Ana Segovia Examines Cowboy and Gaucho Archetypes at kurimanzutto New York

Key facts

• Ana Segovia's first solo exhibition at kurimanzutto New York is titled The Office of Inter-American Affairs Presents.
• The exhibition runs from September 10 to October 24, 2026.
• Ana Segovia was born in Mexico City in 1991.
• The show uses western films and cinematic archives from the Good Neighbor Policy to examine U.S. cinema's reinterpretation of Latin American figures.
• Segovia alters traditional color registers of cowboy and gaucho dress, replacing sober earth tones with saturated, culturally feminine hues.
• The artist incorporates audiovisual materials from the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA), created by the U.S. government in 1940 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• Segovia found these archives while researching an exhibition presented in early 2026 at Fundación Cervieri Monsuárez in Montevideo, curated by Magalí Arriola.
• The exhibition includes two monitors showing films related to Uruguay and Chile, a sound recording from the archive, and ten charcoal drawings on paper serving as a storyboard for Gambola (Uruguay).