The New York Times reviews Americas Society’s Moderno, suggesting a pattern of innovation in Latin American design that only received full recognition now.

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.

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.

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.