Galería de Arte Mexicano

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The Galería de Arte Mexicano (GAM) was founded by Carolina and Inés Amor at march 7, in Mexico City and has been the first gallery of Mexican art. The gallery building was the first building in Mexico of Andrés Casillas de Alba.

The intention of the GAM is to establish national artists as well as the promotion of young artists. The collection of the GAM includes items of modern, Mexican and contemporary art. In 1940 the gallery had its first exhibition of Surrealist art. Altogether the GAM organized more than 900 exhibitions including well-known exhibitors like Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Miguel Covarrubias, Rufino Tamayo, Frida Kahlo, Agustín Lazo, Federico Cantú[1], Jesús Guerrero Galván, Luis Ortiz Monasterio[2], Emilio Rosenblueth[3] and others.

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Coordinates: 19°24′47″N 99°11′13″W / 19.41306°N 99.18694°W / 19.41306; -99.18694

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