Exhibit History

El Favor de los Santos: The Retablo Collection of New Mexico State University.
This traveling exhibit is the most comprehensive exhibition to date on the subject of the 19th century Mexican retablos and ex-votos. The exhibit features 180 retablos and related works from the gallery's collection of more than 1,700 pieces-the largest public collection of Mexican retablos in the country-plus 75 works of art borrowed from institutions such as the Museo Franz Mayer and the National Museum of Anthropology, both in Mexico City.

Total expenses for the exhibition are expected to be more than $800,000. The University Art Gallery has raised about $300,000 so far, including a $60,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation Museum Program.

The retablos in the University Art Gallery collection were donated by individual private collectors in the Las Cruces area, between the years 1963 and 1973.

Exhibition Tour Schedule

El Favor De Los Santos: The Retablo Collection of New Mexico State University
Dates and Venues

• University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM November 19, 1999 to February 7, 2000
• Museo de Historia Mexicana, Monterrey, Mexico March 22 to June 7, 2000
• Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico July 27 to September 15, 2000
• Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico November15, 2000 to January 21, 2001
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA March 4 to June 3, 2001
• Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL June 29 to September 9, 2001
• Open October 1 to December 31, 2001
• University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL February 7, 2002 to March 31, 2002
• National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM May 1 to July 31, 200

Organized By: University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University
Curators:

• Charles M. Lovell, Director, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University
• Elizabeth Zarur, Associate Professor of Art History, New Mexico State University
• Michele Beltran, Director of Exhibitions, Museo Papalote del Niño, Mexico City
• Elin Luque, Director of Plastic Arts, Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico

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