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“Carlos Alfonzo: Transformative Work from Cuba to Miami and the U.S.,” in Carlos Alfonzo: Witnessing Perpetuity, Miami: LnS Gallery, 2020 (pp. 8-23). ISBN 978-17346065-0-8.
“Máximo Corvalán-Pinchera: Padece,” in Padece, Artespacio Galería, Santiago, Chile, 2019 (n/p) https://www.artespacio.cl/artepacio/maximo-corvalan-pincheira-padece-octubre-noviembre-2019/.
Untitled exhibition entry [“María Martínez-Cañas: Black Totems and Imágen Escrita”] for Art_ Latin_America: Against the Survey, Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (pp. 42, 43, 168, 169). Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019. Edited by James Oles with Lisa Fischman. ISBN978-1-4773-1909-3.
“Monika Weiss’s Language of Lament: History, Memory, and the Body,” in Recall: Roland Schefferski Monika Weiss. Zielona Góra, Poland: Lubusz Land Museum in collaboration with the Gallery BWA, 2014 (pp. 89-99 in Polish and English; co-essayists Axel Feuss, Jakob Hübner, Leszek Kania, Wojciech Kozlowski). ISBN 987-83-88426-79-7.
“Garments as Memory,” in Kaarina Kaikkonen Two Projects—Traces and Dialogues/Dos Proyectos—Huellas y Diálogos. Santiago, Chile: Museo de la Memoria y Derechos Humanos, 2013 (Editor Julia P. Herzberg). ISBN 978-956-9144-07-3.
“Esteban Lisa: In Search of the Transcendent,” in Esteban Lisa: Retornos. Toledo, 1895 – Buenos Aires 1983. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Sept.-Nov. 2013. Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo, Dec. 2013-June 2014. ISBN-10: 8492462310.
“Rethinking the Possible” and “Conversation with Iván Navarro,” in Iván Navarro: Fluorescent Light Sculptures. Miami: The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, 2012 (pp. 7-41; 55-59), (Editor Julia P. Herzberg). ISBN 978-0-9819337-9-5.
“Decomposing – Recomposing: Concepts, Processes, and Sources,” in Magdalena Fernández - 2iPM009. Miami: The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, 2011 (pp. 11-20). (Editor Julia P. Herzberg; co-essayist Estrellita Brodsky). ISBN 978-0-9819337-41.
“Ana Mendieta’s Iowa Years 1970-1980,” in Donna: Avanguardia Femminista Negli Anni ’70 dalla Sammlung Verbund di Vienna. Electa: Italy, 2010 (pp: 132-149; 15 co-essayists). (Editors: Gabriele Schor and Angelandreina Rorro of the exhibition at Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna, Rome, Feb.-May 16, 2010). ISBN: 9788837074142.
“Arrechea and Maldonado in the Heart of Times Square,” in Times Square Project, New York, 2010. (Co-sponsored by Cuban Artists Fund and Times Square Alliance, featuring Alexandre Arrechea and Sophia Maldonado.)
“Art and Science at the Crossroads,” in Nela Ochoa: Genetic Portraits. Miami: The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, 2009 (n/p). ISBN-978-0-9819337-3-3.
“Raquel Rabinovich: The Meditative, Creative, and Perceiving Mind: Pabhavikas, Emergences, and the River Library,” in Anthology of the Riverbeds/ Antología del lecho de los ríos. Buenos Aires: Alon Foundation, 2008. (Editor Julia P. Herzberg). ISBN 978-987-24659-0-2.
“Nela Ochoa: The DNA of Sculpture and Installation,” in Gene Garden (brochure). Miami: Miami Botanical Garden, 2008.
“Ritual in Performance,” in NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, by Franklin Sirmans. Houston: The Menil Collection, 2008, (artists: José Bedia, Tania Brugera, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Pepón Osorio, and Ernesto Pujol, pp. 54-67); co-essayists Franklin Sirmans, Jen Budney, Arthur C. Danto, Greg Tate, Robert Farris Thompson, Quincy Troupe). ISBN 978-0-300-13418-6.
“A Dialogue with Life and Death,” Carlos Alfonzo: Extreme Expression, 1980-1991. Miami: Bridge House Publishing, Inc., 2006 (pp. 12-38). (Editor Julia P. Herzberg). ISBN 10: 0-9672215-4-4.
“Four Ways: A Room of Her Own,” in A Room of One’s Own: Teresita Fernández, María Elena González, Quisqueya Henríquez, María Martínez-Cañas. Frost Museum, Florida International University, Sept.-Dec., 2006 (pp. 8-18). ICAA Record ID: 1344135
“Empty Jackets: The Presence of Absence,” Mother’s Dancing Shoes- Kaarina Kaikkonen’s Art/Äidin tanssikengät – Kaarina Kaikkonen taide. Helsinki, Finland: Maahenski Oy, 2005 (pp. 115-117). ISBN 952-5328-54-6.
“Máximo Corvalán: Free-Trade Ensambladura.” Maximo Corvalán, De Paso, CSU, Fullerton (California State University), 2005 (pp. 15-23, bilingual; co-essayist Sergio Rojas). ISBN 0-935314-67-9.
“Reflections on Duality and Individuality: Sameness and Difference,” in Ana Patricia Palacios: Doubles and Singulars. Bogotá, Colombia: LatinCollector, 2005 (n/p; co-essayist José Roca). ISBN 0-923183-37-X.
“Ana Mendieta’s Iowa Years 1970–1980,” in Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance. Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2004 (pp. 137-179; co-essayists Olga M. Viso, Guy Brett, Chrissie Iles, Laura Roulet). ISBN 3-7757-1395-6.
“Leandro Katz,” in Voces y Visiones: Highlights from El Museo del Barrios’s Permanent Collection, Modern & Contemporary Art (vol. 5). New York: El Museo del Barrio, 2003 (pp. 28-29; many essayists). ISBN 1-882454-14-6 (set).
Joan Mitchell Foundation Awardees, 2002, online essay, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts at www.vcu.edu/artweb/mitchell (2003).
“The Book of Roofs, #0001: Tracajá,” in Josely Carvalho: Book of Roofs. Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2002.
“American Fields: Ernesto Pujol,” in Ernesto Pujol (brochure). Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 2002.
“Testing the Waters (Leandro Erlich),” in la Biennale di Venezia: Exposizione Internazionale d’Arte: Leandro Erlich/Graciela Sacco. Buenos Aires: Ministry of Culture, 2001 (pp. 43-48, trilingual; four other essayists). ISBN 88-317-78420.
“Run Away, Run Away,” in Catalina Parra: It’s Indisputable/Es indiscutible. Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 2001 (pp. 10-17; co-essayists Jean Franco, Nelly Richards, Alejandro Anreus, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado).
“Wifredo Lam: naissance d’un style et d’une vision du monde. Le séjour à la Havane, 1941-1952,” Lam métis, Paris: Éditions Dapper, 2001 (co-essayists Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, Édouard Glissant, Jacques Dubanton, Jean-Louis Paudrat, Erwan Dianteill).
“Pepon Osorio: Transboricua,” in Pepon Osorio: Transboricua (n/p brochure). Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1999.
“Dislocations and Recollections,” in Magdalena Campos-Pons (n/p brochure). Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, 1998.
“A Town Portrait: Memory Streams,” in Magdalena Campos-Pons: History of People That Were Not Heroes: Part I, A Town Portrait. Lehman College Art Gallery, City University of New York, 1998. http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/gallery/campospons/TextTower.html.
“Raquel Rabinovich: Drawings, 1978-1995,” in Raquel Rabinovich: Drawings, 1978-1995 (n/p brochure). New York: INTAR Gallery, 1996.
“Leandro Katz: A Decade of Work.” in Leandro Katz: Two Projects/A Decade. New York: El Museo del Barrio, 1996 (p. 4-16; co-essayist George E. Stuart). ISBN (P) 1-882454-04-9. ICAA Record ID: 1469667.
“Paper Visions V: Visual and Thematic Modes in a Biennial Exhibition.” Paper Visions V: Biennial Exhibition of Works on Paper by Thirty Contemporary Latin American Artists (n/p brochure). The Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT, 1994. Curator Benjamin Ortiz.
"The Visual Poetics of Liliana Porter," Liliana Porter (n/p brochure). Buenos Aires: Ruth Benzacar Galeria de Arte, 1994.
"Arturo Cuenca: New Photographs and Old," in Arturo Cuenca. New York: INTAR Gallery, 1993 (pp. 2-21; sole essayist). LCCN 93-80318.
“The Self-Portrait by Contemporary Women Artists,” (Josely Carvalho and Yong Soon Min) in Nuestro Autorretrato (Our Self-Portrait). San Juan, PR: Associación de Mujeres Artistas de Puerto Rico, 1993.
"Josely Carvalho: An Overview," in Josely Carvalho: Cirandas. New York: INTAR Gallery, 1993 (pp. 2-8; co-essayist Carlos Bezerra).
“María Magdalena Campos-Pons,” in María Magdalena Campos-Pons (n/p brochure). New York: INTAR Gallery, 1993.
"Recovering Histories: Considerations on the Practices of Twelve Artists," in Recovering Histories: Aspects of Contemporary Art in Chile since 1982. New Jersey: The Latino Center for Art and Culture, Rutgers, the State Univ., 1993 (pp. 30-69, bilingual; co-essayists Sol Serrano, Gaspar Galaz, Nelly Richard). ISBN 0-88111-150-3.
"Josely Carvalho: On the Subject of Violence." It's Still Time to Mourn: Dia Mater I and Dia Mater II. New York: Art in General, 1993 (pp.13-18; bilingual; co-essayist and chief curator Fabio Magalhães). ISBN 93-79933.
"Wifredo Lam: Development of a Style and Worldview, The Havana Years 1941-1952." Wifredo Lam and His Contemporaries. New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1992 (pp. 30-51; co-essayists Lowery Stokes Sims, Giulio V. Blanc). ISBN 0-942949-08-0.
"Wifredo Lam: Interrelaciones entre el afrocubanismo y el surrealismo." Wifredo Lam 1902-1982: obra sobre papel. Mexico City: Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, A.C., 1992.
"Catalina Parra: Reconstructions." Catalina Parra: A Retrospective. New York: Lehman College Art Gallery, Lehman College, The City Univ. of New York, 1991 (pp. 7-22, bilingual; co-essayist Ronald Christ). ISBN 91-075574.
"A Selection of Hispanic American Artists in the United States." Catalogue brochure. III International Biennial of Painting Cuenca. Washington, D.C.: USIA, Arts America, 1991. ISBN 0-915557-68-1.
“Re-Membering Identity: Vision of Connections,” The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s. Co-organized by and presented in the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Studio Museum in Harlem (May-Aug. 1990).
"Figurative Perspectives: Six Artists of Latin American Background." Figurative Perspectives: Six Artists of Latin American Background. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, New York, 1990. (Artists: Judite Dos Santos, Luis Frangella, Ana Mendieta, Benjamin Lira).
"Angels with Guns: Image and Interpretation." Gloria In Excelsis: The Virgin and Angels in Viceregal Painting.” The Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, 1986 (pp. 64-75; co-essayists Barbara Duncan, Teresa Gisbert, Luis Enrique Tord, Pedro Querejazu). ISBN 85-073031.