New Exhibition: “Paraguay: A Living Constellation of Memory”

WASHINGTON.- The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) presents the exhibition "Paraguay: A Living Constellation of Memory" at the IDB ArtLAC Gallery, located at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

In the context of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Group in Asunción, Paraguay, the exhibition proposes a plural reading of the country through artistic practices, memories, and forms of knowledge that coexist across time, territory, and community life.

Bringing together works by multiple generations of Paraguayan artists, members of the diaspora, and creators whose practices engage with the country's histories and symbolic landscapes, the exhibition combines modern and contemporary artworks with traditional ceramics and textiles. The presentation includes works from the IDB Art Collection and the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) of the Organization of American States (OAS).

Art is presented as a living archive, as a ritual, and as a collective practice. Materials such as clay, thread, paper, image, and language reveal modes of cultural transmission in which memory is embodied, knowledge is shared, and creation is closely linked to everyday life and territory. Artistic practice is understood as a product of broader social and cultural development processes, rooted in community knowledge, shared labor, and intergenerational exchange.

These relationships become visible through encounters between works and collections. A handmade ñandutí textile dialogues with works by Elmer Calata, which reinterpret textile traditions through a contemporary lens, and with the practice of Claudia Casarino, who explores the body, fabric, and medicinal plants as spaces of care and memory. Wood and mixed-media works by Carlos Colombino and Bernardo Miguel Krasniansky Adler, drawn from the AMA and IDB collections, reflect a curatorial exchange grounded in material experimentation and historical memory. The constellation expands further through ceramics that evoke domestic life and shared rituals, as well as etchings by Miriam Rudolph depicting everyday scenes and market spaces.

By bringing these voices together, the exhibition invites reflection on how art can activate new ways of understanding history, identity, and collective experience, positioning Paraguay not as a single narrative, but as a living process in continuous reconfiguration.

Open until May 2026

Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

IDB ArtLAC Gallery

1300 New York Ave. NW

Washington. D.C.

Free admission