Concrete Forms

A Look at the Brillembourg-Capriles Collection

Starting October 4, 2026

Curated by: Adolfo Wilson and Gabriela Urtiaga

The Museum of Latin American Art is pleased to present, for the first time in its galleries, a selection from the prestigious Tanya Brillembourg Capriles Collection. Built over decades through encounters, affinities, and personal choices, the collection brings together an exceptional group of works whose dialogue reveals a sensitive and deeply reflective perspective on the art of our time, with a particular emphasis on the diverse and innovative forms of artistic creation emerging from Latin America.

The formation of the collection reflects a deeply considered practice and a genuine passion for art. Rather than following a predetermined program, Tanya Brillembourg Capriles has created a space for dialogue among diverse artistic languages, where each work acquires new resonances through its relationship with others. This dynamic of associations and cross-readings gives the collection its own distinctive identity, open-ended and continually evolving.

Without seeking to comprehensively represent a specific period or territory, the collection reveals a particular interest in international geometric art and Constructivism, with a special emphasis on experiences developed in Latin America from the postwar period to the present. The present selection brings together works connected to the geometric movements that emerged in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Cuba during the 1950s; explorations of light, movement, and dematerialization within Venezuelan and Argentine Kinetic art; Brazilian Conceptualism; and the multiple reinterpretations of geometry and the grid in contemporary art. Installations, videos, and experimental media further expand the boundaries of this aesthetic tradition.

Rather than documenting a linear evolution, the Brillembourg-Capriles Collection proposes an open-ended cartography of the diverse forms geometry has taken, understood as a dynamic language capable of transforming itself and engaging with new ideas and media. In this sense, it represents a valuable contribution to the study, dissemination, and understanding of a fertile artistic tradition that remains vital and in constant renewal.

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