400 years of Mexican art in Fine Arts

The exhibition will exhibit a valuable group of paintings, drawings and engravings belonging to the collections of the Cuban institution.
The exhibition Four Hundred Years of Mexican Art in the Collections of the National Museum of Fine Arts opens this Friday, January 19, at 4:00 p.m., in the Temporary Room on the ground floor of the Universal Art Building.

The exhibition will exhibit a valuable group of paintings, drawings and engravings belonging to the institution's collections. These works, organized by their corresponding dates, make up the collections of Latin American Art and International Contemporary Art.

Attendees will be able to enjoy the creations of important authors of 18th century New Spain plastic arts and internationally recognized artists, such as José Mariano Hernández, Miguel de Herrera, José de Páez and José Medina; Meanwhile, from the contemporary segment, pieces by José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, José David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Luis Cuevas, Manuel Felguérez, José Guadalupe Posada, among others, stand out.

In the words of its curators, Yanet Berto and Margarita González, “the dissemination of Mexican plastic arts acquired by the Museum at different times, in diverse forms and dissimilar origins, and the possibility of showing part of this heritage, with a discourse properly referred to "The Mexican nationality of the works will be the greatest merit of the exhibition."

When: Friday, January 19, 4:00 p.m. (Opening). Available until March 30, 2024