On March 8, the Museum of Modern Art will open Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980, the first major museum exhibition in the United States focusing on mid-20th-century Latin American design. Organized by guest curator Ana Elena Mallet, a Mexico City–based art historian and Amanda Forment, MoMA's curatorial assistant in the department of architecture and design, the show will highlight six countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela— bringing together more than 100 objects to demonstrate how the industry can serve as a lens to examine wide-reaching political, social, and cultural issues in these regions. To get a better look at the subtleties of design happening in Latin America, and to celebrate the momentous brought Mallet together in conversation with Agnes Studio, a young, Guatemala City–based office founded in 2017 by Estefanía de Ros and Gustavo Quintana-Kennedy—Mallet has had her eye on them for the past several years.
