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Gubidxa Guerrero Luis, Portrait of Juan Sandoval, Photograph on Paper, 29¾” x 19¾”. Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection 2020.2.201.1. Gift of Juan Antonio Sandoval Jr. Courtesy the Mexic-Arte Museum
For the majority of prominent art collectors, their ability to buy art can be traced back to an abundance of personal or familial wealth. For Mexican and Latinx art collector Juan Sandoval, it can be traced back to the simple decision to not own a car.
“He always said the money he might have spent buying an automobile, maintaining it and buying gasoline, he had that amount of money available to purchase art,” says Claudia Rivers, head of Special Collections at UT El Paso Libraries and a close friend of Sandoval’s.
Botero highlights April 20 Latin American Art Auction at Doyle
Fernando Botero (Colombian, b. 1932), Niña, 1961, Signed and dated, Oil on canvas, 29 x 30 inches (73.7 x 76.2 cm). Est. $175,000-225,000. Courtesy of Doyle.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers will hold an auction of Latin American Art on Tuesday, April 20 at 2pm EDT. The sale will showcase paintings, drawings and sculpture by prominent artists of the 20th century.
The public is invited to the exhibition on view April 17-19 at Doyle, located at 175 East 87th Street in New York. The catalogue may be viewed online at DOYLE.com.
Highlighting the sale is an important work on canvas by the legendary Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Niña from 1961 reflects his early approach to the exaggerated figures for which he is best known. In this lush painting, Botero is bold, gestural and painterly, his delightful subject with toy sword appears both impish and regal (est. $175,000-225,000).
The Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City is one of the country’s largest cultural centres. It is among several public arts institutions that has been employing staff members on more precarious freelance contracts Milton Martínez/Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México
As Mexico’s cultural economy enters the second year of the pandemic, a funding crisis and accusations of favouritism towards a few projects are threatening the long-term survival of the country’s publicly funded museums and heritage sites.
Citing corruption and waste under previous administrations, centre-left President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced hefty budget cuts across all government departments in May 2019. The ministry of culture lost 75% of its operating budget and expects to receive just $693m this year, a severe blow to arts institutions and those who depend on them for their livelihoods.