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from the Estate of Wifredo Lam, Paris. The retrospective will
WORLD-CLASS ART WIFREDO LAM: life in Spain, France, and Italy, came to embody the figure of
reveal how Lam, an artist born in Cuba who spent most of his

the transnational artist in the 20th century and forged a unique
WHEN I DON’T SLEEP, I DREAM
visual style at the confluence of European modernity, African
diasporic culture, and Caribbean traditions. Wifredo Lam: When
I Don’t Sleep, I Dream is organized by Christophe Cherix, The
Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and
MoMA presents Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream, Prints, and Beverly Adams, The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of
the most comprehensive U.S. retrospective dedicated to the Latin American Art, with Damasia Lacroze, Curatorial Assistant,
Cuban-born artist. The exhibition features over 150 rarely seen Department of Painting and Sculpture, and Eva Caston,
works, including paintings, large-scale works on paper, prints, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings. “Lam’s visionary
ceramics, and archival materials, offering an in-depth look at commitment to making his painting an ‘act of decolonization,’
Lam’s six-decade career. Spanning the six decades of Lam’s as he put it, forever changed modern art," said Cherix. “His
prolific career, the exhibition will present more than 150 rarely accomplishments reverberate across multiple geographies and
seen artworks from the 1920s to the 1970s, including paintings, generations, and continue to resonate to this day,” said Adams.
large-scale works on paper, collaborative drawings, illustrated “We look forward to sharing with our audiences for the first
books, prints, ceramics, and archival material, with key loans time the breadth and depth of Lam’s work.”

Wifredo Lam. Les Invités, 1966. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 82" x 98 ½“ (210 Wifredo Lam. The Jungle, 1942-43. Oil on paper on canvas, 94 1/4 x 90 1/2!
x 250.2 cm). Collection Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York. © Wifredo Lam (239.4 x 229.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Inter-American
Estate, Adagp, Paris / ARS, New York 2025 Fund. © Wifredo Lam Estate, Adagp, Paris / ARS, New York 2025 

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