The San Antonio Museum of Art opens today “Highest Heaven: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art from the collection of Roberta and Richard Huber”. At 116 works – ranging from painting and sculpture to silverwork and furniture – the exhibition is a tour de force and extraordinary visual experience.
Listen to curator William Rudolph discuss some of the works in the exhibition:
“Sometimes when people come to visit us in New York, we almost have to do a disclaimer as they walk into the house: ‘No, we are not religious fanatics!'” – collectors Roberta and Richard Huber
And a personal favorite:
“Christ Descending into Hell”. Peruvian, eighteenth century. Oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x 50 inches
