The Cisneros Collection

Contemporary Art

The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) actively works to support the work of contemporary artists. This is done through acquisition of artworks, support for residencies, grants to professionals and educational programming.

The contemporary art nucleus is primarily comprised of works by Latin American artists. However, it also includes works by artists from other parts of the world, reflecting the global nature of contemporary art production.

Modern Art

The modern art collection is comprised of works by Latin American artists of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on geometric abstraction from Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela.

Colonial Art

The Colonial Art collection consists of paintings, furnishings and religious objects created in Latin America, from the early seventeenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. The material culture of that era is represented by objects and artworks from across the region.

Traveler Artists to Latin America

The paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints, and photographs that make up the collection offer an historical account of the genesis and development of the landscape genre in Latin America from the mid-17th century to the end of the 19th century. The artists traveled to Latin America from Europe and the United States for a variety of reasons: commercial, artistic or in search of adventure. Their representations of the landscape provide a valuable testimony of the intellectual debates surrounding nature, culture, nationhood and society during this period.

Orinoco Collection

The CPPC manages the Orinoco Collection, a group of ethnographic objects and documentation from the twelve indigenous communities of the Venezuelan Orinoco River basin: the De’áruwa (Piaroa), Ye’kuana, Yanomami, Híwi (Guahibo), E’ñepa (Panare), Wakuénai (Curripaco), Baniva, Baré, Puinave, Warekena, Tsase (Píapoco) and Hoti. www.orinoco.org