Articles of ‘Carla Acevedo-Yates’

Carla Acevedo-Yates is a curator, researcher, and art critic. She earned an M.A. in Curatorial Studies and Contemporary Art at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College where she was awarded with the Ramapo Curatorial Prize. Previously she earned a B.A. in Spanish and Latin American Cultures from Barnard College, Columbia [...]

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (Broad MSU) has appointed Carla Acevedo-Yates, independent curator and critic from San Juan, P.R., as Assistant Curator. Acevedo-Yates will work closely with Broad MSU staff to build upon the museum’s international programming and position as a center for interdisciplinary collaboration.
“Carla brings a [...]

Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art - Philadelphia
By Carla Acevedo-Yates

In every major city in the United States, public schools are closing in disenfranchised neighborhoods at a precipitous rate. The city of Philadelphia is no exception, where 24 public schools were shuttered in 2013 alone. Seemingly a part of a master plan of [...]

Artists Space - New York
By Carla Acevedo-Yates
Inhabiting the interstices of fashion, publishing and art, Bernadette Corporation defies any conventional definitions and expectations held on the artist collective. It has become a mythical figure in New York City’s art scene, engendering the gallery Reena Spaulings and a crew of followers that is reminiscent of [...]

Laboratorio de Artes Binarios (LAB) - Santurce, Puerto Rico
Curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates
By María Arlette de la Serna
This exhibition reminds me that big cities invite us-almost force us-to experience opposites simultaneously. Coming myself from one of the largest and most populous cities in the world, I know that the relationship between a city and its citizens [...]

Art and Activism in the Age of Globalization, Lieven de Cauter, Ruben de Roo & Karel Vanhaesebrouck (eds.) Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2011. 334 pages. ISBN 9789056627799
By Carla Acevedo-Yates
Has subversion become outdated? Has political art become conformist under the guise of criticality? With the proliferation of committed or socially engaged art practices, currently featured [...]