Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303
Mexico City 11529
Mexico
Gego: Measuring Infinity
October 19, 2022–February 5, 2023
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This international survey of the work of Gertrud Goldschmidt, known as Gego (Hamburg, 1912 – Caracas, 1994)—one of the most important postwar artists in Latin America—charts her interdisciplinary artistic production through different yet interrelated fields: architecture, design, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, fabric, site-specific installations, spatial interventions, public art and pedagogy. Arranged chronologically, the exhibition includes over 120 works in a variety of media from the early 1950s to the early 1990s, encompassing every period in the artist’s production.
Gego: Measuring Infinity is organized by Museo Jumex, Mexico City; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand—MASP.
The exhibition was developed by Julieta González, Artistic Director, Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil; Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York; Pablo León de la Barra, Curator at Large, Latin America, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York, and former Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand—MASP; in collaboration with Tanya Barson, former Chief Curator, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; and Michael Wellen, Senior Curator, International Art, Tate Modern, London.
Coordinated at Museo Jumex by Cindy Peña, Curatorial Assistant.
Lari Pittman: Lo Que Se Ve, Se Pregunta
November 4, 2022–February 26, 2023
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Lo Que Se Ve, Se Pregunta is a retrospective exhibition of artist Lari Pittman (USA, 1952) whose striking and multi-layered paintings have challenged formal pictorial space, cultural representation, and visual culture alike since the 1980s. The exhibition includes new and recent works by Pittman, paying special attention to the visual and popular cultures of Latin America that have been significant and ongoing points of reference in the artist’s work.
The title of the exhibition is a reference to Mexican pop singer Juan Gabriel, who wittily responded to questions about his sexuality with “Lo que se ve, no se pregunta”, or “If you can see it, don’t question it”. Pittman’s inversion of this sentiment insists on questioning what we see, reflecting his own constant inquiry of what is and is not visible.
Organized by Museo Jumex, Mexico City, in partnership with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Guest Curator Connie Butler, Curator in Chief, Hammer Museum with Adriana Kuri Alamillo, Curatorial Assistant, Museo Jumex.
Minerva Cuevas: Game Over
November 26, 2022–February 26, 2023
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Museo Jumex will present Game Over, a participatory installation that explores concepts of play, ecology, and urban development. In this work, Minerva Cuevas (Mexico City, 1975) generates references to playgrounds and contemporary landscapes as a reflection of social processes over the last century.
In conjunction with Game Over, Museo Jumex will present Cuevas’s works that have been part of her research process in recent years, including the video No Room to Play (2019), recorded in Berlin.
Organized by Museo Jumex; Curated by Marielsa Castro Vizcarra, Associate Curator, and Adriana Kuri Alamillo, Curatorial Assistant.
Cartier Design: A Living Legacy
March 15–May 14, 2023
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The exhibition Cartier Design: A Living Legacy offers a journey through the history of the Maison and its iconic jewelry. But above all it provides an account of the Cartier style, its distinctive language and excellence of craftsmanship, and the transmission of this vocabulary over time. The exhibition evidences how Cartier Living Heritage serves as an inspiring resource for designers as its creative repertoires continue to evolve through the permanent and universal curiosity of the Maison from generation to generation.
Exhibition organized by Museo Jumex in collaboration with Maison Cartier.
Curator: Ana Elena Mallet; Exhibition Designer: Frida Escobedo.
Jannis Kounellis in Six Acts
April 1–September 17, 2023
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This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey in Mexico of Jannis Kounellis (Greece, 1936–Italy, 2017). Kounellis played a central role in the Italian Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and early 1970s and has had a broad influence on subsequent generations of artists around the world. The exhibition, which includes some 50 works, offers the most extensive assessment of his career to date. The show revisits Kounellis’ innovative practice, examining iconic works and pieces rarely or never before seen.
Organized by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and Museo Jumex, Mexico City. Curators: Vincenzo de Bellis, Curator and Associate Director of Programs, Visual Arts, Walker Art Center; and Kit Hammonds, Chief Curator at Museo Jumex, Mexico City; with Cindy Peña, Curatorial Assistant, Museo Jumex.
