Editing Latin America (section)

===Art===
{{Main|Latin American art}}
{{See also|List of Latin American artists}}
[[File:RiveraMuralNationalPalace.jpg|thumbnail|left|[[Diego Rivera]]'s mural depicting Mexico's history at the [[National Palace (Mexico)|National Palace in Mexico City]]]]Beyond the tradition of Indigenous art, the development of Latin American visual art owed much to the influence of Spanish, Portuguese and French [[Baroque]] painting, which in turn often followed the trends of the Italians. In general, artistic [[Eurocentrism]] began to wane in the early twentieth century with the increased appreciation for indigenous forms of representation<!-- check for encyclopedic tone -->.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Giannelli|first=Anthony|date=April 28, 2021|title=Decolonizing Identity through Latin American Visual Art|url=https://magazine.artland.com/decolonizing-identity-through-latin-american-visual-art/|access-date=July 2, 2022|website=Artland Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702051920/https://magazine.artland.com/decolonizing-identity-through-latin-american-visual-art/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Santiago Martinez Delgado in the colombian congress.jpg|thumb|right|Mural by [[Santiago Martinez Delgado]] at the [[Colombian Congress]]]]

From the early twentieth century, the art of Latin America was greatly inspired by the [[Constructivism (art)|Constructivist Movement]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Perez-Barreiro|first=Gabriel|date=December 1994|title=Constructivism in Latin America|journal=University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art}}</ref> The movement rapidly spread from Russia to Europe and then into Latin America. [[Joaquín Torres García]] and [[Manuel Rendón]] have been credited with bringing the Constructivist Movement into Latin America from Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/museoreinasofia/docs/kobro_ing|title=Kobro and Strzemiński. Avant-Garde Prototypes|website=Issuu|date=November 29, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503112733/https://issuu.com/museoreinasofia/docs/kobro_ing|url-status=live}}</ref>

An important artistic movement generated in Latin America is ''[[muralism]]'' represented by [[Diego Rivera]], [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]], [[José Clemente Orozco]] and [[Rufino Tamayo]] in Mexico, [[Santiago Martinez Delgado]] and [[Pedro Nel Gómez]] in Colombia and [[Antonio Berni]] in Argentina. Some of the most impressive ''Muralista'' works can be found in Mexico, Colombia, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and [[Philadelphia]].

Painter [[Frida Kahlo]], one of the most famous Mexican artists, painted about her own life and the Mexican culture in a style combining [[Realism (arts)|Realism]], [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] and [[Surrealism]]. Kahlo's work commands the highest selling price of all Latin American paintings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frida Kahlo "Roots" Sets $5.6 Million Record at Sotheby's|url=http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Frida_Kahlo_Roots_$5.6_Million_Record-at-Sothebys.html|publisher=Art Knowledge News|access-date=September 23, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620174806/http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Frida_Kahlo_Roots_%245.6_Million_Record-at-Sothebys.html|archive-date=June 20, 2007}}</ref>

The Venezuelan [[Armando Reverón]], whose work begins to be recognized internationally, is one of the most important artists of the 20th century in South America; he is a precursor of [[Arte Povera]] and [[Happening]]. In the 60s kinetic art emerged in Venezuela. Its main representatives are [[Jesús Soto]], [[Carlos Cruz-Diez]], [[Alejandro Otero]] and [[Gego]].

Colombian sculptor and painter [[Fernando Botero]] has gained regional and international recognition for his works which, on first examination, are noted for their exaggerated proportions and the corpulence of the human and animal figures.<ref>{{cite web|author=Notimex / El Siglo De Torreón|url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/725150.fernando-botero-el-gran-artista-de-latinoamerica.html|title=Fernando Botero, el gran artista de Latinoamérica|publisher=Elsiglodetorreon.com.mx|date=April 1, 2012|access-date=December 9, 2013|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525114048/https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/725150.fernando-botero-el-gran-artista-de-latinoamerica.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revistaenie.clarin.com/arte/pintura/Fernando-Botero-MNBA_0_934106624.html|title=Fernando Botero, el aprendiz eterno|publisher=Revistaenie.clarin.com|date=October 6, 2013|access-date=December 9, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061921/http://www.revistaenie.clarin.com/arte/pintura/Fernando-Botero-MNBA_0_934106624.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/international/americas/08botero.html|work=The New York Times|first=Juan|last=Forero|title='Great Crime' at Abu Ghraib Enrages and Inspires an Artist|date=May 8, 2005|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=July 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716035202/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/international/americas/08botero.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Ecuadorian [[Oswaldo Guayasamín]], considered one of the most important and seminal artists in Ecuador and South America. In his life, he made over 13,000 paintings and held more than 180 exhibitions all over the world, including Paris, Barcelona, New York, Buenos Aires, Moscow, Prague, and Rome. He brought his unique style of expressionism and cubism to the collection of Ecuador artwork during the [[Age of Anger]] which relates to the period of the Cold War when the United States opposed communist presence in South America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecuador.com/blog/oswaldo-guayasamin/|title=Oswaldo Guayasamin|access-date=January 22, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122223334/https://www.ecuador.com/blog/oswaldo-guayasamin/|url-status=live}}</ref> Social criticism of human and social inequality was central to his artwork.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.passporttheworld.com/life-art-famous-ecuadorian-painter-oswaldo-guayasamin/|title=The life and art of famous Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=January 22, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122223330/https://www.passporttheworld.com/life-art-famous-ecuadorian-painter-oswaldo-guayasamin/|url-status=live}}</ref>