From November 6 to 16, 2026, coinciding with MIRA Art Fair, Artcurial will present its first sale dedicated to contemporary Latin American art, Amazonia Dream, from the collection of Victor Barrios Llanos.

A former mathematics professor, fascinated by the connections between fractals and the Peano curve, the collector developed a deep passion for Kené, the ancestral patterns of Peru’s Shipibo-Konibo people. Since the 1980s, he has devoted himself to assembling a remarkable collection of artworks and objects that reflect the richness and diversity of Amazonian cultures.

The collection brings together major artists such as Sara Flores and Celia Vasquez Yui, who will represent Peru at the 2026 Venice Biennale, Brus Rubio, Roldán Pinedo and Pablo Amaringo, whose works have been exhibited at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, as well as Petronila Cauper, a seminal figure in Amazonian art.

Through this remarkable collection, ancestral knowledge meets contemporary artistic expression, offering a glimpse into one of Latin America’s most dynamic art scenes.

In the 1990s, while exploring fractal structures and their connections to quantum physics, Victor Barrios Llanos discovered the Shipibo-Konibo worldview in Peru. The encounter between his mathematical research and Kené patterns, in which he believed he recognised recurring structures akin to those found in the Peano curve, sparked his curiosity and led him to acquire his first paintings and ceramics. 

Through his travels and encounters with the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, his collection expanded to encompass other cultures and their traditional objects. It became the reflection of a personal quest, shaped by a worldview in which humans, animals, plants, and spirits are all interconnected.

This vision resonates throughout the works of the artists brought together in Amazonia Dream. Sara Flores reinterprets the visual language of Kené patterns through contemporary compositions, while Pablo Amaringo and Brus Rubio develop richly layered pictorial worlds inspired, among other sources, by Amazonian shamanic visions.

The collection also finds a natural connection with the themes explored in Shamanic Visions: The Art of Ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazon, an exhibition presented at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in 2024. Today, the inclusion of Sara Flores and Celia Vásquez Yui in the programme of the 2026 Venice Biennale further reflects the growing international recognition of these artists.

Beyond their cultural roots, these works resonate with the concerns of our time. They invite us to rethink our relationship with the living world and nature, while broadening our perception of reality by making room for imagination, dreams, and alternative ways of understanding the world. They offer an invitation to discover the Amazon not as a distant world, but as a vital source of reflection on how we inhabit our planet today.

As a partner of MIRA Art Fair, Artcurial will present on its stand, from November 12 to 15, 2026, a striking kéné motif measuring nearly 1.5 × 2 metres, created by Sara and Juana FLORE using plant-based dyes on wild cotton canvas.