Mauro Herlitzka
Mauro Herlitzka collects Latin American conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s and contemporary artists in that line, after beginning with European Baroque art. He has not shown the collection publicly. He founded Espigas, an archive of more than 250,000 documents on Argentine and Latin American art.
Artists named in the collection
Delia Cancela, Marta Minujin, Marcelo Pombo, Liliana Porter, Horacio Zabala
On record
- Espigas received a Getty Foundation grant to widen its research on Argentina and the Americas.
Institutional roles
- President, Fundacion Espigas
- Former chairman, arteBA
- Former institutional director, Pinta art fair
Questions
What does Mauro Herlitzka collect?Mauro Herlitzka collects Latin American conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s and contemporary artists in that line, after beginning with European Baroque art. He has not shown the collection publicly. He founded Espigas, an archive of more than 250,000 documents on Argentine and Latin American art.
Which artists are in the Mauro Herlitzka collection?Cited sources name works by Delia Cancela, Marta Minujin, Marcelo Pombo, Liliana Porter, Horacio Zabala.
Sources
- Mauro Herlitzka: one of Latin America's most relevant art collectors, Artmajeur Magazine
- How One Collector Aims To Empower Public Spirit In The Arts, Larry's List
- Espigas, el archivo de arte mas grande de la Argentina, cumple 25 anos y se digitaliza, La Nacion
Last verified 2026-10-31.
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