Americas Society's Moderno exhibition highlights the region’s lesser-known but influential exponents of the postwar movement from Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela.
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How Latin America Contributed to Mid-Century Modern Design
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Sarah Murray
NYT: Latin American Design and Architecture Through the Years
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Larry Rohter
The New York Times reviews Americas Society’s Moderno, suggesting a pattern of innovation in Latin American design that only received full recognition now.
“Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940–1978″
This robust exhibition at Americas Society highlights how in postwar Latin America, modern design was a national enterprise endorsed by governments undertaking grand schemes of industrialization and urbanization.
Exhibition Opens Window to World of Latin American Design
A new exhibition at Americas Society offers a look at the world of Latin American design during a period regarded as one of the region’s most innovative.
Moderno: Latin American Design
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Alejandro Pardo
The Americas Society Art Gallery, the oldest private space exhibiting Latin American art in the United States, opened its doors to the designs that brought the International Style to the buoyant Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela.