Indonesian-Peruvian Artist Angelica Yudasto On Crafting Ethereal Tapestries
Indonesian-Peruvian Artist Angelica Yudasto On Crafting Ethereal Tapestries
Angelica Yudasto is an Indonesian-Peruvian artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Yudasto composes site-sensitive arrangements of ethereal tapestries and sculpted glass forms that act as a physical representation of her past traumas and inner anxieties. In her work, transient moments become static evocations printed on free-flowing silk. Latina's [...]
Bent to the Earth by Blas Manuel de Luna
Bent to the Earth by Blas Manuel de Luna
Bent to the Earth By Blas Manuel de Luna They had hit Ruben with the high beams, had blinded him so that the van he was driving, full of Mexicans going to pick tomatoes, would have to stop. Ruben spun the van into an irrigation ditch, spun the five-year-old [...]
At Latin Music’s Biggest Night, Celebration and Solidarity Take the Stage
At Latin Music’s Biggest Night, Celebration and Solidarity Take the Stage
As the rain trickled outside the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida, the biggest names in Latin music arrived in glamorous fashion for the 2021 Latin Billboard Music Awards. Considered the longest-running awards show in Latin music, the Billboard Latin Music Awards, aired on Telemundo, is the only awards show [...]
Échale Ganas: Chicano Model José Hernandez on Family, Machismo, and his Cultura
Échale Ganas: Chicano Model José Hernandez on Family, Machismo, and his Cultura
Cultura is a new video series by film director Edgar Daniel in collaboration with Latina. Each episode is followed by a Q&A with the subject. Edgar Daniel Olazaba is a Mexican-American film director and photographer based in Los Angeles. The son of immigrant parents, Edgar focuses his work on the [...]
WATCH: Kali Uchis Shares her Favorite Childhood Memories and Discusses New Denim Line
WATCH: Kali Uchis Shares her Favorite Childhood Memories and Discusses New Denim Line
"My favorite memory of playing around in Colombia is that randomly out of nowhere it would start raining, and it would just be the most beautiful rain,” shared Kali Uchis over IG Live on Wednesday evening. As part of a month-long series for Hispanic Heritage Month, Yaris Sanchez sat down with [...]
Ludmilla, Princess of Pagode, Talks New Music And Leveling Up
Ludmilla, Princess of Pagode, Talks New Music And Leveling Up
Ludmilla is the uncontested princess of the Brazilian music genre pagode, a subgenre of samba. Akin to western R&B music but drenched in Latin culture, Ludmilla thrives in the world of pagode. The 27-year-old spent her childhood and teenage years in Rio De Janeiro’s Duque de Caxias suburb. At eight [...]
New Music Picks: Thalia, Kenia Os, Kali Uchis, and More
New Music Picks: Thalia, Kenia Os, Kali Uchis, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Thalia's team-up with Kenia Os, Kali Uchis’ new album, and iLe's fierce track with Ivy Queen. Also on the list: Y La Bamba's resilient anthem, Møya Rey's empowering "Back Up," and Wisin's collaboration Emilia and [...]