Panel discussion: Planning the Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930
Admission: $5 for Americas Society members, $10 for non-members. Registration link will be shared soon.
On the eve of the opening of The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930, cocurators Maristella Casciato and Idurre Alonso, along with professors Diana Agrest (Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture), Luis Carranza (Columbia GSAPP), and Patricio del Real (Harvard University) examine the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century growth and transformations of urban centers in Latin America.
Learn more about the exhibition The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930.
Event Information: Veronica Flom | vflom@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8367
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Image: Perspectiva da praça do Castello idealisada pelo professor Alfred Agache como centro principal dos negocios (Perspective view of the Castle Square designed by Professor Alfred Agache as the main business center), Alfred Donat Agache. From Cidade do Rio de Janeiro: Remodelação-Extensão e Embellezamento (Paris, 1930), pp. 176–77. The Getty Research Institute, 85-B10639
On the eve of the exhibition opening, cocurators Maristella Casciato and Idurre Alonso, along with professors Diana Agrest, Luis Carranza, and Patricio del Real examine the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century growth and transformations of urban centers in Latin America.
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Event Funders
The presentation of The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930, at Americas Society is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support is provided by The Cowles Charitable Trust, and by AMEXCID, the Consulate General of Mexico, and the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.
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