Art Review An exhibition of his collection finds provisional alliances between artists, rather than reiterating established hierarchies. April 29, 2026 — 4 min read José Gamarra. "L’inaccessible... (The inaccessible...)" (1986–87), oil on canvas (photo courtesy Mémorial ACTe, fonds Région Guadeloupe) In the fall of 2018, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gabriela Rangel, and Asad Raza curated the exhibition Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking for the Americas Society, which I reviewed for this publication. Focusing on artists who made work addressing Martinician writer and philosopher Glissant and Cuban writer and activist Cabrera’s meditations on identity, the exhibition deepened my knowledge of the former’s inspirational thinking. It also made me aware of his friendships with artists from Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including Roberto Matta , Wifredo Lam , Etel Adnan , Irving Petlin , Antonio Seguí, Öyvind Fahlström, and Jack Whitten .…