Arturo Births Madí and AACI

Termed “an essential document in the bibliography of 20th-century history” by Jorge Glusberg, the modest abstract art magazine’s first and only issue in 1944 was printed in the Buenos Aires Caballito district. The single issue, with a cover by Tomás Maldonado, is credited for birthing both the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención (AACI) in 1945 as well as Gyula Kosice’s Madí in 1946. Both groups were inspired by the prominently featured work of Joaquin Torres García, founder of Latin American Constructivism, as well as the magazine’s advocacy for the societal benefits of geometric art.