Honorees Patricia Ortiz Monastario, Maria Ines Sicardi, Raquel Arnaud, Mari Carmen Ramirez, Mariana Povarche, Patricia Ready, Cecilia de Torres, and Elena Povarche at the MFAH 2009 Latin American Experience Gala in Houston. Photo: Fulton Davenport
Cecilia de Torres is the director of the Gallery of Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. in New York.
Background: Cecilia de Torres is internationally recognized as the leading authority of the work of Joaquin Torres-Garcia and the artists associated with him. Ms. de Torres is regularly consulted by Christie's, Sotheby's and the major European and South American auction houses to authenticate this work. She is also actively compiling the catalogue raisonne of Torres-Garcia. Ms. de Torres has curated and contributed to numerous museum exhibitions and writes extensively on Torres-García and the artists of the TTG.
