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Paris: From Tradition to Politics. A Chilean Artist Intervenes in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. By Carlos Araya Vargas

Name: Paris: From Tradition to Politics. A Chilean Artist Intervenes in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. By Carlos Araya Vargas
Start: 2026-11-18T17:30-0600
End: 2026-11-18T18:30-0600
Location: Sala Quetzal de la Biblioteca Pública

Wednesday November 18

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Sala Quetzal de la Biblioteca Pública
Relox 50A, Centro
Free

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Talk with Chilean artist Carlos Araya Vargas about the exhibition project "Traversée".
The Chilean artist, who has been based in Paris for over 30 years, has been invited to create an intervention at the Gothic Basilica of Saint-Denis in Paris, one of Europe’s most important Gothic buildings.

His contemporary paintings on canvas are installed in the temple’s chapels, offering an echo of the political, social, and urban events taking place outside, in the city streets.
Carlos Araya Vargas, an artist in residence invited by YAM Gallery during October and November 2026, invites the community of artists, art lovers, and simply the curious to talk about his motivations, influences, creative processes, and methodologies.

Carlos Araya Vargas
Visual artist. Bachelor of Arts, specializing in painting, from the University of Chile. Since 1986, he has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions, both locally and internationally. He is a founding member of the group La Contingencia Sicodélica, which approached painting as a form of countercultural resistance.

He has received significant national and international awards and scholarships, including the Young Artist Taylor Foundation Fellowship in Paris from 2009 to 2012. His work is currently part of various public and private collections in Chile and France.

Wednesday, November 18 | 5:30 pm
Quetzal Room, Public Library
Free admission
IN SPANISH

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