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Painting: Flores Mexicanas by Ramos Martínez

Looking for Latino exhibitions that you can visit for free? The start of 2020 may have been rocky and uphill for you and If you want to get lost in artworks outside of the chaos, here are some Latino art and culture exhibitions happening in the first half of the year that you can enjoy exploring alone, or with your friends and loved ones, without hurting your wallet.

According to an article by Remezcla, aside from the woks that vary in mediums - from printmaking to photography, as well as artist backgrounds, these Latino exhibitions may also vary in themes - from Afro-Latino history to Central American identity to a visual memoir.

Here are seven Latino exhibitions you can visit this 2020 for free:

Afro Syncretic (New York, New York)

This exhibition which began last November and will run until February 29, 2020 at KJCC Auditorium NY features the works of Afro-Latino artists include Joiri Minaya, Patricia Encarnación, Elia Alba at a time when Afro-Latino culture is often overlooked in conversations about Latino identity and in pop culture in general. Afro Syncretic aims to overcome the racial barriers and create a space to reflect on the "vibrancy of diasporic blackness within Latinx culture." The exhibition explores on themes like beauty standards, colonial history and housing displacement.

Connected Diaspora: U.S. Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media (Durham, North Carolina)

Connected Diaspora began in November 2019 and will run through the end of February at Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Durham.

It includes works by Xiomara Garay, Veronica Melendez, Juan Madrid and 13 other artists in a range of media that consider the positionality of Central Americans in a social media-obsessed era. Artworks highlight "an artistically connected diaspora that has leveraged social media to create transnational Central American art."

Shizu Saldamando: L.A. Intersections (Los Angeles, California)

Running  from February 6 to April 17, 2020 at Oxy Arts, Los Angeles, this exhibition features the hand-drawn portraits of Shizu which depicts snapshots of moments from late-night trysts and intimate gatherings around Los Angeles. The exhibition also includes related programming  such as a one-woman show by Leather Papi and a poetry reading by Yosimar Reyes.

Seed Unseed: Works by Vick Quezada (New York, New York)

Opening on January 31, this exhibition that will run until May 15, 2020 at SCA Flex Space at NYU features works touching on the topic of the Mexico-U.S. border. Through "queering the archaeological," Vick Quezada continues to highlight Indigenous-Latinx hybridity through her multimedia work which includes performances that "embody ancient Nahuan rites" and natural elements that reference Indigenous beliefs about the earth.

Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art (Dallas, Texas)

This exhibition at Dallas Museum of Art that runs from February 15 to September 20, 2020 focuses on early 20th century Mexican art, particularly analyzing how depictions of women changed throughout those years. Ramos Martínez's painting Flores Mexicanas, from which the show Is named from, will be shown for the first time. It also includes works by Frida Kahlo, María Izquierdo, David Alfaro Siqueiros and more. This exhibition could also serve as a jumping point for seeing the history that female artists are conversing with when taking agency to depict the female body.

A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America (Cleveland, Ohio)

This exhibition running from March 14 to August 2, 2020 at The Cleveland Museum of Art will be featuring around 50 works by artists from across Latin America including Rufino Tamayo, Liliana Porter, Gego, Roberto Matta and more who will explore social and political themes. This is the first time the Cleveland Museum of Art is highlighting works in these mediums from its collection, particularly those "produced in Latin America over the past century."

A Brush with HerStory: The Paintings of Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso (Lakeland, Florida)

The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College features the works of Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso through April 12, 2020.

Dellosso digs into forgotten women in history while inserting herself into that narrative with her self-portraits. Said exhibition also features her paintings of female masters like Remedios Varo, Angelica Kauffman and Genevieve Estelle Jones which pay homage to these women and serve vehicle for viewers to think more about women in history that are often overlooked by mainstream narratives.