BLANTON MUSEUM RECEIVES MAJOR AWARD FROM AICA-USA FOR EXHIBITION DRAWN FROM CARACAS-BASED COLECCIÓN PATRICIA PHELPS DE CISNEROS

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas has received the prestigious award for “Best Thematic Show Nationally” from the United States section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA) for its 2007 exhibition The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection. The award will be presented to the museum at an awards ceremony at New York’s Guggenheim Museum on March 17, 2008.

Declared by The New York Times a “must-see for anyone interested in modern art,” The Geometry of Hope drew upon the Caracas-based Colección P...