Media and the arts in Latin American are more relevant today than ever. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries socio-political transformations, migration, exile, and diaspora have all helped contribute to the internationalism of Latin American art. As a result of these networks of exchange, which began before colonization and continue to this day, modern Latin American art is difficult to categorize, as the product of unique multicultural conditions.
It has also traditionally been marginalised by museums, collectors and institutions in favour of Western art – even within the region itself – but that all looks to be changing, as a number of artistic initiatives aim to promote Latin American art as a force to be reckoned with, both domestically and overseas. Successful events such as Argentina’s ArteBA, South America’s longest-running art fair, are putting regional artists on the map and attracting praise and investment from abroad.