Celebrate MoMA’s publication of Mário Pedrosa: Primary Documents, with editor Paulo Herkenhoff, Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), in conversation with Luis Pérez-Oramas, Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Department of Drawings and Prints, MoMA.
Presentations by contributing scholars Kaira M. Cabañas, Associate Professor in Global Modern and Contemporary Art History, University of Florida, and Adele Nelson, Assistant Professor of Art History, Temple University, Philadelphia.
The program will conclude with a reception and book sale.
Support for the launch event program was provided by the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC).
Leadership support for Mário Pedrosa: Primary Documents was provided by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
Major support was provided by the Ministério da Cultura do Brasil.
Additional funding was provided by The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, Mr. & Mrs. Louis de Charbonnières, Andrea and José Olympio Pereira, Frances Reynolds and Jack Shear.
Special thanks to Vera Pedrosa and the Pedrosa family for their participation and encouragement.