Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Contemporary art museum in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico.
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo is a contemporary art museum in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, dedicated to modern art from the 20th and 21st centuries. The exhibition spaces spread across several levels with glass surfaces that bring natural light into the galleries, while light wood floors and white marble walls provide a neutral setting for the works.
Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo and his wife Olga founded the institution in 1981, donating their collection of international contemporary art to the public. Architects Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky designed the reinforced concrete and natural stone building, which fits into the park surroundings.
The museum maintains a permanent collection of twentieth-century artworks while organizing temporary exhibitions that showcase both Mexican and international artists.
The museum sits on Paseo de la Reforma 51 and offers guided tours from Tuesday to Sunday at 12:30 p.m., with a nighttime tour on the last Wednesday of each month. Entrances are on both sides of the building, and rotating exhibitions on the ground floor change several times a year.
The permanent collection includes works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, René Magritte, and Francis Bacon, which Tamayo acquired during his years in New York and Paris. The top floor holds a terrace overlooking the park and surrounding streets, offering visitors a break between exhibitions.
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