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In March, Amalgama will launch their first auction of works by 10 specially selected Ibero-American artists. Proceeds from this auction will go to funding and running Amalgama's project, exhibitions and publications.

In April 2020, Amalgama will launch their first open call for writers to participate in our second publication, which will explore and focus on the theme of our May 2020 Group Exhibition: nature, bodies and culture in the age of digital communication.

We will call curators, art historians and authors researching Ibero-American women artists to submit their essays.

The London Latin Music Festival is back in April in its 20th year. First shows have just been announced. The festival hosts global superstars and the very best emerging talent from across the Latin Music world in venues across Central London. It boasts an array of UK debuts, world premieres and rare UK appearances.

16th-18th Centuries. An Archaeological Perspective on Trade and Consumption. This one-day seminar will debate the trade of Chinese porcelain in the Iberian Peninsula, to understand some of the first interactions that occurred between the East and West in Early Modern period and discuss the way these early imports were consumed, while exploring their social, economic, cultural and symbolic importance.

In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help. As they try to make a living in this cutthroat industry, the Ochoas struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.

Tools for Life is the first ever UK solo exhibition of New York-based Chilean artist Johanna Unzueta (b. 1974). Shaped in close dialogue with the artist, the exhibition presents four new commissions for Modern Art Oxford, in addition to a selection of her abstract drawings.

Join Amalgama on Tuesday 12 May for the opening evening of their annual group exhibition, displaying works by the 8 artists selected from the 2020 Open Call. This year Amalgama are delighted to be working again with FLAWA (Festival of Latin American Women in Arts) to host a series of workshops and talks on the artists and themes of nature, bodies and culture in the age of digital communication.

Learn more about upcoming cultural events at Instituto Cervantes.