Latin American Modernism

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Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (AMA) Washington, DC
Search images and essays on selection of 100 objects  by artist, country, movement or medium.

Blanton Museum of Art Austin, TX
Features over 2,100 modern and contemporary paintings, prints drawings, and sculptures, reflecting the enormous diversity of artistic tradition in the region. Mexico, South and Central America, and the Caribbean are represented. The Holdings constitute one of the oldest, largest and most comprehensive collections of Latin American art in the country.

Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA) 
Latin American Modernism

Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX

El Museo del Barrio
The preeminent forum and resource in the U.S. dedicated to Caribbean, Latino, and Latin American art. 

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Puerto Rico (MACPR)

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) Long Beach, CA
MOLAA is dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art. 

Museum of Modern Art, NY
MoMA Cisneros Institute Resources

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 
Latin American Art Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum Latino Art & Artists

ARGENTINA

Fundacion MALBA Buenos Aires

BRAZIL

Museum of Art Sao Paolo (MASP)

Oscar Niemeyer Museum (MON)
Dedicated to the exhibition of Visual Arts, Architecture, Urbanism and Design

Museo Nacional de Belas Artes (MBA) Rio de Janeiro

CHILE 

Museo de la Memoria Santiago, Chile
Museum is dedicated to commemorate the victims of human rights violations during the civic military regime led by Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990.

Museo de Artes Visuales (MAVI) 

COLOMBIA

Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota (MAMBO)

Museo de Arte Moderno Medellin

MEXICO

Museo Tamayo Chapultepec, MX

Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico City

PERU

Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) Lima
MAC has a collection of modern, contemporary, national and international art dating from 1950 onwards, founded in 2013.

Museo Mario Testino (MATE) Barranca
MATE is a not-for-profit centre founded by Mario Testino in 2012. It aims to bring Peruvian artists and culture to worldwide attention, while offering the best of international contemporary art and photography to audiences in Lima. 

Note: Many of the databases and/or article links referenced in this guide require CaneID authentication through the the UM Library system unless denoted by the "open access" symbol. 

Frank, Patrick. Manifestos and Polemics in Latin American Modern Art. University of New Mexico Press, 2017.

Lejeune, Jean-François, et al. Cruelty & Utopia: Cities and Landscapes of Latin America. English ed., Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.

Ramírez, Mari Carmen, et al. Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. Yale University Press ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2004.

Sullivan, Edward J. From San Juan to Paris and Back : Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art in the Era of Impressionism. Yale University Press, 2014.

Sullivan, Edward J. Arte Latinoamericano Del Siglo XX. Nerea, 1996.

Sullivan, Edward J. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. Phaidon Press, 1996.

Sullivan, Edward J. Making the Americas Modern: Hemispheric Art, 1910-1960. Laurence King Publishing, 2018.