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Until November 1, the Berlin Biennale Epilogue (@berlinbiennale) will be open. Curated by María Berríos, Renata Cervetto, Lisette Lagnado and Agustín Pérez Rubio, the exhibition Storefront for Dissident Bodies is presented, which takes place in Daadgalerie and transforms the space into a showcase for queer bodies, dissidents and rebels. Its ready-to-wear architecture for vulnerable movements and its fashion politics overthrows the hyper-sexualized normality of seasonal department store collections. In it, thanks to the collaboration between the National Museum of Fine Arts (@mnbachile), the Copello Family and the AMA Foundation (@famaishere), there is a series of works by the artist Francisco Copello, which honor the artist's legacy and what They present in one of the most relevant stages of the current contemporary scene. We leave you a Until November 1, the Berlin Biennale Epilogue (@berlinbiennale) will be open. Curated by María Berríos, Renata Cervetto, Lisette Lagnado and Agustín Pérez Rubio, the exhibition Storefront for Dissident Bodies is presented, which takes place in Daadgalerie and transforms the space into a showcase for queer bodies, dissidents and rebels. Its ready-to-wear architecture for vulnerable movements and its fashion politics overthrows the hyper-sexualized normality of seasonal department store collections. In it, thanks to the collaboration between the Museo Nacional

The presentation at the daadgalerie brings together works by Edgar Calel, Francisco Copello, FCNN – Feminist Collective With No Name (Dina El Kaisy Friemuth/Anita Beikpour), Neda Sanai, Andrés Fernández, Delaine Le Bas, Dana Michel und Tracy Maurice, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Solvognen (The Sun Chariot) Theater Group, and a work developed especially for the exhibition by a current fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program Osías Yanov. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is a cooperation partner of the 11th Berlin Biennial and has supported the production of the work „Servicio de Escuchasión“ [Listening Service] by Osías Yanov and Sirenes Errantes. To frame the exhibition at the daadgalerie, the curators of the 11th Berlin Biennale write: "Cities are not made of buildings, but of soft bodies in movement and their cartographies of affect. The clothing we wear helps us make, inhabit, and transform space. Is it possible to wear a place one wants to go to? Is it possible to dress oneself into the collective bodies we desire? Welcome to the storefront for rebel bodies and their choreographies of disarmament. Prêt-à-porter architecture for vulnerable movements and their politics of fashion, tearing down the hypersexualized normalcy of department-store season collections. Clothing as a second skin of protection

In an interview with Arte Informado, Juan Yarur, Founder and President of the Fundación AMA, addresses the crisis that currently the planet is experiencing from the perspective of collecting and culture; today, Yarur says, "we have a responsibility to generate even more content, to create legacy, and to spread it widely." Here we leave the interview through the media to Juan Yarur: ARTEINFORMADO (AI): In these uncertain times, what message of encouragement and confidence would you like to convey to all operators and actors in the art world? Juan Yarur (JY): I think it is important to remember that throughout the history of humanity, we have been able to observe that as a result of the great changes and challenges, it is from where the great ideas, the great avant-gardes and also the new discourses that accompany and enhance the new eras. Art has always had a fundamental role in the resilience of the human being: it allows us to observe and approach the world from another perspective and at the same time connect with emotions and from that place, it helps us understand these new realities in a better way. It is time to open your mind and creativity to adapt all to the

In 2019 Juan Yarur Torres was recognized by ArtNews as one of the top collectors in the world. This 2020, Larry´s List, the leading platform in knowledge of the art market, focused its attention again on the President and Founder of Fundación AMA to do an interview that addresses aspects of his collection, its relationship with art and the activities carried out through the AMA. The conversation addresses various dimensions of Juan Yarur's work as a collector and philanthropist, a perspective that has been highlighted with recognitions such as ArtNews 50under50, the Montblanc Prize, or his participation in the board of museums such as MoMA or Tate. In this way, the medium highlights its vocation for Latin American art, especially Chilean, which through Fundación AMA has managed to lead such prominent spaces as MoMA, Tate, Guggenheim, The Met, among others, or more recently to the Biennial of Berlin, our next project. In this way, Juan Yarur joins today a long list of important collectors, who, through The Talks section, address the different dimensions of their work as collectors; thus, characters such as Kevin Poon, Robert Suss, Susi Kenna or Alan Lo have opened their collections and perspectives in this section to let

In 2018, the Fundación AMA and the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, (MFAH), began collaborating on a research project that would allow them to start with the final stage of review, editing and translation of selected Chilean documents for the digital archive of Documents of Latin American and Latin Art of the ICAA-MFAH. Today, two years after the start of that process and thanks to the work of two Chilean researchers -Luz Muñoz and Sebastián Valenzuela-, the project sees the light with the launch of the new ICAA website. The redesigned platform more accurately reflects the Center's interdisciplinary activities, events, and the program Latin American Art Documents (ICAA Document Project). The site provides direct and immediate access to the more than 8,000 primary sources and critical texts that make up the ICAA Document Project. Furthermore, the platform allows users to navigate by "author", "title", "date" and "subject"; save your results in a "my documents" section; and share them with friends and colleagues. In addition, the platform enables ICAA researched partners to upload materials from primary sources directly to the site, significantly expanding the retrieval process that is a core function of