A recent decision by the Louvre signalled a growing art trend—collecting and exhibiting Latin American art. The Louvre kicked off a Latin American initiative with an exhibit of Mexican masterpieces from the 17th and 18th century.
Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny has just opened Casa Daros in Rio de Janeiro boasting 1,200 pieces by 117 Latin American artists, most of them still alive and working. Its current exhibition, Cantos Cuentos Colombianos, features contemporary Colombian artists.
(https://www.artprivee.org/private-museums-and-foundations/south-america/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/casa-daros/)
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The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) and the Cisneros Foundation are taking Latin American art into the digital realm with recently launched bilingual e-books based on their Conversaciones/Conversations series. The e-books feature videos, slideshows, etc, to showcase interviews between Latin American artists (such as Jesús Soto and Tomás Maldonado), and art historians and critics.
(http://www.coleccioncisneros.org/the-digital-editions/ )
Conversaciones/Conversations: The Digital Editions from Colección Cisneros on Vimeo.
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