‘Objects of Permanence’ Pays Homage to Garment Workers From the Lower East Side
‘Objects of Permanence’ Pays Homage to Garment Workers From the Lower East Side
As hundreds of thousands of people flock to Manhattan for New York Fashion Week for a chance to see the latest runway looks, creative director Mellány Sánchez’s new installation "Objects of Permanence" pays homage to the thousands of Puerto Rican and other immigrant and migrant workers who powered the Lower [...]
Shakira’s Top 10 Music Videos, Ranked
Shakira’s Top 10 Music Videos, Ranked
Since breaking through in 1995 with "Estoy Aquí," Shakira has become an artist of reinvention and longevity. In the following decades, she delivered songs that have become classics with music videos that are equally iconic. Latin music's global breakthrough is largely indebted to Shakira for the boundaries she broke [...]
Transformed by Heartbreak, Miss Benny Has Arrived
Transformed by Heartbreak, Miss Benny Has Arrived
Miss Benny was meant to play the gender nonconforming character Marco Mejía in the Netflix series Glamorous, a role tailor-made for her: an ex-beauty Youtuber starring as a beauty influencer. The part changed as she changed, each simultaneously discovering their gender identity. The role helped liberate Miss Benny — she [...]
Late Summer is for New York City’s Art Lovers
Late Summer is for New York City’s Art Lovers
Welcome to LATINA's Art Digest, a periodical collection of new events, expos, and happenings in the art world. From rising Latinx artists, curators, and exhibitions, we highlight the must-see art events happening at the moment. At the end of each summer, aside from New York Fashion Week, New York [...]
Paola De La Calle Materializes Memory For ‘In This House We Are All Buried Alive’
Paola De La Calle Materializes Memory For ‘In This House We Are All Buried Alive’
Banana trees and calling cards are some of the motifs of Paola De La Calle's largest body of work to date, spanning across ceramics, textiles, installation, and sound, In This House We Are All Buried Alive, runs through August 27th at San Francisco’s SOMArts. In her debut solo exhibition, De [...]
Overlooking The Hollywood Hills, The ‘Food as Art’ Dinner Series Redefines The Limits of Cuisine
Overlooking The Hollywood Hills, The ‘Food as Art’ Dinner Series Redefines The Limits of Cuisine
The Food as Art dinner series, hosted on the rooftop of The Aster, invites world-renowned chefs to craft a temporary pop-up tasting menu. One of Food as Art’s featured chefs, Alvaro Clavijo, head chef of Bogota's El Chato, currently ranked the 33rd best restaurant in the world, experimented with the [...]
The Top 10 Latin Grammy Awards Performances of All Time
The Top 10 Latin Grammy Awards Performances of All Time
The biggest night in Latin music is returning with the Latin Grammy Awards on November 16. Before the 24th annual ceremony airs on Univision, we’re looking back at 10 of our favorite performances from the past. Check out memorable moments from Celia Cruz, Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Karol G [...]