The first comprehensive monograph on painter Fanny Sanín is now available in the Museum Shop. We spoke with the artist about her long career and the painting that embodied her...
![An abstract geometric painting featuring three peach colored rectangular columns atop a plane of dark brown, grey, and teal green. There are also red, pink, and white segments that form triangles, rectangles, and squares.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2001.57-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Upon first glance, paintings by Fanny Sanín (b. 1938) look impeccably neat. Whether on paper or canvas, the decisive lines and solid colors of her geometric abstractions almost conceal evidence...
![Abstract painting of varying sizes of rectangles divided into three vertical sections flanked by thin, light blue stripes. The central composition includes red cross-shapes with cream, grey and black rectangles; on either side are symmetrical black, brown, and gray horizontal stripes.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Acrylic-No.-2-2011-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
The exhibition Equilibrium: Fanny Sanín, on view through October 29, 2017, presents studies and finished paintings by abstract artist Fanny Sanín (b. 1938, Bogotá, Colombia). The exhibition features compositions on paper...
![A symmetrical abstract composition of geometric shapes.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2014.16-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Colombian artist Fanny Sanín became a pioneer of the geometric abstraction movement and a key figure in modern Latin American art.
![A symmetrical abstract composition of geometric shapes.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2014.16-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)