Botero Donation. Museum of Antioquia

Splendidly designed as a very high quality illustrative guide to the most recent and generous donation made by the painter Fernando Botero to the Museum of Antioquia, in the city of Medellín, Colombia, this catalog contains photographs of the painter's 85 works "oils, watercolors , pastels and drawings, as well as the 21 works by international artists, from his private collection, and the 14 monumental sculptures of his authorship that Medellín received for its public spaces. The book, which in its journey follows step by step It passes through the Museum's rooms and paintings in the order in which the visitor finds them, and also includes a detailed biography of the artist, a list of the exhibitions he has held, and a select biography of his general work and his individual exhibitions. Fernando Botero's new gifts to the Museum of Antioquia are further proof of the generosity of spirit that characterizes him and the intensity of the affection that has always shown to link him to his homeland.