Collector Eugenio López Alonso on his museum’s tenth anniversary and Mexico City’s rising profile in the art world
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Collector Eugenio López Alonso on his museum’s tenth anniversary and Mexico City’s rising profile in the art world Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Collectors interview Collector Eugenio López Alonso on his museum’s tenth anniversary and Mexico City’s rising profile in the art world Visitors to the city during Zona Maco can also take in Museo Jumex’s anniversary group show, curated by New Museum director Lisa Philips Osman Can Yerebakan 8 February 2024 Share Collector and Museo Jumex founder Eugenio López Alonso Brian Harkin Museo Jumex, a major engine in Mexico City’s transformation into a contemporary art hub, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with programming that includes the group exhibition Everything Gets Lighter , curated by Lisa Philips, the director of New York City’s New Museum, and the upcoming first survey of Damien Hirst’s work at a Mexican institution. Philips’s exhibition traces the three-decade collecting journey of the museum’s founder, Eugenio López Alonso. The group show features works by 67 artists from the Colección Jumex such as Light and Space icons James Turrell, Mary Corse and Dan Flavin, painting giants Gerhard Richter and Robert Rauschenberg, and key Latin American figures like Ana Mendieta, Damián Ortega and Ernesto Neto.