The Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba) opened the “Latinoamérica en expansión” exhibition as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The show gathers around 150 works created between 1900 and the 1970s from its collection, the Costantini collection, and—shown publicly for the first time—pieces from the Colección Daros Latinamerica, which Malba acquired last year for up to US$45 million.
Located in room 2 on level 1, the exhibition is curated by María Amalia García, Alejandra Aguado, and Nancy Rojas, with museographic design by Mariano Dal Verme. It organizes the works into eleven thematic nuclei, including Fuerza centrípeta, Escena callejera, Nana Watzin, Lo imposible, La discusión, Manifestación, Abaporu, Composición serial, Relieve espacial, and Continuidad lumínica. These sections spotlight Latin American avant-gardes, socially committed art, surrealist poetics, and South American constructivisms.
Featured artists from the Daros collection include Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jesús Rafael Soto, Gego, Mira Schendel, and Julio Le Parc. The exhibition also showcases key works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Tarsila do Amaral (including 'Abaporu'), Xul Solar, Emilio Pettoruti, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Maria Martins, Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, and Antonio Berni.
The opening occurred on Thursday with free entry at 6 p.m. at Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 3415, CABA, including a talk in the auditorium streamed on YouTube. As part of this series on Malba's Daros collection integration, the show expands to room 3 starting September 18, 2026, incorporating 1960s works onward, running until February 8, 2027. It ties into the museum's anniversary events from September 18 to 21.
