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Articles and research on art, heritage and cultural history.

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Exhibitions that connect research, objects, and communities.

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ABOUT

Curiosity, rigor and passion for meaningful connections.

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WRITING

Articles and research on art, heritage and cultural history and communities.

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CURATING

Exhibitions that connect research, objects, and communities.

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SPEAKING

Conferences, lectures and conversations that inspire.

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ABOUT

Curiosity, rigor and passion for meaningful connections.

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FEATURED PROJECT

Spectacles of Power and Faith: South American Colonial Painting from the Thoma Collection

Spectacles of Power and Faith celebrates the expressive power of colonial South American painting and the centuries-old stories these remarkable works tell about faith, family, creativity, and community. Drawn from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation’s renowned Art of the [...]

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Spectacles of Power and Faith: South American Colonial Painting from the Thoma Collection

Spectacles of Power and Faith celebrates the expressive power of colonial South American painting and the centuries-old stories these remarkable works tell about faith, family, creativity, and community. Drawn from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation’s renowned Art of the [...]

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Spectacles of Power and Faith: South American Colonial Painting from the Thoma Collection

Spectacles of Power and Faith celebrates the expressive power of colonial South American painting and the centuries-old stories these remarkable works tell about faith, family, creativity, and community. Drawn from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation’s renowned Art of the [...]

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recent writings

Spectacles of Power and Faith: South American Colonial Painting from the Thoma Collection. Catalogue co-editor and essay co-author with Adam Jasienski. Madrid: El Viso, 2026 (Forthcoming)

The Europeans who arrived in the Americas as part of Spain’s colonial project imposed their own preferred styles and media—easel painting and polychrome sculpture in particular—on societies whose artistic traditions had long privileged textiles, ceramics, and metallurgy. The Indigenous artists [...]

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“Regional Art and New Interpretations in Viceregal Peru.” Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, vol. 3, no. 4 (October 2021): 1–10.

This collection of essays in the Diálogos Thoma issue, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 3.4, continue to share the research that has generated from the Congreso de Arte Virreinal “El futuro del arte del pasado,” an international symposium held [...]

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Spectacles of Power and Faith: South American Colonial Painting from the Thoma Collection. Catalogue co-editor and essay co-author with Adam Jasienski. Madrid: El Viso, 2026 (Forthcoming)

The Europeans who arrived in the Americas as part of Spain’s colonial project imposed their own preferred styles and media—easel painting and polychrome sculpture in particular—on societies whose artistic traditions had long privileged textiles, ceramics, and metallurgy. The Indigenous artists [...]

READ MORE
“Regional Art and New Interpretations in Viceregal Peru.” Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, vol. 3, no. 4 (October 2021): 1–10.

This collection of essays in the Diálogos Thoma issue, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 3.4, continue to share the research that has generated from the Congreso de Arte Virreinal “El futuro del arte del pasado,” an international symposium held [...]

READ MORE