A New Exhibition Explores How Telenovela Tropes Reveal a Deeper Meaning in Art

What can a telenovela tell us about society? Or about art even? Those questions are central ones to the recently opened exhibition “Telenovela” at the Americas Society in New York. Running through March 27, the show explores a range of cultural, social, and economic messaging inserted in the genre through 52 artworks ranging from the 1970s to present day.“Telenovelas are a historical phenomenon,” Americas Society chief curator Aimé Iglesias Lukin told ARTnews of he