A decade after artist Emma Reyes died in obscurity,
the worldwide publication of her memoir begins to restore the legacy
of a forgotten Colombian master.
She should have been to Colombia what Frida Kahlo was to Mexico. Emma Reyes rose to the top of the art world, then died in obscurity in 2003. Why is her art still invisible despite the global publication of a posthumous memoir, now a literary classic?
At a time of reckoning for women, the artist’s great-niece goes on a quest for answers and discovers the unexpectedly flamboyant career of a 20th century Latin American female artist, once applauded and supported by masters such as Picasso, Diego Rivera and Enrico Prampolini. Before she lost it all.
