Botero Exhibit is now open to public

L-R: Claudia Sanchez posing with a Botero painting, Telemundo Reporter Yolanda Vasquez with her husband, mother, & daughter, dancer, young performer, Graciela Sanchez, young artist, Botero banners, sculpture outside San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) photos of Southwest Arts & Crafts segment of the Botero exhibition, SAMA

San Antonio Museum of Art Exhibition News (Fernando Botero artwork)The Baroque World of Fernando Botero opened to the public on Saturday, May 26th.

In a city-wide celebration, San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) joins the Southwest School of Art and Craft and the Public Library Foundation to honor one of Latin America's favorite artists. San Antonio is the first U.S. stop for this exhibition of 100 paintings, drawings and sculptures - Botero's first retrospective since 1974.

Family activities, gallery talks, Colombian music and food as well as docent-led tours of the exhibition will be featured. For more information, log on to www.samuseum.org or www.BoteroSA.org.

The San Antonio Museum of Art and the Southwest School of Art & Craft are the starting point for the first retrospective exhibition of Fernando Botero's work in the United States since 1974. The exhibition, entitled "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero," will feature 100 paintings, sculptures, and drawings selected from Botero's personal collection.This major exhibition opens in San Antonio on May 26th and will continue through August 19th. It will then travel across the United States through 2010