Several foundations in Paraguay are holding art contests in August or September of this year which offer a variety of prizes to winners, including money, trips abroad, and the opportunity to be published.

Alejandro Zambra’s book, Poeta chileno, describes the lives of Gonzalo and Carla, a couple who, after nine years apart, reunite to try and mend their imperfect relationship.

Coherence impedes observation.

The Fundación Juan March in Madrid contains the personal library of the Argentine author, Julio Cortázar. With almost 4,000 books, written in 26 different languages, the collection reveals many details about Cortázar’s personality.

Peruvian plastic artist Miguel Lescano presents “Retratos de la Pandemia,” an individual exhibition that opened on June 1 and will end on June 30.

Along the banks of the Thames River, tourists and locals alike can find the immersive exhibition of the London Design Biennial.

Nicho 54, an institute that seeks to promote black professionals in the audiovisual sector, is promoting its online cinema exhibition América Negra: conversas entre as negritudes latino-americanas, which will be showing until the 13th of June.

A comprehensive project to restore the Mitre Museum in Buenos Aires that opened in 1907 is under way.

In 1972, the late Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz began filming “El Realismo Socialista,” but the sudden military coup carried out by Augusto Pinochet halted production of the film before it was completed.

In Colombia, artist Doris Salcedo spoke about how her artwork commemorates the loss of life in the country and commented on art’s social importance.