This catalogue will accompany the exhibition that will take place at the San Diego Museum of the Arts, celebrating the multifaceted history of Latin American modernism with an exhibition given by one of the most important private collections in the world. "Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection" traces the trajectory from the late 1800s to the first decade of our century, expressing the work of seminal figures from countries such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Uruguay. Among the artists participating in this exhibition are Fernando Botero, Alfredo Castañeda, Pedro Figari, Gunther Gerzso, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Diego Rivera, Kazuya Sakai, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jesús Rafael Soto, Lino Eneas Spilimbergo, Rufino Tamayo and Joaquín Torres-García