Fernando Botero's distinctive exaggerated forms perfectly complement the exaggerated atmosphere of the circus. Circus, a collection of more than 130 paintings and 50 works on paper, celebrates this rich history of entertainment and astonishment in this assemblage of images never before published as a complete collection.

Inspired by a traveling circus he encountered in a small Mexican town on the Pacific coast Fernando Botero uses bright colors and unexpected movement to celebrate the poetry of the circus in Circus: Paintings and Works on Paper. This latest title marks the first time the complete circus series has ever been published together as a collection and represents all of the esteemed artist's work on one of his favorite subjects one which has also inspired the likes of Renoir Picasso Seurat Lautrec Chagall Léger and Calder.