Cover Image: Sameer Makarius, Playa de Vicente López (detail), c. 1965-1970. Courtesy of the artist and Karim Makarius. Photo by Vieri Tomaselli.
The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection
Information about the EFC Collection
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros began collecting art in the early 1970s with a primary interest in works from Latin America. Over the ensuing years, as the Collection has grown and developed, its scope has broadened. What started as the acquisition of artworks for personal enjoyment has matured into an ambitious life-project.
There are, in a sense, several collections within the Collection. Of particular note are four main areas of interest that have been systematically increasing in recent years:
Geometric Abstraction from Latin America
Contemporary International and Latin American Art
Contemporary Video
Modern and Contemporary Photography
The following are institutions where works from the Collection have either previously been or still are on loan:
| Centre Pompidou-Metz, France | Pinacoteca, São Paulo | Fundación March, Madrid | Tate Modern, London |
| Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany | Pérez Art Museum Miami | Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid | Museo del Barrio, New York |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | The Stenersen Museum, Oslo | Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas |
| MOLAA Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach | LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles | MAXXI-The National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome |
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston |
| Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami | El Museo de Arte de Banco de la Republica, Colombia | Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami | Museo de Bellas Artes de Santiago, Chile |
| Museum of Arts and Design, New York |
Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York | The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis | MoCA Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami |
Collection Highlights:
