From next Thursday, September 26 to February 16, 2025, the Fundación Casa de México presents the exhibition Modern Art of Mexico, from the Blaisten collection, one of the most important private collections of modern art in Mexico.
Curated by Daniel Garza Usabiaga, it presents an innovative reading of this collection through the ideas of Margarita Nelken, a Spanish intellectual exiled in Mexico who enriched cultural debate and complicated discussions about art in the country. In the reading of Garza Usabiaga, Nelken’s vision on the evolution of modern Mexican art is appreciated, his criticism of the institutionalization of certain styles and his support for artistic diversity, to links with historical and local references.
Arte Moderno de México presents a selection of 64 works from the collection in painting and sculpture by some of the most important modern artists in the country: Diego Rivera, María Izquierdo, Dr. Atl, Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo, José Clemente Orozco, Saturnino Herrán, José Guadalupe Posada, among others. The exhibition shows eleven works of heritage character, some of them: Allegory of Mexico, by José Clemente Orozco; Alacena, by María Izquierdo; La noche de los rábanos, by Diego Rivera; Retrato de Nora Beteta, by David Alfaro Siqueiros; Joven con calabaza, by Saturnino Herrán, and View of the Popocatépetl, by Dr. Atl.
The point of union between the author and the collector is the study and interest in artistic practices that took place outside muralism during the first half of the twentieth century. This exhibition therefore covers the development of modern art in Mexico from the 1940s until Nelken’s death in 1968.
