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fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Rare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York

Wifredo Lam's 1927 painting 'Portrait of a Boy' is the first work by a Cuban artist to enter the Hispanic Society Museum and Library's collection.
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

How Wifredo Lam Made Surrealism More Surreal Than the Surrealists | Artnet News

An exhibition of Wifredo Lam is about as safe a bet as the Museum of Modern Art can place and still plausibly say that it's a bet on expanding the canon. The Cuban artist is one of the most famous painters of the 20th century, featured in almost every single key show about Surrealism. MoMA acquired his famous painting The Jungle in 1946, a few years after he made it.
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fromARTnews.com
5 months ago

See Inside MoMA's Wifredo Lam Retrospective, Featuring a Newly Unveiled Surrealist Masterpiece

Wifredo Lam's post-Europe work, rooted in Afro-Caribbean traditions, gains wider recognition through a 130-work MoMA retrospective including rare pieces and a newly acquired painting.
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fromARTnews.com
5 months ago

Wifredo Lam, One of Surrealism's Most Misunderstood Artists, Comes into Focus at MoMA

Wifredo Lam's Grande Composition is a masterpiece revealing his decolonial project and underrecognized artistic scope beyond La jungla.
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