50 Years, 50 Works
Date: 08 Jun 2009 to 14 Aug 2009
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Washington, DC, United States
The Art of Latin America and the Caribbean in the 20th Century
Open to the public
Location: IDB Cultural Center, Gallery
Tel. 202 623 3774
E-mail: idbcc@iadb.org | www.iadb.org/cultural
An exhibition organized by the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, D.C., with the collaboration of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of the American States (OAS), in Washington, D.C., and the Antioquia Museum in MedellÃn, Colombia. The exhibition honors Colombia and the City of MedellÃn, site of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank. All the art works included in the exhibition are part of the collections of the Inter-American Development Bank or the Organization of American States.
To a great extent, the exhibit represents the development of the arts in the region throughout the 20th century. The number of works has been deliberately fixed to associate the occasion with the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Inter-American Development Bank and the celebration of the 2009 Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors. It is also a good-will gesture on the part of the IDB to the City of MedellÃn, which is hosting both celebrations.
The selection of 20th century works comprises two-dimensional works: paintings, drawings and engravings, and allows for an overview, seldom seen in MedellÃn, of many of the most important moments in the artistic life of Latin American and Caribbean art during the last century. The exhibit will be presented in Washington, at the IDB Cultural Center Art Gallery, after it closes in MedellÃn’s Museo de Antioquia, Colombia.
See catalogue http://www.iadb.org/topics/culture/cultural/Catalogues.cfm
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