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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Baroque World of Fernando Botero coming May 26th


San Antonio Museum of Art Exhibition News (Fernando Botero artwork)
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero opens to the public on Saturday, May 26
Botero is coming!

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.

Opening Day: Saturday, May 26th, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.


The Museum is free all day Saturday, May 26, in honor of The Baroque World of Fernando Botero. 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.

Exclusive! Members-only Progressive Preview
Thursday, May 24th, 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Members of the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Southwest School of Art and Craft will have exclusive early access to the exhibition, as well as enjoy music, dancing, food and drinks. at both the Museum and the School.

Trolleys will be available to transport guests between venues. If you are not a member of the San Antonio Museum of Art, we urge you to join right away to get your ticket to the hottest event of the summer! Also, the exhibition will have a $5 surcharge for SAMA non-members - a family membership will pay for itself over the summer.

Contact tiana.gonzalez@samuseum.org or 210.978.8133 to join.

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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

To clarify -- just slightly more than half of the exhibition will be shown at the Museum, the other half at the Southwest School. If you only go to one of the sites, you'll only see part of the exhibition.