On the occasion of Art Week 2024. AORA MÉXICO presents:
AORA PROFILES , a series of profiles of key figures in art in Mexico .
Magali Contreras
Magali Arriola has been one of the great precursors of contemporary art at a national and international level. Her career has placed her in the direction of one of the most important institutions for art, the Tamayo Museum . A space in the heart of the Chapultepec Forest that shows the most relevant artists of recent decades .
Tamayo Museum
Since it opened its doors in 1981, the Tamayo Museum has been dedicated to presenting the most significant national and international modern and contemporary art . With a dynamic program of temporary exhibitions, as well as the continuous activation and updating of its collection , the museum offers an open space for critical thinking in which art allows us to imagine new tools to confront the concerns of our society.
We asked her a series of questions to get to know her a little more:
Name a corner of Mexico City that inspires you: The Anahuacalli Museum, because many layers of time and art converse.
What color makes you think of CDMX?: Gray
What do you like most about working in art? Art could be everything but I think I'd better leave it like this: art.
What song do you have on repeat now?: Rainbow Eucalyptus by The National
What book is on your desk right now?: The Neverending Story
What are you looking for in a beauty product?: Naturalness
What do you prefer shadow, pencil or lipstick?: Lipstick.
Margarita or Martini?: Martini
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