This special edition of Art Worlds comes to you from London during the week of Frieze art fair. Cecilia Brunson is a London-based, originally from Chile, gallerist and advisor who has dedicated over two decades to championing Latin American art on a global stage. Beginning her career as a curator in America and then founding a residency programme in Santiago, her move to London in 2009 led her to establish Cecilia Brunson Projects in Bermondsey.

The gallery, which is attached to her home, has become a beacon for Latin American art in the capital. Cecilia has uncovered overlooked Latin American artists’ estates and supported contemporary talent from the region, often introducing artists that have never been shown before in Europe. She joined me from her gallery to discuss the artists she’ll be exhibiting at Frieze and in her space.

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This special edition of Art Worlds comes to you from London during the week of Frieze art fair.

Reena Saini Kallat is an artist based in India’s economic capital, Mumbai. Central to her practice, which spans drawing, photography, sculpture and video, are the often man-made tensions and divisions that mark our existence. As such, she has explored political borders like the Radcliff Line, investigated water treaties as well as researching divisive national rhetoric. In all her investigations, Reena likes to highlight areas of subversion and show the ways in which systems of authority can be malleable and overcome.

Reena is showing one of her impressive listening device sculptures at Frieze Sculpture curated by Fatoş Üstek. Installed in the grounds of Regent’s Park, her work is interactive and uses sound to invite audiences to dwell on themes of loss, violence and protection. Reena joined me from her studio just after she had returned from London and the sculpture park’s opening.

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Episode 38 features Raquel Schwartz, an artist and director of Kiosko Galería, an independent art space in Bolivia’s largest city, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. On its site you’ll find exhibition galleries, a library, a communal studio area, shop and residency spaces. With thoughtful programming, including practical workshops, performances and history of art talks, Kiosko is a place where Bolivia’s arts community gravitate.

Raquel has a clear focus on using art to contribute to society. She founded her eponymous foundation with the intention of supporting projects that raise awareness of Bolivia’s social and environmental challenges. Raquel spoke to me just after concluding an ambitious 12 day micro-residency in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes.

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