Museo Jumex
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| Name | Museo Jumex |
| Native name | Museo Jumex |
| Established | 2013 |
| Location | Polanco, Mexico City |
| Type | Contemporary art museum |
| Director | Eugenio López Alonso |
| Architect | David Chipperfield |
Museo Jumex is a contemporary art museum located in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City that opened in 2013. The institution was founded to house the private collection of collector and philanthropist Eugenio López Alonso and to present temporary exhibitions by international and Mexican artists. The museum operates within a cultural landscape that includes institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Museo Tamayo, and Museo Soumaya, and engages with artists and organizations from Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, São Paulo, and Madrid.
History
The museum’s origins trace to the private collecting activities of Eugenio López Alonso and the industrial history of the Jumex company, linking patrons, collectors, and corporate philanthropy in Mexico City. Early initiatives involved collaborations with curators and institutions like the Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, Museo Reina Sofía, and the Museum of Modern Art, reflecting transatlantic networks that include curators from Whitney Museum, Serpentine Galleries, Centre Pompidou, and Museo Tamayo. Key exhibition openings featured artists represented by galleries such as Gagosian Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, White Cube, and König Galerie, and included loans from estates and foundations including the Calder Foundation, the Louise Bourgeois Studio Archive, the Andy Warhol Foundation, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. The museum’s programming attracted critical attention in publications like The New York Times, The Guardian, Artforum, Artnews, and Frieze, and has engaged with collectors, biennials, and art fairs such as Art Basel, Frieze New York, Venice Biennale, São Paulo Biennial, Documenta, and the Carnegie International.
Architecture and Building
The building was designed by British architect David Chipperfield and executed with collaborators including architect Michel Rojkind, structural engineers from Arup, and local firms that have worked on projects with Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, and Renzo Piano. The site in the Polanco district sits near Avenida Presidente Masaryk and the Museo Nacional de Antropología, within an urban fabric that also includes residential developments by architects like Ricardo Legorreta and Teodoro González de León. The façade and interior spaces were conceived to accommodate installations by artists such as Anish Kapoor, Olafur Eliasson, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and Ai Weiwei, with gallery volumes comparable to those in institutions like the Dia Art Foundation, the Hammer Museum, the Walker Art Center, and the Brooklyn Museum. Construction involved contractors experienced with cultural buildings like the Royal Academy of Arts renovation, the Tate Modern Switch House, and the SFMOMA expansion, and incorporated systems akin to those used at the Centre Pompidou, the Reina Sofía extension, and the New Museum.
Collections and Exhibitions
The core collection emphasizes postwar and contemporary art with depth in Latin American, North American, and European art, holding works by artists such as Gabriel Orozco, Francis Alÿs, Doris Salcedo, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Julio Le Parc, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Lygia Clark. Additional holdings include pieces by international figures like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Joseph Beuys, Marina Abramović, Bruce Nauman, and Louise Bourgeois. The museum has mounted monographic and thematic exhibitions featuring curators from the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Pompidou Centre, the Van Abbemuseum, the Walker Art Center, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, and the Instituto Moreira Salles. Special projects have included commissions and site-specific installations by artists such as Rachel Whiteread, Kara Walker, Anselm Kiefer, Matthew Barney, Thomas Hirschhorn, Tacita Dean, and Olafur Eliasson, and survey presentations that reference movements tied to Constructivism, Kinetic Art, Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, and Minimalism.
Programs and Education
Educational programs draw on models from institutions like MoMA, the Tate Modern, the Getty, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum, offering guided tours, public talks, and workshops with educators affiliated with Columbia University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Iberoamericana, and the Universidad Panamericana. The museum’s residency and research initiatives have partnered with organizations such as the Getty Research Institute, the CIFO Foundation, the Fondazione Prada, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, and the International Studio & Curatorial Program. Public programming has included film screenings in collaboration with the Filmoteca UNAM, performances curated with Lisson Gallery and the Southbank Centre, and symposia drawing scholars from Yale University, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, New York University, and the University of Oxford.
Governance and Funding
Governance is structured around a private foundation model, engaging boards and advisors that include figures from corporations and cultural institutions like Grupo Jumex, Fundación Jumex para el Arte Contemporáneo, the Museo Tamayo, the Museo Nacional de Antropología, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and international museum directors from the Guggenheim, Tate, and MoMA. Funding combines endowment support from collectors, corporate sponsorships, and partnerships with cultural agencies such as the Secretaría de Cultura, CONACULTA, private foundations including the Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and the Kellogg Foundation, and collaborations with art market entities like Phillips, Christie’s, and Sotheby’s. The governance model mirrors strategies used by institutions including the Broad, the Getty Trust, the Walker Art Center, and the Walker Art Center’s donor councils.
Visitor Information
The museum is located in Polanco near Paseo de la Reforma and Chapultepec Park, accessible via public transit nodes connected to Metro line 7 and Metrobús, and close to landmarks such as the Lincoln Park, the National Auditorium, and the Antara Fashion Hall. Visitor services include a bookstore stocking publications by Phaidon, Taschen, and Spector Books; a café operated in the manner of museum cafés at the V&A, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Louvre; and a museum shop offering catalogues from publishers like Hatje Cantz, Skira, and Whitechapel Gallery. Nearby accommodations and cultural venues include hotels managed by Marriott, Hyatt, and Four Seasons, and institutions such as the Museo Soumaya, Museo Tamayo, and the Jumex Collection’s exhibition spaces.
Category:Museums in Mexico City