Contemporary Art Tag

WAYS TO BE AND DO

Sky Observation with Isidro Ramírez Ballinas

Through this guided visit of Ugo Rondinone’s exhibition long last happy, we will explore different ways of interpreting and interpreting the artist’s exploration of human emotions and spirituality, taking our experiences and life stories as a starting point.

Taking as reference the Matching Melania project by Melania Chavarría, we will reflect on the use of digital platforms as contemporary tools to contemplate the celestial world that Rondinone presents to us. This exercise seeks to encourage the creation of a personal creative discourse, which allows us to establish a meaningful dialogue with the exhibition.

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WAYS TO BE AND DO
Transversal visit with Melania Chavarría Nuño (Matching Melania)

  • SAT.MAY.17.2025
  • 1:00 pm
  • Teens and adults
  • Limited space | Free admission
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM | long last happy

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.

 

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MELANIA CHAVARRÍA NUÑO (Mexico City) Textile and fashion designer, graduated from CENTRO (Mexico) and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Belgium. She has worked in various areas of the fashion industry, encompassing projects in design, styling, teaching, journalism, and creative direction both in Mexico and abroad.

From her constant quest to create her own creative discourse, Matching Melania was born, a social media project that explores the possibility of fashion deepening its design discourse by coexisting and exchanging concepts, aesthetics, and visual elements with other creative industries such as art, interior design, and architecture.

Leaving aside the immediacy and volatility with which trends are generated, this project explores fashion from a different perspective, where the human body can be the territory for exploration, questioning, and communication of ideas, making use of the different elements that make up the practice of fashion design, such as textile printing or alteration, garment customization, or styling

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AN AFTERNOON UNDER THE SUN AND THE MOON

Sky Observation with Isidro Ramírez Ballinas

Join us for a unique astronomical experience where you can observe two of the most fascinating celestial bodies up close: the Sun and the Moon.

With the help of a telescope equipped with a solar filter, we will safely observe sunspots, the coldest regions on the Sun’s surface, and solar granulation, phenomena that reveal activity in its atmosphere.

Afterward, we will turn our attention to the Moon, whose relief—craters, mountains, and seas—can be appreciated in great detail thanks to solar illumination. The contrast between light and shadow will allow lunar formations to be clearly distinguished, making this observation an unforgettable visual experience.

An activity to be amazed, learn and reconnect with the sky.

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AN AFTERNOON UNDER THE SUN AND THE MOON
Sky Observation with Isidro Ramírez Ballinas

  • SAT.MAY.03.2025
  • Kids with their families, teenagers and adults
  • Limited space | Free admission
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM | long last happy

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.

 

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ISIDRO RAMÍREZ BALLINAS (Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas) holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he conducted research on the “X-ray emission analysis of supernova remnants”. Throughout his career, he has combined scientific research with outstanding work in the dissemination of astronomical knowledge.

He has participated as a communicator in renowned venues such as Universum Science Museum, Papalote Museo del Niño and the Luis Enrique Erro Planetarium of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), bringing science to audiences of all ages. He has also participated in astronomical observation and scientific photography projects, fostering an appreciation of the cosmos through images and knowledge.

He is an active member of the Charles Messier Astronomical Association, where he contributes to the observation and dissemination of astronomy, reinforcing his commitment to scientific education and the exploration of the universe.

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SEARCH AMONG CELESTIAL BODIES

Children’s Day activity at Ugo Rondinone’s long last happy exhibition

Arte Abierto invites children and their families to a fun artistic experience to celebrate Children’s Day.

Search Among Celestial Bodies will take place within the long last happy exhibition by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. In this artistic adventure, little explorers, accompanied by their families, will be able to explore the exhibition in search of two figures: a sun and a moon represented as a phoenix, and a koi fish. These figures are hidden among hundreds of drawings of suns and moons that constitute the works “my age your age and the age of the sun” and “my age your age and the age of the sun”.

The project seeks to foster imagination, curiosity, and a sense of exploration in an artistic and collaborative environment that invites reflection on the passage of time and the connection between generations.

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SEARCH AMONG CELESTIAL BODIES
Children’s Day activity at Ugo Rondinone’s long last happy exhibition

  • SAT.APR.26.2025 – 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  • SUN.APR.27.2025 – 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  • Kids with their families
  • Free admission
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM | long last happy

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.

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A THOUSAND WAYS TO OBSERVE A LANDSCAPE

Visual distortion workshop with Valentina Guerrero

This workshop invites you to explore the multiple ways in which a single landscape can be observed and represented. Through the creation of optical artifacts, each participant will experience how perception is transformed by the filters and tools used.

Through this workshop, Valentina Guerrero seeks to stimulate creativity and curiosity, inviting us to question and expand our way of seeing the environment through play and artistic experimentation.

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A THOUSAND WAYS TO OBSERVE A LANDSCAPE
Visual distortion workshop with Valentina Guerrero

  • SAT.APR.12.2025
  • 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Children age 8 to 14
  • Limited capacity (15 participants)| Free
  • For registration enter here
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PROGRAMA PÚBLICO | long last happy

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Valentina Guerrero (Chile, 1994) Holds a master’s degree in Visual Arts from UNAM and is part of SOMA’s (Mexico City) educational program. Through her artistic research, Valentina explores issues related to the Capitalocene, hegemonic conceptions of nature, and the sociocultural meanings we assign to certain elements and bodies, such as the landscape. Her current work focuses on video, experimental writing, and the creation of glass pieces, which are activated through group cloud-gazing exercises. These optical and textual objects seek to reflect on how the sky and clouds can be perceived as monstrous traces of climate colonialism, linking empirical experiences with far-reaching historical events.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at the Anahuacalli Museum (MX), the Museum of Visual Arts (CL), the Fortnight Institute (USA), Espacio Belgrado (ARG), Roam Projects (DE), the Carrillo Gil Art Museum (MX), the Telearte Institute (CL), and the Artespacio Gallery (CL), among others.

valentinaguerreromarin.com/

IG @vdeguerrero

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.

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DUAL BALANCE

Slow Art Day

Observation + activation

Ugo Rondinone is an artist whose work is based on contrasts: opposing forces that complement and mutually propel each other. Joining the Slow Art Day initiative, Arte Abierto invites visitors to participate in a new way of experiencing the exhibition long last happy. Through individual and collective body activations, based on dance movements and performance, each visitor will have the opportunity to experience the sensation of opposing energies flowing through their own body.

Some of the Mexico City venues participating in this initiative are: Arte Abierto, Galería Alejandra Topete, Galería Color CDMX, Galería Arróniz, Galería Claroscuro, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Galería Ethra, Galería Karen Huber, Galería Kurimanzutto, Galería LS, Galería Le Laboratoire, Museo Kaluz, Galería Naranjo 141, Galería Oscar Román, Galería Proyecto Paralelo, Galería Third Born, Galería Tinta Naranja, Galería CAM, Galería Peana, Zona de Riesgo, Taller Cristina Torres, Galería Terreno Baldío, and Olivia Foundation.

#slowartday #slowartdaycdmx

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DUAL BALANCE
Observation + activation on Slow Art Day

  • SAT.APR.05.2025
  • 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
  • 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
  • Kids, teens and adults
  • Limited capacity | Free
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PROGRAMA PÚBLICO | long last happy

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Slow Art Day In 2009, Phil Terry, founder of Reading Odyssey and CEO of Collaborative Gain, launched The Slow Art Day, an ongoing initiative aimed at inspiring arts organizations to develop programming that facilitates slow viewing and active dialogue after the viewing experience. Slow Art is an approach that promotes the slow, in-depth observation of works of art, in contrast to the tendency to view them quickly in museums and galleries. For more information on this initiative, enter here.

www.slowartday.com

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.

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PORTALS OF THE SYMBOLIC

Transversal visit with Demian Mondragón from La Consultoría

In this tour of Ugo Rondinone’s exhibition long last happy, we will explore the profound connections between the artist’s works and the world of symbols, the unconscious, and psychology.

Rondinone’s participatory sculptures and drawings of the sun and moon will act as portals to access the symbolic plane and interpret the works from the perspective of the collective unconscious. In this way, we will analyze our own relationship with the cosmos, the importance of imagination in childhood, and resilience, using examples from art history and psychological approaches to these topics.

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PORTALS OF THE SYMBOLIC
Transversal visit with Demian Mondragón from La Consultoría.

  • THU.APR.03.2025
  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • For teenagers and adults
  • Limited capacity | Free
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM | long last happy

Demian Mondragón (Mexico City, 1981) has a PhD in Arts and Design from UNAM, a master’s degree in Art History from the Institute of Aesthetic Research and the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the same university, and a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving “La Esmeralda.” His academic research focuses on the relationship between art, therapy, spirituality, and micropolitics. He is currently a professor and research associate at the School of Arts at Anáhuac University.

IG @demianmondragon

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La Consultoría is a platform dedicated to teaching and promoting contemporary art, founded in 2015 by artists Marlon García and Demian Mondragón. Their activities include art courses, personalized advice and mentoring for emerging artists, guided tours of exhibitions, and research on contemporary art published in the platform’s digital magazine. All of the pedagogical strategies implemented by La Consultoría seek to enhance the experience of exploring contemporary art, creating mediating dynamics that oscillate between academic specialization and entertainment.

 

www.laconsultoria.org

IG @laconsultoria_org

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.
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POETRY TO GO

Guided visit + Charms Workshop

Through his rainbows in advertisement format, Ugo Rondinone rescues popular phrases, book titles, and fragments of songs or poems so that we can project our own desires, reflections, and everyday complexities.

In this guided visit + workshop through the long last happy exhibition we will talk about the artist’s work and his interests around poetry, and we will compose a Poem to Go in the form of a bracelet, charm, necklace or keychain. We will make a portable poem that seeks to free the word from the confines of paper, taking it to a world in motion.

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.
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POETRY TO GO
Guided visit + Charms Workshop

  • SAT.MAR.15.2025 + SAT.MAR.22.2025
  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • For teenagers and adults
  • Limited capacity | Free
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM | long last happy

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.