Rosa de la Cruz

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Rosa de la Cruz
Born(1942-08-13)August 13, 1942
Havana, Cuba
DiedFebruary 25, 2024(2024-02-25) (aged 81)
Key Biscayne, Florida
NationalityCuban-American
Known for The Moore Space (2001–2008), De la Cruz Collection (opened 2009)
Spouse Carlos de la Cruz (married 1962)
Children5
Websitedelacruzcollection.org

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]

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Biography

Rosa 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

The 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

Rosa 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]

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