Museum Acquisitions Program – PINTA NY 2011

Artwork purchased by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at PINTA 2007. Jose Gurvich Forms in Black & White, 1959 Oil on board, 31_1/4 x 38_5/8 in. (79,5 x 98 cm.) Courtesy Cecilia de Torres, LTD, New York	Artwork acquired by Museum of Modern Art - MoMA at PINTA 2010. Abraham Palatnik Progressão 91-A, 1965 Jacaranda wood 77 x 72 cm Courtesy Nara Roesler Gallery, São Paulo

The PINTA Museum Acquisitions Program is an initiative that promotes the acquisition of Latin American artworks by a select group of museums to enrich their permanent collections.

The following museums will participate in PINTA NY 2011:

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
Newark Museum, New Jersey
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Since 2007, thanks to this program more than 20 museums have acquired about 50 artworks worth more than USD $800,000. PINTA has collaborated through its matching funds to cover a portion of this total cost. The museums that benefited are:

• Museum of Modern Art – MoMA, New York • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston • Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia • Blanton Museum of Art, Austin • El Museo del Barrio, New York • Tate Modern, Londres • Centre Pompidou, Paris • Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid • Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico D.F. • Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires • Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo • Harvard Art Museums, Boston • The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York • MOLAA - Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach • University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art, Colchester • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon • MIMA - Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough • MACBA - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Barcelona, Barcelona