Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection

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Showcasing the work of seminal figures from several Latin American countries, including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and Uruguay. The exhibition explores modern colonial histories; the importance of landscape painting in the formation of distinctive national identities; the development of avant-garde styles; modern depictions of indigenous peoples and customs; and the age of the metropolis. Among the artists featured in this exhibition are Fernando Botero, Félix González-Torres, Frida Kahlo, Wilfredo Lam, Roberto Matta, José Clemente Orozco, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Rufino Tamayo. This first-ever display of this group of works from the Pérez Simón Collection allows Museum visitors a rare opportunity to see one of the finest collections of modern art from Latin AmericaS