Patricia Phelps de Cisneros | |
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| Born | Patricia Phelps Caracas, Venezuela |
| Other names | Patty Cisneros |
| Citizenship | Dominican Republic (since 2021)[1] |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College |
| Occupation(s) | Art collector Philanthropist |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Organization | Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, including Adriana Cisneros |
| Relatives | William H. Phelps Sr. (great grandfather) |
| Website | ColecciónCisneros.org |
Patricia "Patty" Phelps de Cisneros is a Venezuelan-born Dominican art collector and philanthropist who focuses on Latin American modernist and contemporary art from Brazil, Venezuela, and the Río de la Plata region of Argentina and Uruguay.[2][3] Since the 1970s Cisneros has supported education and the arts, with a particular focus on Latin America. Along with her husband, Gustavo A. Cisneros, she founded the New York City and Caracas-based Fundación Cisneros. In the 1990s the Fundación's primary art-related program became the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.[4] In 2016, Cisneros donated 102 modern and contemporary artworks from the 1940s to 1990s to the Museum of Modern Art, establishing the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America at MoMA.[3]
- ^ "Abinader le ha otorgado la nacionalidad dominicana a 11 personas por la vía privilegiada". June 2023.
- ^ "Chapter 1: Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, A Passion for Latin America" (Video). Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. 16 October 2016.
- ^ a b Lowry, Glenn; Cisneros, Patricia Phelps de (17 October 2016). "MoMA Cisneros Gift Announcement". Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "Founder: Patricia Phelps de Cisneros". Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.