Arts & Culture Archives - Americas Quarterly

Mexico: A Story in Three World Cups

Since first hosting the FIFA World Cup in 1970, the country has seen a remarkable transformation. This time, the challenge is security.

A new book explores how 16th-century commoners wielded the legal system against their colonizers to surprising effect.

A new documentary follows the mothers and daughters of Guaribas, Brazil’s pilot city for the famed Bolsa Família cash-transfer program.

From samba to soca and candombe, AQ’s music columnist traces Carnival season’s sounds across the hemisphere.

A new short story collection by Daniela Catrileo follows Mapuche youth through the cramped blocks and slow violence of Santiago.

An exhibition in New York City displays Claudio Perna’s radical 20th-century experiments in mixed media.

Julissa Reynoso’s autobiographical drama, Public Charge, provides stark contrasts with Latin America policy under Trump 2.0.

In Paris and New York, curators present a new kaleidoscope of art from a critical region.

Family history, politics, and ecology remake one another in the new book “Autobiography of Cotton.”

Ciro Durán’s first feature film “La paga” shows the celebrated Colombian director in a new light.

Alma Guillermoprieto’s reportage in “The Years of Blood” embodies the drama and complexity of our new century.

AQ’s music columnist examines the artist’s body of work ahead of his Super Bowl performance.

A new rap musical tells the story of the enslaved people shepherded to salvation in Mexico.

An ambitious film misses the mark in depicting a temperamental teenager at the turn of the millennium in Argentina.

AQ’s music columnist highlights a mix of tracks showcasing the classic genre’s modern sounds.