Less Time Than Ideas - Art Across the Americas

On Times Radio with Henry Bonsu, Latin America Correspondent & art writer Jon Bonfiglio and Mexican curator & historian Francisco Berzunza break down the story of the Gelman Collection, its current controversy and implications. 

David Hockney, one of the world's most popular painters, dies at 88. 

Alexandra Rauscher, editor of the Art in San Miguel magazine (artinsanmiguel.com) interviews art writer Jon Bonfiglio about the unique offerings of San Luis Potosí, in Mexico's north. 

The El Paso art legend that is Hal Marcus, published in Glasstire magazine of art.

https://glasstire.com/2026/04/20/color-community-on-the-borderlands-the-life-legacy-of-hal-marcus/

In “All There Is,” Cheryl Pope's new show at Monique Meloche, she engages with landscape through her new geomorphological "paintings." Review published in New City, Chicago.

https://art.newcity.com/2026/04/20/asking-new-and-better-questions-with-cheryl-pope/

Geopolitical tensions at the Venice Biennale. 

Jon Bonfiglio with the news that global art phenomenon Banksy has secretly installed a new sculpture in central London. 

Jon Bonfiglio speaks to journalists Julia Tilton & Ilana Newman about the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago's exhibition, Dancing the Revolution, which considers Dancehall & Reggaeton music and dance as a revolutionary practice for collective liberation. 

On February 9, 2026, Ionit Behar was appointed as Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA). The feature article below - and recorded in this episode - charts her time prior to the appointment, in what is a fascinating personal history.

https://art.newcity.com/2026/04/07/opening-windows-into-other-worlds-an-interview-with-the-mcas-newest-curator-ionit-behar/

RENART Gallery of the CREA cultural center in Irapuato is running ‘Anacronías del Presente’ (Anachronisms of the Present) until May 22, 2026. The exhibition features the work — in dialogue — of two regional artists, Diego Mtz Peña of Tequisquiapan, Querétaro, and Eduardo Zúñiga of León, Guanajuato. 

Here, Jon Bonfiglio is in conversation with artists Diego Mtz Peña and Alan Pfeiffer.

The referenced accompanying article is available here:

https://artinsanmiguel.com/anachronisms-of-the-present