Avant-Garde Networks: when Amauta lit up Latin American modernity

In the 1920s, a Peruvian magazine called Amauta became the center of gravity of the Latin American avant-garde. Avant-Garde Networks, previously shown at the Reina Sofía and the Lima Art Museum, reconstructs that constellation of poets, painters and agitators who crossed borders and ideas. Founded by José Carlos Mariátegui, Amauta was a platform for modernity’s great debates. Among the pieces is Twenty Poems to Be Read on the Streetcar, by Oliverio Girondo. A show that links art and politics without solemnity. ArtGuide helps you follow the threads of that network.