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| Colección Jumex | |
|---|---|
| Name | Colección Jumex |
| Established | 2013 |
| Location | Mexico City |
| Type | Contemporary art museum |
| Founder | Eugenio López Alonso |
Colección Jumex Colección Jumex is a private contemporary art collection and museum located in Mexico City founded by philanthropist Eugenio López Alonso. The institution operates within the cultural landscape that includes Museo Tamayo, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Palacio de Bellas Artes and interacts with international museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Guggenheim Museum, and Centre Pompidou. It is recognized for presenting works by major figures like Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, and for engaging with artists such as Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega, Francis Alÿs, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Anish Kapoor.
The foundation of the collection followed activities by business magnate Eugenio López Alonso alongside corporations including Grupo Jumex and patrons connected to families like the López family (Mexico), with early acquisitions referencing works by Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Jackson Pollock. The institutional trajectory involved collaborations with curators and critics associated with MoMA PS1, Serpentine Galleries, Hayward Gallery, and curatorial figures who have worked at Stedelijk Museum, Museo Reina Sofía, MAXXI, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Construction of the museum building coincided with cultural policies influenced by municipal administrations of Ciudad de México and partnerships with international loan programs from collections such as Fondation Louis Vuitton, Guggenheim Bilbao, and Whitney Museum of American Art.
The permanent holdings emphasize postwar and contemporary art with canonical names including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, Anselm Kiefer, and Gerhard Richter. The collection also foregrounds Latin American and Mexican artists like Rufino Tamayo, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Dr. Atl, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, and Tomás Saraceno. Photography and media works include pieces by Diane Arbus, Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, and William Eggleston. Sculpture and installation artists represented include Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, Rachel Whiteread, and Marta Minujín. The collection's acquisitions and commissions have engaged with curators and dealers associated with Gagosian Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, David Zwirner, and White Cube.
Exhibition programming has featured monographic and thematic shows referencing exhibitions at Tate Modern, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, The Museum of Modern Art, and Fondation Beyeler. Projects have included retrospectives and solo presentations by artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega, Adriana Varejão, and Ralph Rugoff-curated initiatives, and special commissions involving curators from Serpentine Galleries, ICA London, Walker Art Center, and New Museum. Public programs encompass talks, symposiums, and educational activities with partners including Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Harvard University, Columbia University, Princeton University, and cultural organizations like Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo and international residency programs tied to Banff Centre, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Montserrat College of Art.
The museum's building in Mexico City was designed in dialogue with architects and firms comparable to David Chipperfield, Rem Koolhaas, Tadao Ando, Herzog & de Meuron, and Ricardo Legorreta-influenced discourse, sited among urban landmarks such as Polanco, Chapultepec Park, and near institutions including Museo Soumaya and Antara Polanco. Architectural features reference gallery typologies used by Kunsthaus Bregenz, Dia:Beacon, Guggenheim Bilbao, and MAXXI, with climate control and conservation standards informed by practices from Victoria and Albert Museum and Smithsonian Institution. The campus includes spaces for collections care, archives, and multifunctional areas that host collaborations with international cultural venues like Brooklyn Museum and Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Governance has been shaped by private patronage under Eugenio López Alonso and foundation structures comparable to Bilbao Guggenheim Foundation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Fondation Cartier, and Getty Foundation-style endowments. Funding models combine corporate support linked to Grupo Jumex, philanthropic contributions similar to Fondation Louis Vuitton, private loans from collectors akin to transactions with Charles Saatchi, and partnerships with municipal cultural authorities in Mexico City. The institution engages professional staff and advisory boards drawing expertise from leaders who have served at Museum of Modern Art, Tate, Guggenheim Museum, Centre Pompidou, and university art history departments at Yale University, University of Oxford, and Universidad Iberoamericana.
Critical reception has ranged from praise in outlets such as Artforum, ArtReview, The Art Newspaper, Frieze, and Art in America to debate in Mexican and international newspapers like El País, The New York Times, The Guardian, and La Jornada. Critics and scholars have compared institutional practices to those of Guggenheim Bilbao, Museum of Modern Art, and private collections connected to Rubell Family Collection and Broad Contemporary Art Museum, prompting discussions about cultural stewardship, acquisition ethics, and public access voiced by figures from ICOM, ICOMOS, and academic critics from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and National Autonomous University of Mexico. Controversies have involved dialogues about site selection, donor influence, and programming choices similar to debates surrounding Rubin Museum of Art and Walters Art Museum.
Category:Museums in Mexico City