“Sentía y siento como que estábamos en dos mundos diferentes, dos planos diferentes. Yo en la pintura, el estudio, el trabajo. Eva estaba por encima, estaba como milagrosamente integrada al universo a través de la pintura.”

- Linda on Eva

On the occasion of Eva Olivetti’s debut at Art Basel Miami Beach, Piero Atchugarry Gallery is proud to present Eva y Linda celebrating the profound artistic friendship and familial bond between two of Uruguay’s most vital yet under-recognized modern artists: Eva Olivetti and Linda Kohen. More than contemporaries, they were artistic kindreds, linked by family and shared histories of exile, and sustained by a deep commitment to daily creation. Their relationship transformed painting, often viewed as a solitary act, into a shared ritual of looking, feeling, and becoming.

Both artists were born in Europe in 1924– Eva in Berlin, Linda in Milan–into Jewish families that fled fascism in the 1930s. In 1937, Linda’s family emigrated to Uruguay; two years later, Eva’s family followed, seeking refuge from Nazi Germany. Though arriving separately, both carried the quiet weight of displacement, an experience that would later echo throughout their work in gestures of memory and stillness. After settling in Uruguay, Eva met Mario Olivetti (Linda’s brother), whom she married in 1948, cementing familial ties and a lifelong artistic sisterhood with Linda.

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