CONDUCTOR VIPs are invited to a walkthrough of Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa: Lugar de Consuelo (Place of Solace), led by Inés Katzenstein, Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America. 

Featuring prints, drawings, costumes, sculptures, video, and a related performance, the exhibition addresses political and personal histories of Guatemala’s civil war (1960–96). Building upon Ramírez-Figueroa’s archival research on practices of resistance and memory in Latin American theater, Lugar de Consuelo recasts the history of the revolutionary play El Corazón del espantapájaros (Heart of the Scarecrow), written by the Guatemalan playwright Hugo Carrillo in 1962. During the civil war, the Guatemalan government censored the play, which Ramírez-Figueroa learned about from his uncle, who participated in the censored production as an actor. Ramírez-Figueroa’s research, drawn from oral accounts, resulted in etchings, drawings, and sculptures that explore both the contents of the play and the events surrounding its censorship. Based on the five characters from Carrillo’s work—an oligarch, a president, a soldier, a priest, and a scarecrow—the new script, written in collaboration with poet Wingston González, imagines a new, mythical narrative.

‍Capacity: 15 Guests

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(Image Credits: Installation view of Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa: Lugar de Consuelo (Place of Solace), on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from March 28 through May 25, 2026. Photo by Jonathan Dorado © The Museum of Modern Art, New York)