BLANTON CURATED CONVERSATIONS - The New World Order of Casta Paintings

Colonial Latin America was a mosaic of races and cultures that intermingled, and very often married. As a result of this new diverse population, a popular art genre emerged in the 18th century: Casta paintings. Casta paintings depict several scenes of mixed-race couples with their children. In each, artists labeled family members with an invented racial category, or “caste.” The Spanish crown and elites tried to create order in New Spain (now Mexico) with these idealized paintings. The reality, in which divisions of race and class were fluid, was much more complicated. Learn more about this Mexican art genre with curator Rosario Granados, and historian Susan Deans-Smith. "Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America" is on view at the Blanton Museum of Art through January 8, 2023. Learn more about this exhibition here → https://blantonmuseum.org/exhibition/... Originally recorded on September 27, 2022. Volunteer for the Museum: https://blantonmuseum.org/volunteer Become a Member: https://blantonmuseum.org/membership Sign up for Blanton news: https://blantonmuseum.org/subscribe Watch Past Curated Conversations: https://blantonmuseum.org/curatedconv... For museum updates visit: https://blantonmuseum.org/welcome-to-... About Curated Conversations: Every month, watch our live Q&A sessions with Blanton staff answering your questions about everything from how the windows in Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin got to Austin to what NOT to say to an artist. #BlantonMuseum #CuratedConversations Art works presented within the Blanton Curated Conversations series are for educational use only. Copying, modifying, reprinting, distributing, or any other unauthorized use is prohibited. All works of art are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of their respective trademark and copyright holders.