Amazonia Açu at Americas Society
Amazonia Açu at Americas Society
The exhibition's curatorial advisor, Keyna Eleison, explains the show's name and her approach to representing the immense, diverse region.
“It’s why it’s Açu. It’s larger than what we see. It’s larger than what we can hold. It’s larger than what we can imagine,” says Keyna Eleison, chief curatorial advisor of Amazonia Açu at Americas Society, an exhibition that provides a kaleidoscopic overview of the aesthetic, cultural, and material diversity found in the Amazon. Eleison was invited to lead a committee of nine curators, who representing all the countries with territory in the Amazon territory: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
In this video, Eleison speaks about Amazonia Açu, which presents over 50 works by 34 local artists and collectives, with a goal to upend flattening generalizations typically associated with the region and to reframe discourse on the subject within a contemporary context.
The exhibition will be on view from September 3, 2025 to April 18, 2026 at Americas Society.
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Funders
The presentation of Amazonia Açu is made possible by generous support from the William Talbott Hillman Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York with Instituto Guimarães Rosa, the Cowles Charitable Trust, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. In-kind support is provided by the Hochschild Correa Collection and Instituto de Visión.
Americas Society acknowledges the generous support of the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Amalia Amoedo, Estrellita B. Brodsky, Virginia Cowles Schroth, Emily Engel, Isabella Hutchinson, Carolina Jannicelli, Diana López and Herman Sifontes, Elena Matsuura, Maggie Miqueo, Maria Mostajo, Antonio Murzi, Gabriela Pérez Rocchietti, Marco Pappalardo and Cintya Poletti Pappalardo, Carolina Pinciroli, Erica Roberts, Sharon Schultz, and Edward J. Sullivan
