The impact of W.W. II on European exports obliged Latin American countries to produce goods domestically in the 1940s. Displaying more than 100 objects, this exhibition explores how the rise of national industries created opportunities for Latin American designers; that is, until the 1970s, when several economic crises prevented local development from continuing. Furniture, graphic designs, textiles, ceramics, and photographs trace MoMA’s past engagements with Latin design, revealing the heterogeneous nature of the six countries included in the show (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela), and examining the sometimes conflicting intersections between traditional craftsmanship, Modernism, and European design. Furniture by Clara Porset and Michael van Beuren, interiors by Lina Bo Bardi, collaborations with international brands like Knoll, and lithographs by Antonia Bandeira are only a few examples of how national identities and modern lifestyles merged. —Jeanne Malle