Reviews, features, and media coverage
The Los Angeles Times examines why Valverde — despite decades of powerful, technically adventurous work — never received mainstream recognition in his lifetime, and why the VPAM retrospective is a long-overdue correction to art history.
Read FeatureEast LA arts advocate and long-time Valverde collector Armando Durón writes an intimate critical review, positioning the retrospective within Chicano art history and arguing against the documentary label that followed Valverde throughout his career.
Read FeatureOfficial museum press release for the major retrospective, guest-curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill. Includes exhibition overview, artist biography, and media contact information.
Download PDFEleven photographs from the opening reception and panel discussion for Experimental Sights 1971–1996 — artists, scholars, and community members gathering to celebrate the first major Valverde retrospective.
View PhotosThe first survey of Valverde's body of work — over 100 pieces spanning 25 years, presented in partnership with the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
View ExhibitionOfficial press release for the international ASCO group exhibition at Triangle-Astérides, featuring Valverde's photographic documentation of the legendary East LA collective's performance and conceptual work.
Download PDFOfficial press release for the ASCO group exhibition at Triangle-Astérides in Marseille — an international presentation of the legendary East Los Angeles collective, featuring Valverde's photographic documentation of ASCO's performance and conceptual work.
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