Cuartel del Arte Exhibits “Graphic Paths”

The art tour allows visitors to appreciate some of Tamayo's earliest pieces.

Since December of last year, the Cuartel del Arte, located in Aniceto Ortega Plaza in downtown Pachuca, has offered the public the exhibition “Graphic Paths: Francisco Toledo and Tamayo. Graphic Work in the Toledo Collection,” a must-see exhibition that intertwines the legacy of two giants of 20th-century Oaxacan and Latin American art.

The exhibition brings together 40 graphic works by Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), selected from the renowned Toledo Collection, founded in the 1970s by artist Francisco Toledo (1940–2019), a passionate promoter of art and defender of cultural heritage.
The artistic tour allows visitors to appreciate some of Tamayo's earliest pieces, created between the 1920s and 1930s, as well as works that reflect his stylistic evolution and technical contribution through mixography, a technique he developed with Luis Remba and characterized by the incorporation of reliefs, textures, and a unique chromatic richness.

These works stand out for their ability to synthesize the spiritual, the pre-Hispanic, and the modern, while integrating reflections on nationalism, in a constant search to link the universal with the graphic and the aesthetic.

The exhibition is part of the commemorative events for the 30th anniversary of the decree creating the State Council for Culture and the Arts of Hidalgo (Cecultah). It is made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Hidalgo Ministry of Culture, the Oaxaca Institute of Graphic Arts (IAGO), the Friends of IAGO Association, and the Manuel Álvarez Bravo Photographic Center (CFMAB), as well as the National Institute of Fine Arts.

The IAGO, created by Toledo, houses one of the most important collections of graphic art in Mexico and Latin America, consolidated by the artist as part of his tireless work in social activism and cultural promotion. The Toledo Collection also includes emblematic works by Tamayo, who maintained a close relationship with Toledo, creating an exhibition that transcends the visual to become a profound testament to the artistic dialogue between the two artists.
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Together, the exhibitions feature 108 graphic works, including emblematic pieces and little-known works that reveal the processes, styles, and visions of these illustrious Oaxacan artists.

The exhibition is open to the public with free admission, Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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