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Miami Dade College has been quietly amassing art over the past four decades, The Miami Herald reports. And now, pieces from the school’s little-known collection of 1,200 works are on display at its Centre Gallery.

The 40 artworks in “A Well-Kept Secret: 40 Years of Collecting at MDC” include Andy Warhol’s silkscreen Marilyn, Joseph Beuys’ iconic brown-felt suit, a silkscreen by Rauschenberg, a serigraph by Fernand Léger and an aquatint by David Hockney.

In the 1970s, MDC was collecting work by artists of Latin American descent, including Marisol, whose importance has since grown. Also on exhibit is a 1968 lithograph by Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas, L'Amour Fou. In addition, there’s a 20-inch-high, optically vibrating metal and painted-wood sculpture by Jesús Soto of Venezuela, Multiple #5, from 1969.

“We try to show the three stages [the interest in Rauschenberg-inspired printmaking, an early interest in Latin American art, and a current focus on work being made in Miami] in the way the college has been collecting,” said Jorge Luis Gutierrez, director of MDC art galleries.

A companion show with 32 additional works from the collection is on view at the Kendall Art Gallery at MDC’s Martin & Pat Fine Center for the Arts.

The Miami Herald: Art exhibit exposes MDC's 'Well-Kept Secret'