This first publication on Colombian artist Emma Reyes (Bogota, 1919–Bordeaux, 2003) is an introductory overview to the unique painting and drawing practice she developed from the mid-1940s to the early 2000s in Argentina, the United States, Mexico, Italy, Israel, Colombia, and France, where she eventually settled in 1960. Her work is included in the 2024 Venice Biennale and was the subject of a revelatory solo exhibition at MAMCO, Geneva, in Fall 2023. 

This volume gathers together works from her major series of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as essays by French art critic and curator Stéphanie Cottin, a Reyes expert, and renowned Peruvian curator Miguel A. López. Archival documentation, a biography, and excerpts from Reyes’ acclaimed childhood memoirs complete the volume.