pictorial practices, it is only under the visual devices and procedures typical of photography as a conventionalized system of visual representation and as a technical image, that this condition achieves special connotations.

The wisdom of the author, a prominent scholar of Chile's earliest photography, brings us closer to her observations about this window into the past of the Mapuche communities of her land, so closely related to those settled on this side of the Andean mountain range.

“Don Horacio Salgán, who precisely did not stand out for showing off his Africanism, responded to Hilda Herrera when she asked him how he came up with those rhythms that he put in the tangos: “It's the motas, Hilda, it's the motas!” His ingenuity raises a question about raciality in record production that can be addressed by problematizing the type of hair with the black color of the records.

Cirio's reflections are based on the study of Néstor Ortiz Oderigo's discotheque, donated to the National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought.

Aurora Reyes (1908-1985), known mainly as the first Mexican muralist, was an outstanding and multifaceted artist who, through her creative production, both plastic and literary, documented and interpreted the history and feelings of the people of Mexico. modern.

Identified with the so-called Mexican School, both for her social commitment, her realistic style, and her interest in indigenous culture, Aurora was a true “tlacuila” [2] of the 20th century because throughout her life she He dedicated himself to writing by painting and painting by writing.

«Having before our eyes some early pieces by Gabriel Chaile (Tucumán, 1985) allows us to observe the evolutionary arc - a word incorrectly applied to art - in the production of one of the most recognized current Argentine artists.

Although young, Chaile has already developed an important career in our country and abroad.

Consecrated at the 59th Venice Biennale, delayed by COVID to 2022, with his exhibition The milk of dreams, the artist from Tucumán advances his career with new international recognitions.

«Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, has housed three of the traveling automatons that for 150 years toured Europe with the greatest success: The Clerk, The Organist and The Draftsman, built between 1768 and 1774 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the center of the nineteenth-century watch industry and birthplace of Le Corbusier. This is the joint work of Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–1790), his son Henry-Louis (1752-1791) and Jean-Frédéric Leschot (1746-1824) delivered to the city on May 1, 1909 with the condition that they be kept in operation and on display. Thanks to her, on the first Sunday of the month, a watchmaking expert presents them to the public who come to the museum to admire these android automatons, the stars of the mechanical shows of the 18th century.»

This story begins in the previous issue of Hilario Magazine and matures with the information provided by our readers. A privilege that we can all enjoy since, as the author of this article frequently expresses, "these are stories in the making."

Indeed, in the first installment we left open the possibility of his trip to Montevideo, and now we confirm that that notable Tehuelche chief visited the capital city of Uruguay and was received with honors... You will be surprised to read this update from our photography historian, kind academic advisor for a decade in Hilario's forays into this field of arts: Abel Alexander.