Collecting Texas: Houston
Friday, March 28, 2025
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Leeper Auditorium
Collecting Texas: Houston
Friday, March 28, 2025
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Leeper Auditorium
28
Fri
Mar
This annual event invites McNay supporters and art collectors to participate in selecting new contemporary artworks for the permanent collection. In the next iteration, we turn our attention to Houston, known for its thriving and diverse arts scene that reflects the city’s status as the largest city in Texas. Guests will learn firsthand about potential acquisitions, hear about the featured artists and artworks, vote on their favorite artwork, and mingle with fellow art enthusiasts and collectors. The evening culminates with the announcement of the winner.
Proceeds support the McNay’s contemporary art acquisition fund.
Tickets
One available ($9,500 is tax deductible)
Includes:
- Tour of the McNay’s Contemporary Collection with Head of Curatorial Affairs, René Paul Barilleaux
- Exclusive listing in digital materials, and recognition at the event and on event webpage
- Eight (8) additional guests
- Ten (10) ballot votes
($4,700 is tax deductible)
Includes:
- Listing in digital materials, and recognition at the event and on event webpage
- Four (4) additional guests
- Six (6) ballot votes
($2,300 is tax deductible)
Includes:
- Listing in digital materials, and recognition at the event and on event webpage
- Two (2) additional guests
- Four (4) ballot votes
($900 is tax deductible)
Includes:
- Listing in digital materials
- Recognition at the event and on event website page
- Two (2) ballot votes
($150 is tax deductible)
Includes two (2) ballot votes
($125 is tax deductible)
Includes one (1) ballot vote
About Collecting Texas
Throughout our 70-year history, the McNay Art Museum has brought the very best of modern and contemporary art to San Antonio, beginning with its founding collection: the bequest from Marion Koogler McNay. As we mark the McNay’s 70th anniversary, we honor Marion Koogler McNay’s vision and the contributions of collectors like Robert L.B. Tobin and John Parker, Jr.
From 2003-2020, the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum (MCCF) played a vital role in voting on many of these acquisitions. For example, Whitfield Lovell, whose work Cake Walk was acquired in 2010 through MCCF, was featured in our Fall 2024 banner exhibition, Whitfield Lovell: Passages. The McNay is proud to be at the forefront of developing art connoisseurship and education while highlighting artists gaining national recognition.
Our new iteration of community voting, Collecting Texas, kicked off in 2023. The annual event focuses on a different Texas city each year, representing the rich variety of themes and materials in Texas art today. At last year’s inaugural event, guests explored artists with ties to El Paso, with Fausto Fernandez’s work receiving the popular vote. Fernandez’s work, entitled Burden Narratives While Stuck in Traffic in Pursuit of an Obligation at the Port of Entry, is now part of the vibrant fabric of the McNay’s permanent collection.
Collector Sponsors
Corinna and J.B. Richter
Curator Sponsors
Cynthia and Forrest Miller
Joanie and J.R. Hurd
Connoisseur Sponsors
Elizabeth and William Chiego
Kamo Energy, Inc.
Dr. James Nelson
Kate Sheerin
Nancy and Robert Shivers
Sponsors as of February 25, 2025
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