Destination: Latin America, exhibition organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College State University of New York

Destination: Latin America, a provocative and informative new exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York both illustrates the museum's important collection of Latin American art and discusses the key historical and artistic movements that influenced that art. "It is a true journey through the art of twentieth and twenty-first century Latin American Art," notes Patrice Giasson, the Alex Gordon Associate Curator of Art of the Americas, who curated the exhibition with curatorial assistance from Marianelly Neumann and research assistance from Annabel Rhodeen and Carmelita Diaz. The exhibition, on view from July 24, 2016 through January 22, 2017, looks at work created by artists affiliated with the artistic revolution that emerged after the Mexican revolution of 1910-1920; sculpture and painting by key South American artists after World War II that explored color, form, space, and motion; work by Caribbean and South American artists inspired by African art, Surrealism, and Magical Realism; the challenges faced by artists living under the dictatorships of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s; and contemporary artists addressing globalization, violence, and social criticism.¿ This exhibition includes over seventy works by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Raúl Anguiano, Julio Antonio, Henry Bermudez, Leda Catunda, Carlos Cruz-Diez, José Luis Cuevas, Arturo Duclos, Lucio Fontana, Carlos Garaicoa, Florencio Gelabert, Alfred Jensen, Nicolás de Jesús, Wifredo Lam, Eduardo Mac Entyre, Teresa Margolles, María Martínez-Cañas, Roberto Matta, Almir Mavignier, José Clemente Orozco, Marta María Perez Bravo, Betsabeé Romero, Jesús Rafael Soto, Gerardo Suter, Rufino Tamayo, Luis Tomasello, and Eugenia Vargas. In conjunction with Destination: Latin America, the Neuberger Museum of Art has organized the following programs: Wednesday, Oct 5, 12:30 – 1:30pm Destination Latin America Gallery Talk with Curator Patrice Giasson and Wednesday, Dec 7, 12:30 -1:30pm, Destination Latin America Gallery Talk with Scholar Marianelly Neumann The Museum is located at 735 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase, N.Y. (for more informacion visit: www.neuberger.org