Colección Jumex
The La Colección Jumex is said[citation needed] to be the largest private contemporary art collection in Latin America, with works by Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky and Gabriel Orozco.
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History[edit]
The collection was founded by Eugenio Lopez Alonso, conceived and directed by the independent art curator and historian Patricia Martín from 1998 to 2005. Since March 2001, the collection has been open to the public.[1] The idea of setting up his own museum-style space came after visiting the Saatchi collection in London.[2] The Colección Jumex's museum is funded by López and his company Grupo Jumex. In 2011, curator and collector Patrick Charpenel Corvera was named the director of the new museum.[3]
Collection and exhibitions[edit]
The 2,600-strong Colección Jumex is believed to be the largest contemporary art collection in private hands in Latin America, with special emphasis on Mexican contemporary artists such as Miguel Calderón, Abraham Cruzvillegas and Mario García Torres. Other artists represented include Tacita Dean, Olafur Eliasson, Martin Kippenberger, and Bruce Nauman. The collection also hosts a 6,000-volume contemporary art library.[4] The museum plans to host at least six exhibitions a year.[5]
Architecture[edit]
The collection's current building, a 15,000-square-foot white cube,[6] is located in Ecatepec de Morelos, on the sprawling grounds of the Jumex factory in the industrial outskirts of Mexico City. It is about 19.5 km from Mexico City on the Carretera Libre Mexico-Pachuca. Designed by the architect David Chipperfield, a new 4,000 sq. m, five-storey building in the upmarket suburb of Polanco will be opened by November 2013.[7]
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References[edit]
- ^ Reed Johnson (June 18, 2006), A patron with all the juice Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Colin Gleadell (April 11, 2005), Art sales: Burning to collect Daily Telegraph.
- ^ [1] The Art Newspaper, November 1, 2011.
- ^ Reed Johnson (June 18, 2006), A patron with all the juice Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Gareth Harris (April 23, 2013), New kid on Mexico City’s millionaire row The Art Newspaper.
- ^ Deborah Bonello (June 10, 2009), Coleccion Jumex moves closer to Mexico City action Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Gareth Harris (April 23, 2013), New kid on Mexico City’s millionaire row The Art Newspaper.
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