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Mrs. Freyer Presents: Early Collecting and Display of Andean Colonial Art

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 4:15–6:00 PM

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Presentation by Kathryn Santner, Frederick and Jan Mayer Fellow of Spanish Colonial Art, Denver Art Museum.In recent years, museums have increasingly begun to collect art from colonial Latin America and hire curators to display and interpret it. This talk traces the history of collecting colonial Latin American art in American institutions through one of its earliest proponents: Maria Engracia Critcher Freyer, a San Francisco socialite who used a three-year stint in Peru to amass one of the earliest collections of painting and furniture from colonial Cuzco and display it at institutions across the United States.Co-Sponsored by Africana & Latin American Studies Program; Department of Arts; Museum Studies Program; Department of Religion; Department of Romance Languages and Literatures>Refreshments provided. All are welcome.Reception begins at 4:00 PM. Lecture begins at 4:15 PM.

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