Frida Kahlo, Mi vestido cuelga aquí, 1933 © FEMSA Collection

Frida Kahlo, Mi vestido cuelga aquí, 1933 © FEMSA Collection.

May 1-June 18, Beyond the Labyrinth: Latin American Art and the FEMSA Collection, Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C.

Featuring 50 works from renown 20th century Latin American artists, including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo (Mexico), Wifredo Lam (Cuba) and Fernando Botero (Colombia), the exhibition is organized into six thematic sections that span a range of modern and contemporary art practices.

Highlights Latin American interpretations of artistic styles from cubism and surrealism to constructivism and abstraction. The FEMSA Collection, devoted to modern and contemporary art from Latin America provides an excellent resource from which to examine the multifarious nature of the art by Latin American artists that have often instigated, ignited, and cross fertilized some of the twentieth century’s most far reaching and significant artistic movements and practices. Beyond the Labyrinth suggests the rich and dynamic role artists from Latin America have played in the discourse and development of key aspects of modernism, and their ever growing presence in the contemporary art field on a global stage.

Guest curator Marysol Nieves is a New York-based independent curator specializing in contemporary and Latin American art. FEMSA is dedicated to sharing its collection of over 1000 pieces of Latin American Art with large audiences in Mexico and abroad. This exhibition marks the first time that the FEMSA Collection has traveled to the Washington Metropolitan Area.