In early 2026, three institutional moves—the acquisition of the Daros Collection by Malba, the Whitney Biennial, and the exhibition Dispossessions in the Americas—converge to redefine the architecture of Latin American art. More than isolated events, they signal a structural shift: the consolidation, integration, and global projection of practices that now occupy a central place in contemporary art.

A CIFO editorial reading of the 61st Venice Biennale and what the unprecedented presence of Latin American artists in both the main exhibition and national pavilions reveals about the shifting center of contemporary art.