Art Exhibition Archives - Americas Quarterly

Brazil’s Modernist Art Gets a Celebration in London

The 1920s movement is winning fans abroad, even as its legacy is embattled at home.

The pioneering street photographer documented 1970s São Paulo with gritty realism, humorous juxtapositions, and deep affection.

Tadáskía explores transformation and the power of community as the first artist to paint the museum’s walls.

With handfuls of earth and hard data, a Oaxacan artist testifies to the toll that a wind farm boom and other changes have taken on her native lands.

An exhibition in London traces the history of psychoanalysis in the region, from dream-interpreting radio shows to Freud’s Peruvian connection.

Sandra Gamarra Heshiki’s inverted portraits challenge idealized notions of Peru’s history.

Panama’s Indigenous Guna people, forced to relocate by rising seas, keep tradition alive by crafting vibrant molas.

A Peruvian artist’s ghostly landscapes raise questions about objectivity and authority in documenting the region’s environment.

Living in a psychiatric institution, the Brazilian artist used found materials to catalog the world.