Texas museums, including the San Antonio Museum of Art, the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Stark Museum of Art, have announced recently acquired works.
This spring, the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) acquired Carlos Rosales-Silva’s Biblioteca no. 3. The work is part of a series the artist began in 2017 during his residency at Artpace and is inspired by the city’s Central Library, which was designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. The acquisition comes on the heels of Mr. Rosales-Silva’s site-specific installation at SAMA Pase Usted.
In a press release, Lana Meador, Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at SAMA, commented, “We are honored to add Biblioteca no. 3 to the museum’s collection. Carlos’s painting — in addition to being visually striking — engages with broad cultural narratives while resonating with our local experience of the urban landscape in San Antonio.”
