Nader Art Museum Latin America and Phillips celebrates Wifredo Lam in London

Phillips announces the exhibition Wifredo Lam: Blurring Boundaries, which will be on view at 30 Berkeley Square from 10 to 21 October. Presenting masterworks from throughout the career of one of Cuba's most celebrated artists, the exhibition will include significant loans from the Nader Art Museum Latin America, as well as several renowned private collections. The exhibition will focus on Lam's exploration of his lauded Afro-Cuban iconography and is the most important exhibition of Latin American art to ever take place at Phillips in Europe. Wifredo Lam: Blurring Boundaries coincides with the concurrent retrospective at the Tate Modern (The EY Exhibition: Wifredo Lam). Henry Allsopp, Phillips' Worldwide Head of Latin American Art, said, "We look forward to hosting this celebration of Wifredo Lam, one of Cuba's most renowned painters and a pioneering figure of 20th century art. In many ways Lam was a precursor of the globalised art world in which we live today; a native Cuban with strong Latin American roots and influences, he studied in Spain and France and went on to enjoy success and popularity throughout Europe and the Americas. This public exhibition presents works from throughout his career, including many paintings which will be shown in London for the first time, and we look forward to sharing and showing them to both new and old fans of his work." Nader Art Museum Latin America (NAMLA) is dedicated to showcasing a myriad of art that fosters knowledge through a continuous process of appreciation and reinterpretation of modern and contemporary art from Latin America and its diaspora. Through a permanent collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, installations and other media, the museum's audience can experience and appreciate what is considered to be one of the world's most significant regions of today's contemporary art scene. The museum's collection originates from Gary's private collection, which he has amassed throughout his years as gallerist.