In a new essay, Permanent Representative of Peru to the UN Gonzalo Gutiérrez explores the French trend that emerged in the late eighteenth century showing artistic wallpapers of panoramic landscapes. As the ambassador explains, an example of this art is the wallpaper in the Americas Society's Incas Room that displays scenes from the Inca Empire and its destruction by Spanish conquerers. (en español)

This fully illustrated catalogue includes essays by exhibition curator Maria Iovino; photographic historian Sagrario Berti; testimony by Fernell Franco; and a personal note by Graciela Iturbide.

Melvin Charney has worked extensively on the frontier of art and architecture, making photographs, sculptures, installations, constructions, and gardens that take the city itself as a measure of our urban condition. A keen observer of the built world we inhabit, his work is informed by a comprehensive knowledge of architecture—its theory, history, and current practice—as well as his overall understanding of cities themselves.

Review 78 is comprised of an academic section containing articles by leading scholars on U.S. Latino writing and culture, and a creative section of poetry, prose, essays, and interviews by/with Latino writers of Chilean, Cuban, Dominican, Guatemalan, Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage.