Curator Ilona Katzew will take a close look at a range of objects created in Spanish America recently acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and consider the importance of their material, stylistic, and contextual histories as well as their patterns of circulation. Some of these works resonate closely with those on view in the Johnson Museum exhibition Colonial Crossings: Art, Identity, and Belief in the Spanish Americas. By connecting these objects to their local centers of production and moving out to broader transatlantic and transpacific trends, the talk argues that true global stories depend on the aggregation of specific ones to establish a more inclusive and effective roadmap of material knowledge.

Ilona Katzew is Curator and Department Head of Latin American Art at LACMA. Recognized as one of the leading curators and scholars in her field, Katzew formed LACMA’s world-class collection of Spanish American art and has made highly visible acquisitions of modern and contemporary Latin American art, including design. She has curated numerous exhibitions and has lectured widely across the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

This free keynote lecture, held in conjunction with the November 9 symposium “Reimagining the Américas: New Perspectives on Spanish Colonial Art,” is open to all. A reception will follow the lecture.

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The “Reimagining the Américas” symposium has been made possible through the generous support of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation.