Rosa Rionda de la Cruz was a Cuban-American businesswoman.[1] A specialist in art and design, she was best known as a major collector of contemporary art.[2]
Rosa de la Cruz | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1942 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | February 25, 2024 (aged 81) Key Biscayne, Florida |
| Nationality | Cuban-American |
| Known for | The Moore Space (2001–2008), De la Cruz Collection (opened 2009) |
| Spouse | Carlos de la Cruz (married 1962) |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | delacruzcollection.org |
Biography
editRosa de la Cruz started her art collection in the 1960s, along with her husband, Cuban-American businessman Carlos de la Cruz. Married since 1962, the couple has assembled one of Miami's finest collections of contemporary art, particularly postwar German paintings. Most of her works have been exhibited in the private De la Cruz Collection museum since 2009, 10,000m² dedicated to contemporary art in Miami in a building designed by John Marquette.[3] Rosa and Carlos have five children and live in Key Biscayne, Florida.[4]
Collection
editThe first work of hers that de la Cruz acquired was "Star Gazer" (1956), by the Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. The collection includes work by Dan Colen, Kathryn Andrews, Ana Mendieta, Jim Hodges, Martin Kippenberger, Isa Genzken, Christopher Wool, Félix González-Torres, Mark Bradford, Peter Doig,[5] Nate Lowman,[6] Christian Holstad and Sterling Ruby.[7] Other important artists are Wifredo Lam and Salvador Dalí, whose portrait of Carlos de la Cruz's mother, Dolores Suero Falla, belongs to the collection.[8]
In 2016, ArtNews included Rosa de la Cruz among the "Top 200 Collectors".[5]
Death
editRosa de la Cruz died peacefully at the age of 81 in her home on Key Biscayne, Florida on February 25, 2024, following a long battle with an undisclosed autoimmune disorder.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz". News.artnet.com. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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- ^ "Going Public". Biscaynetimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Alive and Well and Working in…Miami". Whartonmagazine.com. 10 January 1996. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
- ^ a b Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz (14 June 2016). "Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Goldstein, Andrew M. (28 November 2014). "Collector Rosa de la Cruz on Making Miami an Intellectual Art Capital | Art for Sale". Artspace.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Levinas, Dani (5 March 2018). "Rosa de la Cruz: "Cuando compro una obra, pienso en mostrarla para que se disfrute"". El País.
- ^ "Rosa de la Cruz". Artforbes.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ Rosa, Amanda (25 February 2024). "Rosa de la Cruz, a global art collecting giant and Miami arts patron, dies at 81". Miami Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2024.