Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Born Patricia Phelps
Alma mater Wheaton College
Occupation Art Collector
Philanthropist
Spouse(s) Gustavo Cisneros
Children 3
Parent(s) Miriam Louise Parker
William Walter Phelps
Relatives William Henry Phelps (grandfather)
Website coleccioncisneros.org

Patricia "Patty" Phelps de Cisneros is an art collector and philanthropist. She is known for her significant collection of Latin American 20th century abstract and modern art.[1][2]

Early life

Cisneros was born in Venezuela to mother, Miriam Louise Parker, and father, William Walter Phelps, a businessman and ornithologist.[3] Her paternal great grandfather was a noted businessman and ornathologist, William Henry Phelps In 1953, they notably started the first television station in Venezuela.[4]

In 2003, Cisneros was awarded an honorary degree from Wheaton College, where she attended.[5]

Career

Cisneros has been an avid collector of Latin American art since the 1970s.[6] She started collecting indigenous work during family vacations in Venezuela, especially around the Orinoco in the Amazon River Basin.[7]

Cisneros has been a significant MoMA benefactor; since 1992, she has been a trustee of the museum and made substantial cash contributions to the museum’s recent renovation. Her name is on one of the institution’s exhibition rooms. In addition to MoMA, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum, Long Beach’s Museum of Latin American Art, and the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid also have received art loans.[8][9]

Cisneros is an active member of the International Council and the Latin American Acquisitions Committee of Tate, London; she is an International Trustee of the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid; belongs to the Association Centre Pompidou América Latina; the Museum Berggruen’s International Council; and the American Friends of the Fondation Beyeler, among others.

Exhibitions

Cisneros has been loaning her collection in exhibition form since 1999.[10]

Selected exhibitions

In 2001, a large selection of geometric work from Cisneros' collection was exhibited in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Fogg Art Museum, in an exhibition called Geometric Abstraction: Latin American Art From the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection.[11]

In 2013, Cisneros established the loan of a long-term exhibition to the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain, called La invención concreta: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.[12] The exhibition showcases modern artists Lygia Clark, Carlos Cruz-Díez, Cildo Meireles, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, among others, in a representation of Latin American abstract art from the 1930s to the 1970s.[13] The collection focuses on art from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela.[14] It has an interactive website as well as a smartphone app.[15]

In 2014, a traveling exhibition of modernist art from Cisneros' collection was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from July to September.[16] The show focused on art from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela, in an exhibition of 90 works of geometric abstraction drawn from Cisneros' holdings, with artists including Joaquín Torres García, the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención art movement (Concrete-Invention Art Association), Jesús Soto, Gego, among others.[17]

Personal life

Cisneros has been married to Gustavo Cisneros since 1970. They have three children, Guillermo Cisneros, Carolina Cisneros de Rodríguez,[18] Adriana Cisneros (CEO and Vice Chairman of Cisneros Group),[4][19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Gareth (28 November 2014). "Patricia Phelps de Cisneros: An Art Patron on A Mission". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Fletcher, Brekke (14 February 2013). "The Art of Giving. Modern Love: A New Series of e-Books Carries on the Fundación Cisneros Campaign to Champion the Under-Told Story of Latin American Art". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Fowler, Glenn (19 August 1988). "William H. Phelps Jr. Dies at 85; Ornithologist and Conservationist". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 Yearwood, John (1 February 2012). "Adriana Cisneros - Interview with The World Desk The Miami Herald". Miami Herald. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "2003: Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Honorary Degree Recipient". Wheaton College. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Edward; Cisneros, Patricia (17 May 2014). "A Conversation with Collector Patricia Phelps de Cisneros". Frick Collection. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Moonan, Wendy (30 March 2001). "Antiques; Jungle Fever Strikes A Collector". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Kraul, Chris (28 January 2009). "An Art Trove Ends Its Nomadic Phase". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Carrillo De Albornoz, Cristina (26 March 2012). "Reina Sofía Museum Signs Agreement with Cisneros Foundation". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Exhibitions". Colección Cisneros. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  11. ↑ Glueck, Grace (17 August 2001). "Art Review; A Universe Of Art, Centered In Boston". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection". Museo Reina Sofía. January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  13. ↑ Pérez-Barreiro, Gabriel (3 April 2013). "La invención concreta. Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros". Museo Reina Sofía. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  14. ↑ Pérez-Barreiro, Gabriel (3 April 2013). "Concrete Invention. Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection". Museo Reina Sofía. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "La Invención Concreta". La Invención Concreta. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection (5 July - 28 September 2014)". Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  17. ↑ Coomer, Martin (2 July 2014). "Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Interview: 'This is a Collection Made with Love'". Time Out London. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Weddings; Carolina Cisneros, Alberto Rodríguez Diez". The New York Times. 16 June 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  19. ↑ Krischer Goodman, Cindy (27 October 2013). "Adriana Cisneros: The New Face of Cisneros Group". Miami Herald. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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