Bridging the Sacred at MoMA

The two-year research project "Bridging the Sacred: Spiritual Streams in 20th-Century Latin American and Caribbean Art, 1920–1970" explored the spiritual and religious intersections that shaped modern artistic languages and visual cultures across Latin America and the Caribbean. It included Afro-diasporic, Indigenous, Catholic, and occult belief systems as central sites of inquiry.

Developed between 2022 and 2024 at the Museum of Modern Art’s Cisneros Institute, the initiative brought together dozens of scholars, curators, artists, and cultural practitioners from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States through a series of academic gatherings and creative exchanges.

In 2025, the conference "The Sacred and the Modern: Exploring Spiritual Streams in Latin American and Caribbean Art" presented the project's findings to a broader public, encouraging dialogue between historical and contemporary artistic perspectives.

An edited volume of the same title is scheduled for publication by the Museum of Modern Art. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars and curators, the anthology will serve as a significant resource for the study of spirituality, religion, and artistic practice in Latin America and the Caribbean.