Category Archives: Contemporary art

Blue and black background with a winged figure shown from the shoulders up, stares out at us. A painting in the Pablo Mejias and Gregroy Fage group exhibition in Alajuela, November 2025

w/c 1 December 2025 Here’s a selection of the exciting Costa Rican exhibitions and events happening across the country this week. Read below.

Watercolour coastal landscape painting showing weathered branches resting on white sand, with a long pale trunk extending diagonally across the foreground and darker intertwined wood behind it. Soft green and yellow washes indicate blurred foliage in the background.

In Focus | Coastal Landscape Painting

November 30, 2025

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In Focus | Coastal Landscape Painting by Ana Elena Fernández See this week’s newsletter. Latin American Contemporary Watercolour Painting Travelling around Costa Rica,.

Dark portrait of artists Pablo Mejias and Gregory Fage, standing side-by-side in front of a ladder and sculptures. The image coincides with their show of Latin American Dark Figurative Art in November 2025

Eros y Tanatos

November 23, 2025

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Eros y Tanatos: An Exhibition of Latin American Dark Figurative Art by Pablo Mejías and Gregory Fage in San José See this week’s.

Costa Rican artist Carlos Fernández preparing materials during an activation performance, arranging vegetables on a table as part of a Latin American art exhibition focused on ecology and community engagement.

Interview | Carlos Fernández

November 16, 2025

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Interview | Carlos Fernández on REUNIÓN and the new exhibition in San José, Nos Miran las Plantas As TEOR/éTica and Lado.

People standing in an art gallery looking at colourful abstract paintings by Roberto Carter, hanging in a converted factory setting

What’s On in Costa Rica

November 9, 2025

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w/c 10 November 2025 Here’s a selection of the exciting Costa Rican exhibitions and events happening across the country this week. See this.

Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo

November 9, 2025

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San José, 8 November, 2025 Opening | Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José A personal look at a dynamic opening at.

Black background and red writing with the words "Litanias Urbanias", a new show at Lado-B San José by Jesus Mejia

What’s On in Costa Rica

November 2, 2025

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w/c 3 November 2025 Here’s a selection of the exciting Costa Rican exhibitions and events happening across the country this week. See this.

A dark painting by Jesus Mejia, a Latin American artist exploring urban violence. A man stands on a car as children and other men stand around the chaos, fire blazing in the background.

Urban Litanies | Jesus Mejia

November 2, 2025

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Urban Litanies | Jesus Mejia at Lado-B, San José | Latin American Artist Exploring Urban Violence Having opened on 1 November at Lado-B.

Exhibition invite for Francisco Zúñiga at Museum of Costa Rica Art. A beige background with nude figure with writing to the left: Francisco Zúñiga

What’s On in Costa Rica

October 26, 2025

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w/c 27 October 2025 Here’s a selection of the exciting Costa Rican exhibitions and events happening across the country this week. See this.

A latin american contemporary painting titled Ecos del Primer Dios by Emilia Cantor depicts a glowing golden face with sun-like rays emerging between darkened buildings under a deep blue night sky. The face, illuminated against the shadowed architecture, gazes outward with an expression that feels both human and divine. Bold brushstrokes and rich tones of blue, gold, and red create a sense of mystery and tension, while the foreground dissolves into near-black shadow, suggesting a stairway or passage leading into darkness.

In Focus | Emilia Cantor

October 26, 2025

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In Focus | Ecos del Primer Dios by Emilia Cantor Latin American Contemporary Painting This week I’ve chosen a new painting by the.

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Category Archives: Contemporary art