What do today’s collectors find so fascinating about Latin American art?
Because Latin American art is multifarious—encompassing diverse regions, periods, and styles—there is something to appeal to every collector. Despite this being a relatively young collecting category, we have seen that our demographic has changed dramatically, even in the last five years. It used to be that if you had a painting by a Brazilian artist, for example, the natural market would be your pool of Brazilian clients. But today we are seeing an increased number of private and institutional buyers outside of Latin America—a phenomenon that speaks to the international appeal of this collecting area. You have a number of works by Chilean artist Matta In your November sale. What can you tell us about the two you have here? To me, Matta was a true visionary. His works blend the physical and metaphysical worlds seamlessly, and possess a consistently humanistic element—they speak of man with a capital “M.” Matta’s sources of inspiration ranged from literature and science to Western philo
