Three New York Institutions Explore Young Lords Legacy in 2015 Exhibition
In July 2015, a trio of venues—El Museo del Barrio, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side—launched an exhibition titled ¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York. This showcase explored the artistic and performative heritage of the Young Lords, a radical decolonial Nuyorican organization that was active in the early 1970s. Each venue presented unique interpretations of the group's history, highlighting their political activism that utilized art to engage communities and reshape environments. An essay by Arnaldo Manuel Cruz-Malavé, published on June 5, 2017, critiqued the exhibition, examining its cultural, art-historical, and political ramifications. The article is accessible through MIT Press via a subscription-only model.
Key facts
- The exhibition ¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York opened in July 2015.
- It was held at three venues: the Bronx Museum of the Arts, El Museo del Barrio, and the Loisaida Center.
- The exhibition focused on the Young Lords, a radical decolonial Nuyorican group from the early 1970s.
- The group used artistic practices for political activism to engage communities and transform space.
- An essay reviewing the exhibition was written by Arnaldo Manuel Cruz-Malavé.
- The essay was published on June 5, 2017.
- The essay explored the cultural, art-historical, and political stakes of the exhibition.
- Article content is available via MIT Press with subscription-only access.
Entities
Artists
- Arnaldo Manuel Cruz-Malavé
Institutions
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
- El Museo del Barrio
- Loisaida Center
- MIT Press
- ARTMargins Online
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Lower East Side
- Bronx