Arte Contemporáneo Tag

MAURO GIACONI

Temporal ventaja

   AUG.31.2025 – FEB.2026

The installation Temporal ventaja (Temporary Advantage) by Mauro Giaconi, commissioned by Arte Abierto, transforms the space into a shipyard that welcomes us onto a large-scale ship, stranded in a shopping mall, in a waterless lake-adjacent city. How did a vessel of this scale end up here?

Temporal ventaja

A tale weaver and storyteller in his own right, Giaconi provokes and challenges our perception of reality and matter. He creates unique worlds and contexts using a powerful tool: graphite, combined with the strength of the collective.

 

Giaconi conceives drawing as a portable haven and containment space. Through this medium, he expands into other disciplines—such as sculpture and installation—exploring these constructions from the fragility of matter as a latent force. In this project, the ship stands as a vessel of stories and tools, a space of transit and protection posing the question: Is this a place of arrival or departure?

 

Temporal ventaja invites us to pause in suspended time where reality and fiction collide, to question accepted truths in a present time marked by uncertainty and lies. On this journey, that which is real weakens and constantly blurs, but Giaconi gives us the coordinates to “doubt everything” and go back to the origins of human knowledge and wisdom.

 

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Mauro Giaconi
Temporal ventaja
30.AUG.2025 –FEB.2025
TUE–SUN 12:00 – 7:00PM
Arte Abierto | 2nd floor ARTZ (Periférico Sur 3720, Mexico City)
Entrada libre

FISURA. International Experimental Film and Video Festival

5th Edition

A festival dedicated to independent audiovisual production and distribution, conceived as a space for freedom, creativity, and innovation.

From August 22nd to September 19th, Mexico City will host FISURA’s fifth edition, one of the most prominent experimental film festivals in Latin America. It will also feature special screenings in Durango, Oaxaca, and Acapulco.

With a daring and visionary program, the festival will showcase a curated selection of national and international works that challenge traditional narratives and expand the sensorial horizons of image and sound. This year, Fisura reinforces its interdisciplinary essence with performances, concerts, workshops, and talks, consolidating itself as a space that transgresses the boundaries of audiovisual art.

Among the most relevant retrospectives is Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars, a posthumous tribute to Japanese filmmaker and artist Tomonari Nishikawa, a key figure in underground cinema in recent years. Also screening will be El eco del silencio, by South Korean artist Jangwook Lee, featuring short films made in 16mm film between 1998 and 2024. Both sections were curated by Estefanía Díaz and Carlos Cruz.

In co-production with Arte Abierto, FISURA will present audiovisual concerts by:

Hiroshi Watanabe A.K.A Kaito (Japan)• Maxime Corbeil-Perron A.K.A Datum Cut (Canada)
Maxime Corbeil-Perron A.K.A Datum Cut (Canada)
José Orozco + Valeria Vicente (Mexico)

Also, in collaboration with Museo del Estanquillo, the experimental sound ensembles Sonidito Amateur and Auroestridente (Mexico).

The performance section will feature:

Steven McInerney A.K.A Merkaba Macabre (Australia)
Jangwook Lee (South Korea)
Julio Rojas A.K.A Deadbug (Mexico)

These activities will take place at Centro de Cultura Digital and are free of charge.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM
The following workshops will be held at Casa Rafael Galván, UAM and Arte Abierto (both workshops are free with prior registration):

Philosophical Approaches to Experimental Film, led by Byron Davies (United States-Mexico) – Venue: Casa Rafael Galván, UAM
Composing with Light, a practical workshop led by Steven McInerney (Australia) – Venue: Arte Abierto

FISURA Official Venues in Mexico City:
AGO.22+SEP.19.2025

• Arte Abierto
• Centro de Cultura Digital
• Casa del Lago (UNAM)
• Museo del Estanquillo
• Casa de la Primera Imprenta (UAM)
• Casa Rafael Galván (UAM)

National tour:
SEP.17-29.2025

• Cineteca Municipal Silvestre Revueltas – Durango
• Demina Laboratorio de Artes – Acapulco, Guerrero
• Sala Elia – Oaxaca

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

POV VISITS OF A MUSEUM THAT ISN’T A MUSEUM

Visit + Workshop

When we think of a place where works of art are exhibited, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a museum. But have you ever thought that you can also find works of art inside a shopping mall?
We invite you to participate in this activity where, after a tour through Arte Abierto Collection works, you can share your POV (point of view) by creating a TikTok video.

To enjoy this activity, we recommend bringing your cell phone with the TikTok app pre-installed.

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The Collection Chronicles: POV Visits of a Museum That Isn’t a Museum
Visit + Workshop

  • THU.AUG.21.2025
  • 4:00PM – 5:30PM
  • Open to the general public
  • Limited seating | Free admission
  • Amphitheater Arte Abierto

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

MAGNETIC PROJECTION

Visit + Workshop

Contemporary art doesn’t follow rules or fixed interests. It isn’t governed by pre-established values; in fact, it unfolds in multiple directions, influenced by the context, experience, and thinking of each artist.

With this idea as a starting point, we invite families to explore some pieces from Arte Abierto Collection. During the visit, we will explore some concepts and processes that shape contemporary practices. At the end, each family will collaboratively create a conceptual portrait, freely combining techniques such as painting, drawing, pastels, collage, writing, or object appropriation.

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The Collection Chronicles: Magnetic Projection
Visit + Workshop

  • THU.AUG.14.2025
  • 4:00PM – 5:30PM
  • Open to the general public
  • Limited seating | Free admission
  • Amphitheater Arte Abierto

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

ARCANA FOOTPRINT

Visit + Workshop

In this visit, we will explore how tarot can be used as a narrative and interpretive tool for art, and how art constructs a personal narrative. We will conclude the tour with an instant print workshop, in which, using simple materials such as disposable plates, vegetables, and fruits, we will print an engraving that tells our life story based on a brief introduction to the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot. This activity is an opportunity to explore creativity, life narratives, and the connection between art and tarot.

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The Collection Chronicles: Arcana Footprint
Visit + Workshop

  • THU.AUG.07.2025
  • 4:00PM – 5:30PM
  • Open to the general public
  • Limited seating | Free admission
  • Amphitheater Arte Abierto

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

UGO RONDINONE

long last happy

   FEB.09.2025 – JUN.15.2025

long last happy is an exhibition by Swiss contemporary artist Ugo Rondinone featuring works inspired by the principles of three celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon, and the rainbow. Through these large-format sculptures and the activation created by 1600 children from diverse backgrounds, Rondinone explores the natural world and leads us to a reflection on human spirituality: solace and regeneration.

long last happy

“The natural world has held a place of great importance for my artistic practice across several decades. During the AIDS crisis in 1989 and after my partner Manfred Welser died of AIDS-related illness, I turned away from grief and found in nature a spiritual roadmap for solace, regeneration, and inspiration. In nature, you enter a space where the sacred and profane, the mystical and the mundane, vibrate against one another.

 

The exhibition at Arte Abierto is built upon the principles of three celestial forces from the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow.

 

the sun and the moon (2022), are formed with delicate circles fashioned from castbronze tree branches, one gilded and the other silver leaved. The twin sculptures are both over sixteen feet tall. Installed parallel to one another, the sun and the moon are aligned along an east-west axis of Arte Abierto’s space, resembling portals or apertures.

 

Like the cycle of day and night, these two archetypes represent contradictory, codependent and complementary values. We can think of the sun and the moon as our metaphorical eyes. When the two principles marry, visions become binocular; that is; two visionary bodies of being integrate into one mysterious whole. Based on each one’s unique vision, the sun and the moon bring in different information that contributes to the vision guiding this exhibition and our own wild life.

 

These two sculptures are accompanied by two interactive artworks; your age and my age and the age of the sun (2013–ongoing) and your age and my age and the age of the moon (2020–ongoing). The visitors will find, behind a magic door, two rooms filled with thousands of images of the sun and the moon painted by children from all over Mexico. When I visited the space of Arte Abierto, I determined that public engagement would be one of the key aspects of the exhibition.

 

Acknowledging the Foundation’s interest in developing country-wide networks, I asked that my project should be far-reaching. Assisted by Arte Abierto’s Public Program department, I engaged 1,600 children from diverse backgrounds, including children with physical and developmental disabilities, and others from a range of socio-economic realities. Each child was invited to create a drawing for the installation with the promise that there would be no curatorial intervention and every sun and moon drawing produced would be presented.

 

Outside the exhibition space, on the rooftop, stands LONG LAST HAPPY (2020), a tenmeter-long neon, whose rainbow-striped letters spell out a poetic statement addressed to passers-by. This message of eternal bliss is timeless and unites people over millennia and continents. A rainbow is a bridge that unifies everything with everyone.”

– ugo rondinone december 2024

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Thank you to all the children from: AMPRE A.C. – ARTelier – Cedros International School: Taller de Artes Plásticas – Centro Educativo EXEA: 1ro, 2do, 3ro, 4to, 5to, 6to – Centro Urbano Presidente Alemán: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B – Colegio Akil Bilingüe: 1ro, 2do, 3ro, 4to, 5to, 6to – Colegio del Valle: Prefirst, 1ro, 2do, 3ro, 4to – Colegio Giocosa: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B – Colegio Junípero – Elementary School: PFA, PFB, PFC, 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B – Colegio Junípero – Preschool: PKA, PKB, PKC, KA, KB, KC, PPA, PPB, PPC, PPD – Colegio Montessori Itkan Ikal: Taller 1 y Taller 2 – Colegio Sagrado Corazón: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B – Colegio Suizo de México A.C.: 3A, 4A, 5B, 6B – Estudio Nómade – Fundación Hogar Dulce Hogar I.A.P. – Green Gather: Squirel, Bengal Tiger, White Tiger, Bears, White Wolf, Black Wolf, Woodpecker Blue, Woodpecker Green, Black Puma, Golden Puma – Hogar “Las Nieves” A. C. – La Salle Pedregal: Taller de Arte y Diseño – Liceo Franco-Mexicano: CPE, CPF, CM1C – Más Arte Academia – Nahualita – Adriana Segura (Madre de familia) – Taller de Arte Infantil Club France.

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Visit long last happy by Ugo Rondinonefrom Tuesday to Sunday from 12 to 7 pm at Arte Abierto located on the 2nd floor at ARTZ (Periférico Sur 3720 Col. Jardines del Pedregal, CP. 01900 Mexico City.

Free admission.

UGO RONDINONE

long last happy, 2020

Neon, acrylic glass, translucent foil, aluminium.

Ugo Rondinone uses poetry and language as a basis to explore emotions that deeply impact human beings. LONG LAST HAPPY (2020), a ten-meter-long neon sign made up of rainbow-striped letters, is part of his Rainbow poems series. The title of the piece refers to a collection of short stories by the writer Barry Hannah.

For Rondinone, this piece is a poetic statement addressed to passersby, a message of eternal happiness that is timeless and unites people across millennia and continents.

A rainbow is a bridge that unites everything with everyone.

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UGO RONDINONE

(Switzerland, 1964)

Recognized as one of the major voices of his generation, Rondinone is an artist who composes searing meditations on nature and the human condition while establishing an organic formal vocabulary that fuses a variety of sculptural and painterly traditions. The breadth and generosity of his vision of human nature have resulted in a wide range of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects, installations, videos, and performances. His hybridized forms, which borrow from ancient and modern cultural sources alike, exude pathos and humor, going straight to the heart of the most pressing issues of our time, where modernist achievement and archaic expression intersect.

Ugo Rondinone was born in 1964 in Brunnen, Switzerland. He studied at the Universität für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna before moving to New York in 1997, where he lives and works to this day. His work has been the subject of recent institutional exhibitions at Belvedere, Vienna (2021) Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Petit Palais, Paris, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, Venice (2022), The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Storm King, New York, The Städel Museum, Frankfurt (2023), Museum SAN, Wonju, Museum Würth 2 and Sculpture Garden, Künzelsau, The Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland and Aspen Art Museum, Colorado (2024). In 2007 he represented Switzerland at the 52nd Venice Biennale.

ugorondinone.com/
@ugorondinone0

UN LIBRO ES…

UN LIBRO ES… AN ENCOUNTER.UN ENCUENTRO

Un punto de encuentro para conversar, celebrar y difundir el gusto por los libros y los formatos impresos

Arte Abierto termina el año con la cuarta edición de su feria editorial Un libro es…

Un libro es… es mucho más que una feria, es un punto de encuentro en el sur de la CDMX donde cada año el público tiene la oportunidad de conversar, celebrar y difundir el gusto por los libros y los formatos impresos. Este 2024, nos reuniremos en nuestro jardín para disfrutar de un ambiente acogedor, en el que los visitantes podrán descubrir propuestas editoriales, participar en actividades y sumergirse en el mundo del arte editorial.

Acompáñanos en esta celebración del libro y la lectura.

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SAT.DIC.07.2024
13:00 – 19:30 h
Free admission
Arte Abierto Garen | 2 floor – ARTZ

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PARTICIPATING PUBLISHERS AND PROJECTS

Brillantinas MUAC

A collective space for digital, pedagogical and management experimentation with a gender perspective. This multidisciplinary program has explored various methods through social networks to strengthen the museum with a young and not so young public, generating a sense of belonging by building bridges with digital, ecological, esoteric, kawaii, queer, non-binary and anti-patriarchal practices.

@brillantinas_muac

muac.unam.mx/las-brillantinas

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Cafeleería

Read and laugh at Cafeleería.

Cafeleería is a cultural center, bookstore and cafeteria in the Municipality of Coyoacán, dedicated to the sale, dissemination and activation of books, printed materials and editorial projects that are unique, original and different from those of large bookstores.

@cafeleeria

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Estudio Nómade

Estudio Nómade is a project by Elvia González and Carlos Villajuárez who combine their multiple disciplines to generate a space for creation, play, imagination, exchange of ideas, art and speculation.
Within the studio they put into practice exercises that combine different disciplines such as: visual arts, cinema, theater, literature, illustration and editorial design; in order to achieve a novel and playful space, where participants can discover other ways of creating and put it into everyday practice.

Within the development of the workshops, dynamics of integration, participation and collaboration are established. Where creative capacity and sensitivity stand out as something natural in each one of us.

@estudio___nomade

www.estudionomade.co

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Fulgencio Pimentel

An independent publisher, originally from Spain and focused on the high-quality edition of fiction, graphic novels, poetry, art books and illustrated books, for all ages. Their policy is to be faithful to artistic principles.

fulgenciopimentel.com/

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GLACIAR. Frozen books

This is a bookstore/ice cream shop located in the San Rafael neighborhood. Its editorial selection focuses on independent publications and includes art books, narrative, essays, poetry, illustration and others that break away from genres.

@libroshelados

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Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil

At MACG Ediciones, publications are understood as a powerful tool to broaden the scope and deepen reflection on artistic discourses. Their collection is nourished by the exhibition and educational programming of the Carrillo Gil Art Museum. MACG Infantil is an editorial series that calls upon writers, artists, and illustrators to create narratives inspired by the works of the museum’s founding collection. Together, they seek to promote reading, imagination, and an approach to art from childhood.

@museocarrillogil

museodeartecarrillogil.inba.gob.mx

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piedra ediciones

A series of artistic projects that use printed publications as a means of circulation, turning each copy into a multiple and simultaneous piece. Each title is the result of collaboration and curatorial/editorial support, thus generating a collection of book-works that can be read, circulated and distributed in environments accessible to a wide audience and not just as unique objects.

piedra ediciones is a project by Alfonso Santiago.

@piedraediciones

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Trece Ojos

Editorial production and risographic printing studio, located in Mexico City. Since its founding in 2020 and with an emphasis on personal narratives and those of the LGBTTI+ community, this project seeks to materialize the stories and accompany the processes and concerns of its collaborators.

@trece.ojos

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Young Collectors

A platform dedicated to the dissemination of visual creators. It seeks to generate new collectors and give space to young artists in Mexico through exhibitions, collaborations, PopUp Shows and consultancies. They like to rethink and produce the spaces and typologies in which creatives meet, dialogue, build or imagine together.

@youngcollectorsmx

www.youngcollectors.com.mx

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Arte Abierto

Fundación Arte Abierto own seal and editorial line which seeks to reflect on contemporary art practices, based on publications that arise from its own exhibition projects. Through editorial exercises that try to expand the writing of art and put it in dialogue with other disciplines, as well as to think of the book as a space of creation and knowledge, their books delve into the artistic and conceptual proposals of the exhibitions commissioned and are presented specifically for Arte Abierto’s space.

@arte_abierto

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Join us and spend time together among books.

A book is… the best way to celebrate 2024.

Learn about Arte Abierto’s Editorial Program at the Polyforum Siqueiros.

  • Arte Abierto participates in the 2nd edition of Pie de Imprenta.
  • Arte Abierto presents its editorial project.
  • Pie de Imprenta is a traveling art book fair organized by ESPAC.

 

Mexico City, November 10, 2024.- The Arte Abierto editorial project will participate in the 2nd edition of Pie de Imprenta with four publications: Luz Instante, Things We Do for Love, Modern Nature and Cositas. Arte Abierto’s editorial project is to offer books that generate free discussions about the exhibitions commissioned by the Foundation. More than a catalog or artist’s book, it is an extension of the exhibition that opens up to dialogue, to different points of view.

Pie de imprenta is a traveling art book fair organized by ESPAC. The second edition will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Polyforum Siqueiros facilities. This edition will feature more than 60 national and international exhibitors, a rich public program that includes talks, workshops and activations.

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SAT.16.NOV. 2024
11:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Polyforum Siqueiros (Av. Insurgentes Sur 701, Nápoles, CDMX. Entrance through Filadelfia)
Free admission

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PARTICIPATING PUBLISHERS
Alacraña / Libros de Mano, Alias editorial, Analog Typologies, Arte Abierto, Beibi Creisi, Bienal Tlatelolca, Big Sur, Brillantinas MUAC, Can Can Press, Casa Bosques Librería, Casa Gallina, Centro de la imagen, Cuadernillo de dibujo, DINAMITA, Doroteo y el conejo de la Luna, eco hace troje, Ediciones de Interés General / Nuevo Orden, Ediciones MACG, Ediciones sin resentimiento, Ediciones Vorágine Urbana / Saca la Lengua Fanzine, ESPAC, Fauna, Festina Publicaciones , FIEBRE Ediciones, Formas Nómadas, Fundación Jumex, Galería Mal d3 ojo, Gato negro ediciones, GLACIAR LIBROS HELADOS, Gris Tormenta, HagoLibros / eKphrasis, Hasard ediciones , Hyper-vinculo, Impresos México / Miau Ediciones, Juan de la Cosa, Kobayashi Books Press, La Duplicadora, Luxpluslux Editorial, Malviviente, Merlina, librería anticuaria, Mi Valedor, MONOMÁNTICO, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Máquina de aplausos, Nadie Distribuye, NIXXXON | PARALELO, OMG PRESS, piedra ediciones, Pinche Chica Chic, Pitzilein Books, Roga Ediciones, S.AR.A., Servidor Local, SILVESTRE, Studio H13, Suave, taller de ediciones económicas, Temblores Publicaciones, Trece Ojos, Triste Club y Tristes Trópicos Editorial.

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ESPAC

Non-profit organization dedicated to the study, dissemination, and promotion of current artistic production based on multiple readings and approaches to its collection and the needs of Mexico’s artistic community. Our projects and mission have taken a collaborative approach over the years. The curatorial discourse has been nurtured by the interests of each member of the team, as well as by the traces left by our collaborators.

espac.org.mx/
IG: @espacmx