Curators' Tour of Across the Great Atlantic: Art of the Italian Diaspora

Across the Great Atlantic: Art of the Italian Diaspora in the Americas of the 20th Century
Curators’ Tour

Thursday, April 25 from 12-1pm
OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas
201 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
The AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the OAS; the Creativity and Culture Unit, Knowledge, Innovation, and Communications Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); the Permanent Observer Mission of Italy to the OAS; and, the Italian Cultural Institute invite you to a tour of the exhibition Across the Great Atlantic: Art of the Italian Diaspora in the Americas of the 20th Century, with curators Julieta Maroni and Adriana Ospina. This exhibition of outstanding works of artists of the Americas of Italian descent from the collections of the AMA and the IDB. This project is part of a series of exhibitions organized by the AMA examining the impact of migratory patterns to the Americas on art of the region. The ties that bind Italy and Latin America take on an entirely different dimension when we look at the history of the visual arts, particularly in the beginning of the 20th century. Artists of Italian descent played a critical role in shaping the visual arts in Latin America, starting with the avant-garde movements injecting societies with a new idea of modernity. Exploring the dynamic intersection of Italian heritage and Latin American artistic expression, this exhibition takes us on a journey through the different aesthetics that characterized the region, from cubism and surrealism to abstract expressionism and conceptual art.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Art Museum of the Americas, 201 18th Street Northwest, Washington, United States