‘ARTS IN LATIN AMERICA’ AT LACMA

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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will present, “The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820,” on view August 5–October 28.

“The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820” is an ambitious exhibition of more than 200 works of art created in the Spanish viceroyalties of New Spain (which today comprises Mexico and the countries of Central America, including Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico) and Peru (now the countries of Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Peru), as well as the Portuguese colony of Brazil.

Spanning three centuries, from the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the emergence of the national independence movements, the exhibition explores both the artistic differences and commonalities throughout colonial Latin America, and features a fine collection of objects from public and private collections from around the world — many seen for the first time in the United States.

The museum is at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard. For more information, www.lacma.org or 323-857-6000.