This beautifully illustrated monograph offers a long-overdue, comprehensive look at the life and work of Wifredo Lam, the iconic Cuban artist whose influence on 20th-century art and politics is finally receiving its due. The first major monograph since 1989, it draws on recent biographical research to bring new clarity to Lam’s extraordinary career.

Tracing his journey from Spain to Paris and beyond, the book explores Lam’s encounters with figures like Picasso and André Breton and the formation of a singular visual language shaped by Surrealism, modernism, African art, and his own Chinese and Afro-Cuban heritage. Scholarly yet accessible, this volume is an essential addition for collectors, art historians, and admirers of modern art with a global soul.