In Fall 2011, the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston:
will launch a groundbreaking online resource. Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art: A Digital Archive and Publications Project will provide a free, universally accessible digital archive of some 10,000 primary sources fundamental to the development of 20th-century Latin American and Latino art. The archive, with writings by artists, artistic groups, critics, and curators from across the region, will serve as a basis and impetus for new research and scholarship in the field. […] This extensive database of annotated documents will provide free, universal access to some 10,000 primary sources fundamental to the development of Latin American and Latino art. The archive is the result of a 10-year, multimillion-dollar project to locate, identify, evaluate, and digitally publish those primary sources that can become the building blocks of new scholarship in 20th-century Latin American and Latino art. The initiative required the formation of research teams operating in partner institutions situated in Latin American and U.S. centers. The project’s database was developed by São Paulo-based Base 7; the website, which is being developed by 6th Floor LLC in New York, is slated to launch in September 2011. (story online)