Pinta Miami 2025: Latin American Art in Focus

Materiality, ecology and diplomacy are the fair’s quiet through lines. Ana Teresa Barboza’s special project Threaded Stories reframes textile practice as a way to map landscapes and ecosystems, while Monterroso’s pieces in RADAR activate ancestral knowledge through dyed fibers and ritual forms.

The program FORO, coordinated by Gelfman, adds an explicit think tank layer with panels such as “Art Without Borders: A transatlantic dialogue on culture, innovation and development”, where ambassadors and cultural leaders discuss policy, soft power and market infrastructure. The long standing partnership with EFG and its Latin America Art Award underscores how acquisitions and prizes can shift careers, as seen with 2024 winner Leila Tschopp. 

Outside the meeting rooms, the human anchor is legendary gallerist Bernice Steinbaum, honored through the Women of Vision Breakfast and present with a booth that includes found object assemblages by Thomas Deininger. Together they fold decades of Miami art history into the fair’s present.