Exhibition Challenges Colonial Narratives at Madrid's Museum of America

The exhibition 'Tiempos subvertidos. Interferencias en el espacio/tiempo del Museo' was presented at Madrid's Museo de América from September 27, 2025, to March 8, 2026. Featuring works by Abdiel Segarra, Claudia Claremi, Fabio Manosalva, Luisa Ordoñez, Silvia Ramírez Monroy, and Ugo Martínez Lázaro, with contributions from Pablo Zamorano, Glenda Zapata, Ariel Sosa, and Lorena Tabares Salamanca, the show intervenes in the museum's permanent collection to question colonial frameworks and linear historical narratives. The exhibition emerges within broader Spanish institutional efforts toward decolonization, including initiatives by Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun and Museo de América director Andrés Gutiérrez, who has updated museum labels and narratives. The artworks explore alternative temporalities and challenge Eurocentric interpretations of ethnographic collections.