EL CONSULADO NYC Celebrates Landmark Debut at NADA Miami 2025 with KIOSKO and the TD Bank Curated Spotlight
Ice Palace Studios · Miami Art Week · December 2–6, 2025
Miami, FL / New York, NY — December 12, 2025 — EL CONSULADO NYC, a New-York–based Venezuelan artist collective, proudly celebrates its landmark debut at NADA Miami 2025 with the presentation of KIOSKO, a traveling sculptural installation and cultural device dedicated to the circulation of Venezuelan contemporary art. This year’s fair also featured the collective in the prestigious TD Bank Curated Spotlight, curated by Kate Wong, amplifying the visibility of Venezuelan artists across the diaspora and within Venezuela.
Although EL CONSULADO NYC is composed of only four members, the realization of KIOSKO was made possible through the trust, collaboration, and generosity of the more than forty participating artists who chose to embark on this ambitious initiative. We extend our deepest gratitude to our fellow artists, to Heather Hubbs, Monica Skelly, Cate Higgins, and the entire NADA team, and to the many collaborators who helped assemble, activate, and enliven KIOSKO throughout the fair: Anayda Frisneda, Alberto Chacin, Daniel Pinango, Carlos J. Gómez-De Llarena, Rosa Chavez, Ana Alenso, Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, Josy Briceño, Michel Bentes, Deborah Naim, Muu Blanco, Claudia Echeverría, Carlos Etcheverría, Marco Bell, Claudio Marcotulli, Gerardo Rosales, MIKIHUMO, Marylee Coll, and Rebecca Blackwell. Special appreciation goes to curators Michel Otayek and Kate Wong, whose insight and commitment elevated the project to a new critical and artistic dimension.
Presenting KIOSKO on an international stage such as Miami Art Week marks a significant milestone for the collective and serves as a springboard for the work to come. Visitors to both KIOSKO and the TD Bank Curated Spotlight booth expressed deep curiosity and enthusiasm about the participating artists and about EL CONSULADO NYC itself — a clear affirmation of the cultural need this project addresses. An unexpected visit from Hans Ulrich Obrist on Friday added a memorable highlight to an already extraordinary week, as his interest sparked valuable conversation about the role and urgency of projects like KIOSKO within the global art landscape.
While we take pride in being the first Venezuelan artist collective to exhibit at NADA, what moves us most is the opportunity to gather such a significant constellation of Venezuelan artists in a single exhibition — something that has not occurred in the United States in more than thirty years. This collective presence, more than any sale or individual recognition, underscores the cultural and historical impact of KIOSKO.
At the same time, sales remain essential for our artists and for the sustainability of our initiatives. Over the coming weeks, EL CONSULADO NYC will continue to present works from the KIOSKO collection in renewed formats, and we will soon share details about an upcoming holiday-season pop-up event in New York City.
Thank you to everyone who visited, supported, collaborated, and helped bring this project to life.
We are just getting started.
EL CONSULADO NYC is an artist-run collective dedicated to supporting diasporic artistic practices through exhibitions, editorial projects, residencies, and community-centered cultural initiatives. Founded in response to the diminishing institutional representation of Venezuelan art abroad, the collective builds alternative infrastructures for visibility rooted in collaboration, mobility, and diasporic imagination.
