Exhibitions in Mexico City
January 2027
January at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 4 closing, and 10 more on view across the city.
Closing in January
Museo Tamayo. Arquitectura y cosmotécnica3 JanMuseo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
The museum's own brutalist building by González de León and Zabludovsky, read through Yuk Hui's idea of "cosmotechnics", for its 45th anniversary.
River Rouge — Yeni Mao3 JanMuseo Anahuacalli
Yeni Mao's bronze and metal sculptures and architectural interventions link Ford's River Rouge plant, which shaped Rivera's Detroit murals, to the Anahuacalli's volcanic stone.
El evento de un hilo. Narrativas globales en los textiles3 JanMuseo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
"The Event of a Thread": 16 contemporary artists on the stories woven into textiles, an ifa touring show joined by 10 textile works from the Tamayo collection.
La vida de las cosas. Naturaleza muerta y cultura material10 JanMuseo Nacional de San Carlos
"The Life of Things": some 140 still lifes, sculptures, photos and objects from the 16th to 21st centuries, reread through material culture and the biography of objects.
Also on through January
Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todoto 7 FebMuseo Jumex · Free
"Tell Me Everything": Richard Prince's first major Latin American show, 140+ works from the 1970s on, including his Cowboys, Girlfriends, Jokes and Cartoons series.
Álvaro Urbano: Helento 7 FebMuseo Jumex · Free
Álvaro Urbano's immersive homage to Helen Fowler O'Gorman and her botanical world, evoking Juan O'Gorman's Casa Cueva in the Pedregal de San Ángel.
Raúl Silva: Gatewayto 7 FebMuseo Jumex · Free
Peruvian artist Raúl Silva's first Mexican solo show: video, archives, painting and sculpture on undersea telecom cables and the rise of Cancún tourism.
México: ruta y destinoto 14 FebMuseo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)
"Mexico: Route and Destination" traces how painters, photographers, maps and tourist posters built Mexico's image as a travel destination in the early 20th century.
Mockups before fuckups. Maquetas, prototipos y el oficio del diseñoto 14 FebMuseo Franz Mayer
Models, prototypes and the craft of design: how error and correction drive design. Opens the new Design and Process gallery and Living Design Library.
Minia Biabiany. Nuestras escuchasto 14 FebMuseo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
"Our Listenings": Guadeloupean artist Minia Biabiany explores the colonial legacy of chlordecone poisoning and ways of listening to land and water.
Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo. Los años en Parísto 15 FebMuseo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
"The Paris Years": Oaxacan artists Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Nieto and Francisco Toledo, whose Paris stays fused pre-Hispanic and popular art with the avant-garde.
La vanidad de las pequeñas diferencias. Grayson Perryto 9 MayMuseo Franz Mayer
The Vanity of Small Differences: Grayson Perry's tapestries after Hogarth's A Rake's Progress on class and taste, with historic prints from the Arts Council Collection.
Alemania en la Colección Franz Mayerto 6 JunMuseo Franz Mayer
Germany in the Franz Mayer Collection: for the museum's 40th anniversary, a selection of ~300 German pieces its founder gathered, from writing cabinets to silver and rare books.
Durero: El primer artista viralto 6 JunMuseo Franz Mayer
Dürer: The First Viral Artist. The museum's 36 Dürer prints recast him as the first global image-maker, with interactive technology for a fresh look at the Renaissance.
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