The life and varied work of Conny Méndez, the Venezuelan composer, performer, caricaturist and writer who joined popular culture with spiritual teaching.
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The life, books and legacy of Eduardo Galeano, the Uruguayan writer who joined journalism, history, oral memory and poetry to narrate Latin America.
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The life, writing and legacy of Álvaro Mutis, the Colombian poet and Cervantes Prize-winning novelist who created the wandering lookout Maqroll.
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The life and work of Etna Velarde, the Peruvian painter and illustrator who used historical research and portraiture to shape the country's visual memory.
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The career, songs and legacy of Carlos Varela, the Cuban singer-songwriter whose urban metaphors narrate generational tension, memory and social change.
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The life, recordings and legacy of Louis Armstrong, the trumpeter and singer who placed individual improvisation at the creative heart of jazz.
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The life and work of Giuseppe Cassioli, the Italian painter and sculptor whose Olympic medal design shaped the visual memory of the Summer Games for decades.
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The life, works and legacy of Edgar Degas, the French artist who transformed ballet, labour and urban observation through drawing, pastel and sculpture.
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The life, work and legacy of José Sabogal, the painter and teacher who placed Andean people and Peruvian popular arts at the centre of national debate.
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