New York- Fifty carefully selected galleries will set the pace for the modern and contemporary Latin American art market in New York, during the celebration of PINTA, the annual Latin American art fair, which is slated for November 19 to 22, 2009 at the Metropolitan Pavilion y B. Altman Building, in Chelsea, New York.

This third PINTA show offers a rich panorama of the history and evolution in modern Latin American art. Prominent works by the following artists will be exhibited:

Víctor Grippo | Django Hernández | Doris Salcedo | Luis Camnitzer | Regina Silveira | Nicola Costantino | Roberto Jacoby | Henrique Oliveira | Pablo Vargas Lugo | Arthur Lescher | Eduardo Costa | León Ferrari | César Paternosto | Elías Crespín | Marta Chilindrón | Darío Escobar | Sandra Bermúdez | Cecilia Paredes | Pepe López | Valeska Soares | María Fernanda Cardozo | José Gabriel Fernández | Magdalena Fernández | Luis Lizardo | Luis Roldán | Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck | Mauro Giacone | Ernesto Pujol | Alexandre Arrechea | Cao Guimarães | Luiz Hermano | Antonio Manuel | Sebastião Salgado | Alejandro Almanza Pereda | Juan Irribaren | Liliana Porter | Teresa Margolles | Leandro Katz | David Lamelas | Lygia Pape | Lygia Clark | Sergio Camargo | Carmelo Arden Quin | Joaquín Torres García | Augusto Torres | Caetano de Almeida | Gego | Mira Schendel | Carmen Herrera | Hélio Oiticica | Vik Muniz | Manuel Alvarez Braco | Jesús Soto | Julio Le Parc | José Da Costa | María Freire.

Now in its third year, the established PINTA Museum Acquisitions Program invites institutions committed to Latin American art. This program, created to incentivize the art market and enhance museum collections, guarantees funds to selected museums for the acquisition of works at PINTA. The newly invited institutions include: Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Harvard Art Museum, Tate Modern Art Gallery (Londres), El Museo del Barrio (Nueva York), Pinacoteca do Estado Museu de São Paulo de Arte Contemporânea (San Pablo, Brasil) y Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo (México D.F.).Furthermore, museums that have participated in previous editions of the program are expected to visit the fair, such as the Museum of Modern Art (Nueva York), Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Texas), Museo de Arte Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires) y Museo de Arte de Lima (Perú).

Galleries from the United Status, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Cuba and Spain that are included in the selected group at PINTA 2009:

Aina Nowack/AAC Madrid | Alejandra Von Hartz Gallery Miami | Alexander and Bonin Nueva York | Alexander Gray Associates Nueva York | Aninat Isabel Santiago | Arevalo Arte Miami | Baró San Pablo | Blanca Soto Arte Madrid | Bolsa de Arte Porto Alegre | Bourbon Lally Haití | Cecilia de Torres LTD Nueva York | Celma Albuquerque Belo Horizonte | Christopher Paschall Galería s. XXI Bogotá | Consorcio de Arte Buenos Aires | Dan Galeria San Pablo | Dean Project Nueva York | Diana Lowenstein Fine Art Miami | Durban Segnini Gallery Caracas-Miami | Eleven Rivington Nueva York | Faría Fábregas Galería Caracas | Fernando Zubillaga Caracas | Frederico Sève Gallery / latincollector Nueva York | Galería Artepuy Caracas | Galeria Berenice Arvani San Pablo | Galería Forum Lima | Galería Nara Roesler San Pablo | Galería Patricia Ready Santiago | Galeria Thomas Cohn Sao Paulo | GC Estudio de Arte Buenos Aires | Ginocchio Gallery México D.F. | Habana La Habana | Hardcore Art Contemporary Space Miami | Henrique Faria Fine Art Nueva York | Hosfelt Gallery Nueva York | Ideobox Artspace Miami | Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires | Jacob Karpio Gallery Costa Rica | Josée Bienvenu Gallery Nueva York | Kiosko Galería Santa Cruz | La Carnicería Arte Actual Caracas | Lyle O. Reitzel Santo Domingo-Miami | Magnan Projects Nueva York | Mary-Ann Martin Fine Art Nueva York | masArt Gallery Barcelona | Nohra Haime Gallery Nueva York | Panamerican Art Projects Miami | Peter Fetterman Gallery Santa Mónica | Praxis International Art Nueva York | Ricco|Maresca Nueva York | RJ Fine Arts Connecticut | Sammer Gallery Miami | Sandunga Granada | Sextante Bogotá | Toca / Galería México D.F. | Y Gallery Nueva York.

“In spite of the very difficult year we have had to face, the Fair will feature excellent artistic proposals in its 2009 edition, as it will include new international galleries,” said Diego Costa Peuser, director of PINTA . This will allow us to maintain and enhance the quality in such a way that both collectors and the public at large may have the chance to continue discovering Latin American artists, which is our main objective.”

PINTA’s public launch on November 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Americas Society, features Guatemala-based artist Darío Escobar, introduced by Gabriela Rangel, who will expound on Darío Escobar’s unique compositions.

The official opening reception for PINTA is November 19 at 7 p.m. Invited guests will be greeted by the Honorary Committee, led by Estrellita Brodsky, who will be accompanied by Tony Bechara and Yolanda Santos Garza, both of whom are respected philanthropists and have leadership positions at distinguished New York institutions.

Thanks to public support and private philanthropy, the PINTA Research Fund at New York University will continue to underwrite scholarships for advanced studies in the field of Latin American art history, with the goal of ensuring a new generation of researchers. Recipients have conducted research or investigations into: conceptual art in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; conceptual strategists from Brazil and Argentina, circa 1960; abstract geometry in artwork by Colombians Ramírez Villamizar and Edgar Negret; painting in the era before and after the Castro Revolution of 1959, plus artists working in Chile, Venezuela and Mexico during the 1960s and 1970s.

"The creation of the PINTA Acquisitions Program has driven several institutions to add important Latin American artwork to their collections, including works, by Joaquín Torres García, Antonio Manuel, Alexander Arrechea, Arthur Luiz Piza, Fernando Bryce, Gego, Liliana Porter and Elías Crespín," states Mauro Herlitzka, PINTA’S Institutional Director.

PINTA’s growth continues with its inaugural European edition next June 2010 in London. “Indeed,” acknowledges Alejandro Zaia, PINTA’s chairman, “Our ultimate goal is to take Latin American art to the most knowledgeable and demanding markets. In that sense, after our success in New York, London is the natural path to place our artists in front of European collectors and public eyes.”

PINTA’s leadership team includes Diego Costa Peuser, Alejandro Zaia and Mauro Herlitzka. Costa Peuser, Executive Director of PINTA, is the Editor and Publisher of Arte al Día Internacional, the most influential contemporary publication in the Latin America art world. He is also the Founding Director of Buenos Aires Photo, the first photography fair held in Latin America. Alejandro Zaia is founder and president of ZCM Group and Conexión Public Relations, which operates in both Miami and Latin America. Zaia, a renowned businessman, has represented multinational clients throughout the Americas. Mauro Herlitzka is president of Fundación Espigas and a member of the Latin American board of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern Art Gallery and vice president of the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires, MALBA.

For more information, please visit: www.pintaart.com