ART: The Making of a Maestro

Lawrence Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Art Museum, interviews Fernando Botero about his life and work.

On September 23, 2009, the Center for Latin American Studies and the Berkeley Art Museum held a public event to celebrate Fernando Botero’s donation of his Abu Ghraib series of paintings and drawings to the University of California, Berkeley. At the event, the internationally acclaimed artist was presented with the Chancellor’s Citation for his lifetime of achievement. He then engaged in a public discussion about his life and work with the museum’s director, Lawrence Rinder.