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Wifredo Lam: When I Don't Sleep, I Dream
10 November 2025 — 11 April 2026
Ending SoonFirst US retrospective tracing Lam's full career — from war-torn Europe to a radical Afro-Caribbean vision blending modernism with decolonial politics.
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Wifredo Lam's paintings expanded the horizons of modernism by creating a meaningful space for the beauty and depth of Black diasporic culture. Born in Cuba at the start of the 20th century, Lam forged his political convictions and commitment to modern painting in war-torn Europe in the 1930s. His exile and return to the Caribbean after 18 years abroad drove him to radically reimagine his artistic project through Afro-Caribbean histories. For Lam, who was of African and Chinese descent,...
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Wifredo Lam
Cuban · 1902–1982
Born in Cuba, Lam fused Afro-Caribbean traditions with Surrealism and modernism into paintings he called acts of decolonisation, permanently expanding the possibilities of 20th-century art.
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© Museum of Modern Art
Wifredo Lam: When I Don't Sleep, I Dream
10 November 2025 — 11 April 2026
Ending SoonFirst US retrospective tracing Lam's full career — from war-torn Europe to a radical Afro-Caribbean vision blending modernism with decolonial politics.
From Museum of Modern Art
Wifredo Lam's paintings expanded the horizons of modernism by creating a meaningful space for the beauty and depth of Black diasporic culture. Born in Cuba at the start of the 20th century, Lam forged his political convictions and commitment to modern painting in war-torn Europe in the 1930s. His exile and return to the Caribbean after 18 years abroad drove him to radically reimagine his artistic project through Afro-Caribbean histories. For Lam, who was of African and Chinese descent,...
Read more at Museum of Modern Art →About the Artist
Wifredo Lam
Cuban · 1902–1982
Born in Cuba, Lam fused Afro-Caribbean traditions with Surrealism and modernism into paintings he called acts of decolonisation, permanently expanding the possibilities of 20th-century art.
Critic Reviews
No reviews yet for this exhibition.
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Midtown, New York·View on artmap