// By: Concepcion Moreno
Tue June 1, 2021
The Tamayo Museum is one of the most beloved art institutions in Mexico. Located in the Bosque de Chapultepec, the Tamayo has been for many the first encounter with our modern and contemporary art.
The museum was created thanks to the enthusiasm of Rufino and Olga Tamayo, who in addition to being patrons of the arts and he was one of the leading painters of the Mexican twentieth century, were also collectors and lovers of new art. El Tamayo is not only a space to meet and enjoy, it is also a training center for researchers and artists. In four decades, artists such as Francis Alys, Kiki Smith, Pablo Picasso, Helen Frankenthaler, Mathias Goeritz and Xul Solar have passed through Tamayo, just to mention a dissimilar group of creators from different times, countries and movements. This is Tamayo: always eclectic.
Olga and Rufino Tamayo
To celebrate, Tamayo will transmit content for reflection and collective learning through the virtual channel # Tamayo40 towards the official celebration next October. At this time the Tamayo is closed for remodeling.
The # Tamayo40 digital platform, promoted by the Rufino and Olga Tamayo Foundation, is part of a series of activities prior to the reopening of the INBAL Museum Network site, which is being remodeled as part of the Chapultepec, Nature and Culture Project.
Tamayo40 is an internet television platform with programs produced by the Olga and Rufino Tamayo Foundation. It is a space to interact with the artistic community and with the audience from a pedagogical and inclusive perspective.
Thus, for October of this year, the museum will present the exhibition Beyond the trees. The exhibition will review the cultural and political history around the creation of the enclosure designed by the architects Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky. There will be a publication in three volumes of the memory of the enclosure.
Happy birthday Tamayo. Another four decades of art, public training and yes, a lot of pleasure. (With newsletter information)
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