Guillermo Nicolas

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS–The son of Univision founder Emilio Nicolas Sr., Guillermo is past chair of the San Antonio Arts Commission and a board member of the influential Texas Cultural Trust. His collecting strategy has three distinct areas of interest. “The first third is focused on Mexican-American/Latino artists, the second third on African-American artists, and most recently, with the help of [gallerist] Anthony Meier out of San Francisco, I’ve focused on gay artists working during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s,” he says. Two star works of his collection are Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Mary Hill, Lady Killigrew, 2013, and Mickalene Thomas’ Diamond in the Rough, 2005. “Both paintings reflect the strength and power in women,” he says.

ART:

Kehinde Wiley, Mickalene Thomas, Robert Gober, Ana Fernandez, César A. Martínez, Rolando Briseño, Alejandro Diaz, Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon, Donald Moffett, Kara Walker, General Idea, Andy Warhol, Catherine Opie, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hank Willis Thomas

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Past chair of the San Antonio Arts Commission. “The first third [of my collection] is focused on Mexican-American/Latino artists, the second third on African-American artists, and most recently, with the help of [gallerist] Anthony Meier out of San Francisco, I’ve focused on gay artists working during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s,” Nicolas says.