Ana Martínez Quijano. Published by the Secretariat of Culture, Presidency of the Nation - National Arts Fund. Buenos Aires. 2026.
Quart (22.5 x 15.3 cm), 437 pages. Bound with flaps.
Art critic, cultural chronicler, and independent curator, possessing a "sharp pen," as described at the presentation of this new anthology held at the Victoria Ocampo House, Ana Martínez Quijano has compiled a selection of her weekly articles published in the newspaper Ámbito Financiero and grouped them into sixteen chapters. We mention a few, which invite further reading: Guardians of the Territory; Pop Ignites; Abstracts; Those Who Have Gone; Talent and Madness; Argentina Against Itself; Institutions…
The result, as Ana states, is a tool for artists, collectors, and cultural professionals. An essential index at the end faithfully contributes to this purpose.
We know the author and acknowledge her ethical commitment, which stems from her daily work. Ana has contributed to our magazine, and after the first book publication, which included texts published between 2003 and 2013—collected under the same title, now updated—we have no doubt that both copies deserve a place in every cultural library in Argentina, given that "memory is often fragile."