03 Dec ARTE ABIERTO OPENS NEW VENUE IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR 🗓 🗺
• Arte Abierto Baja will operate through collaboration with local artists and cultural agents, learning from the environment and its people, fostering sensitive and spontaneous conversations, without the figure of the curator as mediator.
• Arte Abierto proposes a model where art is built from interaction, experience, and dialogue with the public.
• It opens the doors of its new venue with an installation by Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas.
Arte Abierto is pleased to announce the opening of Arte Abierto Baja, its new venue in the heart of Cabo del Sol, located within the architectural complex of Ánima Village. The installation presented for the inauguration of our space is by Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas.
With the opening of Arte Abierto Baja, the Foundation expands the vision it began in 2019 in Mexico City: a cultural affairs model that seeks to break down barriers between contemporary art and diverse audiences, prioritizing direct experience, interaction, and collective learning.
Arte Abierto Baja is a space that will function as an experimental laboratory for the creation and dissemination of artistic projects, inspired by the philosophy of Grupo SOMA’s architectural complexes.
What has set us apart from other cultural projects—and what we aim to preserve—is our cultural affairs model, which seeks to build a genuine connection with a broad range of audiences, encouraging learning and creative experiences beyond specialized or even museum environments.
>> The new venue is divided into two architectural spaces:
The first: a 179 m² concrete container with a height of 6 meters, without a roof, designed to host pieces created specifically for the context. Here, the Commissions and Exhibitions Program will host national and international artists who will develop site-specific works that dialogue with the territory and its communities.
The second: a space dedicated to bringing Arte Abierto’s Public Program to life, offering multiple activities designed to host workshops, open processes, meetings with young artists, and multidisciplinary activities. A fertile territory dedicated to learning, community engagement, and exposure to new creative experiences for the local community.
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The installation that opens the space dedicated to the Commissions and Exhibitions Program: a work created from the territory by Abraham Cruzvillegas.
Autorretrato flameante, mirando al mismo tiempo a dos mares, asomándome para tirar guiños a los cardones, las chirinolas, los cirios, las biznagas, los alicoches, los lentiscos, las yucas, los saladitos, las jojobas, los chamizos, las pitayas, los chilicotes, las choyas, los ocotillos, y al tecolote llanero, mientras me tumbo un par de tostadas de abulón y almeja chocolata, junto con sus buenos guarapos, una kawazaki rusa bien helodia, y un licor de damiana, escuchando la sublime ‘El invisible’, mientras tiro un chiflido llanero que se escuchará en toda la península, antes de que llegue el ferry, 2025
Paint, steel
Variable dimensions
- Opens DEC.05.2025
- M-S _ 11AM-9PM
- Free admission
- Arte Abierto Baja | Ánima Village, Cabo del Sol, Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S.
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