the present exhibition entitled "art in society: the power of culture" is part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the inter-american development bank (idb) cultural center. on this occasion the idb cultural center is pleased to present an exhibit of 23 artworks, by 21 artists that became part of the collection, including antonio seguí (argentina); maxwell taylor (bahamas); alfredo da silva (bolivia); tomie ohtake, and kazuo wakabayashi (brazil); patricia israel (chile); edgar negret (colombia); josé alberto hernández campos (costa rica); eduardo kingman (ecuador); carlos mérida and luis gonzález palma (guatemala); byron lombardo mejía (honduras); rufino tamayo and diego rivera (mexico); alejandro aróstegui (nicaragua); enrique collar (paraguay); george struikelblok (suriname); christopher cozier (trinidad & tobago); and andy warhol (united states).