''Atlántica'' (full name: ''Atlántica. Revista de Arte y Pensamiento'' (English: Atlántica. Journal of Art and Thought)) is a contemporary art and culture magazine produced by the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM) based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in between Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

History

''Atlántica'' published its first issue in October 1990, in Spanish. With a change in management in 1992, it became a bilingual (Spanish-English) magazine with images as a fundamental component. Another editorial change happened in issue 40 (2004). ''Atlántica'' is a triannual publication.

Content

Since 1992, ''Atlántica'' has published critical papers, reviews, conversations, interviews, and art projects.

Authors

''Atlántica'' mostly addresses and gives voice to experts in contemporary arts and culture. It works in order to open up their horizons, hosting artists' speeches and theoretical observations across continents. Individuals who have collaborated with the publication include writers, magazine directors, art critics, and intellectuals. Some of these are

Aristide Antonas Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in ...

Anders Michelsen Anders Michelsen (born 27 September 1970) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. He started his career in Langhus IL, and joined Drøbak/Frogn ahead of the 1990 season. He played for FC Lyn Oslo, SFK Lyn in 1993,Benjamin Weil Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thi ...

Charles Merewether Charles George Merewether (1823 – 26 June 1884) was a Conservative Party politician. Hamond first stood for election in Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, nor ...

, Lliliam Llanes, Berta Sichel, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Orlando Britto Jinorio, Ery Camara, Eugenio Valdés Figueroa,

Simon Njami Simon Njami (born 1962 in Lausanne) is a writer and an independent curator, lecturer, art critic and essayist. He published his first novel "Cercueil et Cie" in 1985, followed by "Les Enfants de la Cité" in 1987, and "Les Clandestins" and "Afri ...

, Clementine Deliss,

Olu Oguibe Olu Oguibe (born 14 October 1964) is a Nigerian-born American artist and academic.Olu Oguibe
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Elvira Dyangani Ose Elvira Dyangani Ose (born 1974) is a Spanish art curator who has been serving as the director of MACBA Contemporary Art Museum in Barcelona. Dyangani's family comes from Equatorial Guinea, and she was born and raised in Spain. From 2018 to 20 ...

Okwui Enwezor Okwui Enwezor (23 October 1963 – 15 March 2019) was a Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator, specializing in art history. He lived in New York City and Munich. In 2014, he was ranked 24 in the ''ArtReview'' list of the 100 m ...

Salah Hassan (, plural , romanized: or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːh, ( or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːtʰin construct state) ), also known as ( fa, نماز) and also spelled , are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the , the direction of the Kaaba with ...

, Alexander Kluge, Colin Richards, Ruben Gallo, Coco Fusco,

Hou Hanru Hou Hanru (; born 1963 in Guangzhou, China) is an international art curator and critic based in San Francisco, Paris and Rome. He is Artistic Director of the MAXXI in Rome, Italy. Biography Hou graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in ...

, Clive Kellner, Achille Bonito Oliva,

Francesco Bonami Francesco Bonami (b. Florence, 1955) is an Italian art curator and writer who is currently Honorary Director of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin. He lives in Milan and Manhattan, New York.Rachel Wolff (February 14, 2010)112 Minutes With ...

Gerardo Mosquera Gerardo Mosquera (born 1945 in Havana, Cuba) is a freelance curator, critic, art historian, and writer based in Havana, Cuba. He was one of the organizers of the first Havana Biennial in 1984 and remained central to the curatorial team until he re ...

, Rhaseed Araeen,

Candice Breitz Candice Breitz (born 1972) is a South African white artist who works primarily in video and photography.Rosa Martínez Rosa Martínez (b. Soria, Spain) is an independent curator, art critic and international art advisor based in Barcelona, Spain. Career As an independent curator, Rosa Martínez has organised international exhibitions, including the 51st Venice Bie ...

, Bernard Henri-Levi,

Slavoj Zizek Slavoj may refer to: * Karel Slavoj Amerling (1807–1884), Czech teacher, writer, and philosopher * Slavoj Černý (born 1937), Czech former cyclist *Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek (, ; ; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultu ...

, Sadie Plant,

Ilya Prigogine Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine (; russian: Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин; 28 May 2003) was a physical chemist and Nobel laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. Biogra ...

, and

Sami Nair Sami Nair (born 23 August 1946, in Tlemcen) is an Algerian-born French political philosopher who coined the term "codevelopment". A specialist on migration movements and their socio-political effects, he advised the government of Lionel Jospin ...

. The first three issues were written in collaboration with

Nancy Davenport Nancy Davenport (born 1965 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian photographer. Her photography, animations and digital work have been exhibited at venues including the Liverpool Biennial, the Istanbul Biennial, the 25th Bienal de São Paul ...

, Barbara Pollak,

Arthur C. Danto Arthur Coleman Danto (January 1, 1924 – October 25, 2013) was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University. He was best known for having been a long-time art critic for ''The Nation'' and for his work in philosophi ...

, Carmela García, Shoja Azari, José Ferriera, Zwelethu Mthethwa, and Penny Siopis. Starting from issue 40, the magazine is published by Ediciones del Umbral and directed by Alicia Chillida, Antonio Zaya, and Octavio Zaya.

References

External links

CAAM official website
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