Tenerife’s TEA Launches ‘No-Todo’ Lecture Series to Challenge Traditional Art History
TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes is launching No-Todo, a new lecture series beginning this Saturday that aims to challenge traditional art historical narratives by examining the mechanisms of selection and exclusion in collective memory.
Tenerife is set to become a new focal point for rethinking how we study art history. TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes is launching a lecture series called No-Todo (Not-All) this Saturday at 12:00 p.m. The initiative aims to challenge the traditional ways history has been written, specifically by examining the mechanisms of selection and exclusion that have shaped our understanding of the past.
The opening session features art historian Maria Stavrinaki, who will discuss the work of Danish artist Asger Jorn. Her lecture, Asger Jorn: Stupor and Barbarism, will explore Jorn’s involvement with the Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism—a group that once acted as a direct challenge to official historical narratives. The talk will be presented in French with simultaneous translation into Spanish. Admission is free, though space is limited.
This series is the foundation of a larger curatorial project led by a multidisciplinary team, including Roberto Gil, Yaiza Hernández Velázquez, Inés Plasencia, Rocío Robles Tardío, Néstor Delgado, Narelys Hernández, Joel Peláez, Alejandro Castañeda, and Sergio Rubira. Together, they aim to question how collective memory is constructed and to encourage new ways of imagining the future.
The No-Todo program will continue with monthly meetings throughout 2026. Following the launch, upcoming speakers include Francisco J. Hernández Adrián on April 11, Louisa Yousfi on May 9, and Stefanos Geroulanos on June 13. The series will pause for the summer before resuming in September. Through this program, the Tenerife center is establishing itself as a vital space for debating how the omissions and biases of the past continue to influence our culture today.