Lilia Carrillo: Todo es sugerente Book Launch

Art at Americas Society is pleased to present a book launch celebrating the release of the artist monograph Lilia Carrillo: Todo es sugerente published by Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in collaboration with Americas Society.

The program will feature a panel conversation with Leah Dickerman, director of research programs at The Museum of Modern Art, and Daniel Garza Usabiaga, curator of the exhibition Lilia Carrillo: Todo es sugerente at Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Wednesday, June 3, 6:00-8:00 PM 
680 Park Avenue, New York, NY 
Registration is required 
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This public program will be recorded and uploaded to our website. A reception will close the event.

Lilia Carrillo: Todo es sugerente is a monograph published by Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, a leading institution of Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura dedicated to the preservation, research, and exhibition of modern and contemporary Mexican art, in collaboration with Americas Society.

This public program is in conjunction with the current exhibition Lilia Carrillo: Ruptures and Premonitions, on view until August 1, 2026 at Americas Society.

Speaker Biographies

Leah Dickerman leads one of MoMA’s newest departments in building an infrastructure to support and strengthen the Museum’s many research activities, amplify their impact, and share insight and resources. Today these programs explore new narratives of modern and contemporary art, connect people across disciplines around the study of artworks, and mentor the next generation of art historians, curators, and other museum professionals. From 2017 to 2021, Dickerman was the director of editorial and content strategy and co-head of the Creative Team at the Museum, developing digital platforms and programs to carry content about art and ideas beyond the gallery walls, including the online publication Magazine. She also had a long curatorial career in MoMA’s Department of Painting and Sculpture, and previously at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, organizing exhibitions that offer new perspectives on modern art, including Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends; One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North; Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art; and Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity. She has served on the editorial board of the journal October since 2001. 

Daniel Garza Usabiaga holds a PhD in History and Theory of Art from the University of Essex, and completed postdoctoral studies at the Institute for Aesthetic Research (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He served as a curator at the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City (MAM) and as chief curator at the Museo Universitario del Chopo (UNAM); subsequently, he was the artistic director of ZONA MACO. He served as curator of the 13th FEMSA Biennial and as Artistic Director of the 14th edition. He is the author of the books Mathias Goeritz y la arquitectura emocional: Una revisión crítica (1952–1968) and El gran malentendido: Wolfgang Paalen en México y el surrealismo disidente de la revista DYN. He was a recipient of the 2021 National System of Art Creators (Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte), administered by the System of Support for Artistic Creation and Cultural Projects (SACPC). He served as Director of the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts (Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes) from 2024 to 2025.