Mari Rodríguez Binnie is an Associate Professor of Art History at Williams College and the Graduate Program in the History of Art at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, who specializes in modern and contemporary art in Latin America. She obtained her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was part of the Center for Latin American Visual Studies of the Department of Art and Art History. She has contributed scholarly articles to Third Text, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, and caiana. Revista de Historia del Arte y Cultura Visual del Centro Argentino de Investigadores de Arte CAIA. Her book, The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde: Radical Art and Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil (The University of Texas Press), which will be released in September 2024, delves into conceptual experimentation with mass printing technologies in the city of São Paulo during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Her current scholarship focuses on the postwar work of Puerto Rican artist Myrna Báez to examine the geopolitical and cultural position of Puerto Rico and Latin America vis-a-vis the United States during the Cold War.

Mari Rodríguez Binnie es profesora asociada de Historia del Arte en Williams College y del Programa de Posgrado en Historia del Arte del Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, especializada en arte moderno y contemporáneo en América Latina. Obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Texas en Austin, donde formó parte del Center for Latin American Visual Studies del Departamento de Arte e Historia del Arte. Ha contribuido a Third Text, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture y caiana. Revista de Historia del Arte y Cultura Visual del Centro Argentino de Investigadores de Arte CAIA. Su libro, The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde: Radical Art and Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil (The University of Texas Press), el cual se publicará en septiembre de 2024, analiza la experimentación conceptual con tecnologías de impresión masiva en la ciudad de São Paulo durante la dictadura militar de Brasil. Actualmente su investigación se concentra en la obra de la artista puertorriqueña Myrna Báez y cómo ésta aborda la posición geopolítica y cultural de Puerto Rico y América Latina frente a los Estados Unidos durante la Guerra Fría.