Latin American art dealers and collectors gathered at the Miami Beach Convention Center for the seventh edition of Arteamericas. The number of exibitors has fallen sice last year but the fair offers assurance to those who have not left the field. Vivian Pfeiffer explains that the Latin American art market's lack of popularity among collectors is not necessarily a bad thing. She says that unlike the Chinese art market, Latin American art prices have not been inflated due to speculation. Many other artists at the convention also voiced these optimistic views. Join discussion...

Each year Arteamericas is held in Miami at the Miami Beach COnvention Center from March 27-30. This year it had 52 exhibitions which is down from last year. However, a director counts the fact that Latin American art has not inflated as a blessing because there is less romm to fall. She says that even during normal circumstances collectors of Latin American art are usually unwilling to sell. An attendant to the show noted that the works this year seemed to be more traditional as opposed to contemporay and this dissapointed him. He is unsure if he will return next year. Join discussion...

On May 27th and 28th, Sotheby is selling Latin American art. Many works are being represented- from the colonial period to the modern sculptures, paintings etc. The auction is expected to bring in around 10 million dollars. One of the most expensive pieces is Chiki by Leonora Carrington, who moved to Mexico and was heavily influenced by their artwork. Other artists featured are Wifredo Lam, Diego Rivera, Fernando Botero, and Armando Reveron. Join discussion...

Several artists from Latin America joined their pieces into a show expressing the horror of terrorism committed by totalitarian regimes in Latin America in the later 20th century. The show includes a sculpture of bars with the face of the artist's father who disappeared when his son was 11. The face seems to fade in and out as viewers walk around the piece. Another emotional part of the gallery is a series of pictures of dental records from a mass grave of protesters in Venezuela. The final piece in the exhibit, stretching along the walls of the exit route, is a vast collection of photographs of couples who were expecting or who had children at the time they disappeared. The idea of the piece is to emphasize the amount of loss suffered as a result of the number of missing people. Join discussion...