The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is starting 2026 with a treasure trove of new acquisitions. The downtown museum says the new pieces will significantly enhance its contemporary, Latin American, and ancient Mediterranean collections.Among the additions is a gift of more than 60 works on paper by Latin American and Latine artists from Drs. Ricardo and Harriett Romo. The donation spans photography, lithography, screenprint, and linocut, featuring major 20th-century Mexican artists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros, Carlos Mérida, and Francisco Toledo, alongside contemporary figures including Carmen Lomas Garza, Patssi Valdez, Juan de Dios Mora, and Vincent Valdez. SAMA also received 103 Mexican textiles and weaving tools from Dr. Jill Vexler, much of it collected during her field research in Nahua communities in Puebla in the 1970s and 1980s. The group includes children’s clothing, everyday garments, menswear, and festive dress, as well as historical pieces collected by Vexler’s mother, Esther Scharlack Vexler. The textiles are accompanied by extensive documentation of techniques and makers.SAMA’s photography collection is expanding with 104 images gifted by Marie Brenner and Ernest Pomerantz. The donation includes works by American photographers Herb Snitzer and Erika Stone, vintage Vietnam War press photographs by Pulitzer Prize winner Horst Faas, and Associated Press wirephotos tied to key moments of the last decade’s history. ...read more read less