Oral history interview with Alejandro Anreus
name: label: Interviewee
content: Anreus, Alejandro, 1960-
label: Interviewer
content: Espinosa, Fernanda
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New Jersey
label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- New Jersey
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Anreus, Alejandro, 1960-
label: Interviewer
content: Espinosa, Fernanda
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Alejandro Anreus (1960- ) is an art historian, curator, and critic born in Cuba and currently based in Roselle Park, New Jersey. In addition to significant shows of Ben Shahn, Juan Sanchez, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Anreus has been influential through his advocacy for and scholarship of Latin American art.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Fernanda Espinosa (1985- ) is an oral historian based in New York City and Ecuador.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (audiovisual files (3 hrs., 18 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 48 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 December 5 and 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.anreus23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Alejandro Anreus conducted 2023 December 5 and 20, by Fernanda Espinosa for the Archives of American Art, at Anreus's home in Roselle Park, New Jersey.­