Past Exhibitions

Maya Textile Art showcased contemporary textiles juxtaposed with works of art that reflect the splendor and continuity of Mayan culture as it had spanned across centuries and continued to thrive in the present day.

This exhibition traced the broad circulation of costume books, prints, and watercolors of types and costumes as they developed in the first half of the nineteenth century, not only within South America but also across Asia and Europe.

This exhibition examined how Gurvich’s various influences—including his experiences in Israel, Uruguay, and New York—allowed him to develop one of the most sophisticated and original constructivist perspectives within modern art.

Beyond Geography examined the points of origin of Latin America art collections in New York, the institutionalization of this art, and its introduction to the public through exhibitions produced by the Americas Society’s Visual Arts program.

Americas Society presented the winners of the 2005 CINTAS Foundation Art Awards. Since 1963, the CINTAS Foundation, Inc. awarded fellowships annually to creative artists of Cuban lineage residing outside of Cuba.

Jump Cuts featured 28 Venezuelan artists addressing themes central to the country’s recent social and aesthetic development. Through painting, drawing, photography, and video, the exhibition offered an exceptional opportunity to witness the spirit of change and the complex diversity of Venezuelan contemporary art.

The exhibition So Far So Close: Contemporary Art from Guadalajara displayed works by artists from Mexico's second largest city and focused on the recent movement of young artists there.

Known for his eloquent black-and-white photographs of culturally charged landscapes, the work of the Welsh-born, Canada-based photographer Geoffrey James defied the traditional category of journalistic photography through a series of compelling images that subtly investigated the intersection between nature and the built environment.

Rés de Chão, the fourth participant in As a Satellite was founded in 2002 and operated from the small apartment of artist and cultural producer Edson Barros in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For As a Satellite: Rés de Chão initiated a process-based project that generated new situations and created meeting points between cultural producers in Rio de Janeiro and New York City.

This exhibition explored the work of Enrique Bostelmann, paying tribute to his early work through his contemporary work.