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Title
Giulio V. Blanc Papers
Date(s)
- 1930-1982 (Creation)
- 1975-1982 (Creation)
Extent
1 Box
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Biographical history
Giulio V. Blanc (1955–1995) was a Cuban-born curator, art historian, and critic renowned for his contributions to Cuban and Latin American art. Through his exhibitions and writings in national and international art journals, Blanc became a leading voice in promoting Latin American art to mainstream audiences during the 1980s. His notable curatorial projects included "The Miami Generation" (1983) and "Amelia Peláez: A Retrospective" (1988) at the Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture in Miami, and "Wifredo Lam and His Contemporaries, 1938–1952" (1992) at New York’s Studio Museum in Harlem.
Born in Havana, Blanc was the son of Baron Lodovico Blanc and María V. Blanc, who fled to Miami during the Cuban Revolution, leaving behind a collection of works by prominent Cuban artists. Giulio pursued his education at Harvard, Brown, and the Institute of Fine Arts in New York. He worked with institutions such as Sotheby’s, the Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, and the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, and contributed to Art Nexus magazine.
Blanc also lectured widely on Latin American art history, including at the Art Museum of the Americas and the University of Miami. At the time of his death in 1995, he was completing a doctorate in art history at the City University of New York.
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Scope and content
The papers include correspondence mostly regarding homage to Lydia Cabrera, photographs of Giulio Blanc with Lydia Cabrera and a typescript of a poem by Virgilio Piñera.
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Conditions governing access
These materials shall be fully available and accessible to researchers under supervision.
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Conditions governing reproduction
© 2009 University of Miami. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to chc@miami.edu.
Preferred citation: Giulio V. Blanc Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- French
- Spanish
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Received from Giulio Blanc in 1995.
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Related archival materials
Giulio V. Blanc papers, Smithsonian Archives of American Art - https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/giulio-v-blanc-papers-5414
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Archivist's note
The collection-level record created by Beata Bergen, March 2009. Finding aid subjects terms assigned by Ana D. Rodríguez, February 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
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Name access points
- Cabrera, Lydia (Subject)