Casa Barragán, built in 1948 by famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán as his private residence and studio, is today considered a landmark of modern architecture. It is filled with all of the artworks and artifacts that Barragán placed in it during his lifetime, faithfully kept as they…

Casa Barragán, built in 1948 by famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán as his private residence and studio, is today considered a landmark of modern architecture. It is filled with all of the artworks and artifacts that Barragán placed in it during his lifetime, faithfully kept as they…

Casa Barragán, built in 1948 by famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán as his private residence and studio, is today considered a landmark of modern architecture. It is filled with all of the artworks and artifacts that Barragán placed in it during his lifetime, faithfully kept as they…

Casa Barragán, built in 1948 by famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán as his private residence and studio, is today considered a landmark of modern architecture. It is filled with all of the artworks and artifacts that Barragán placed in it during his lifetime, faithfully kept as they…

Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán is pleased to present French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada’s first solo exhibition in Latin America, entitled Double Skin, which brings together a set of newly commissioned works. As the exhibition’s title suggests, Barrada deals with notions of aesthetic ambiguity –which resonate with…

Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán is pleased to present French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada’s first solo exhibition in Latin America, entitled Double Skin, which brings together a set of newly commissioned works. As the exhibition’s title suggests, Barrada deals with notions of aesthetic ambiguity –which resonate with…

Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán is pleased to present French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada’s first solo exhibition in Latin America, entitled Double Skin, which brings together a set of newly commissioned works. As the exhibition’s title suggests, Barrada deals with notions of aesthetic ambiguity –which resonate with…

Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán is pleased to present French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada’s first solo exhibition in Latin America, entitled Double Skin, which brings together a set of newly commissioned works. As the exhibition’s title suggests, Barrada deals with notions of aesthetic ambiguity –which resonate with…

Gideon Appah (Ghana), José Bedia (Cuba/USA), Donna Conlon & Jonathan Harker (Panama), Miguel Covarrubias (Mexico), Diamela Eltit (Chile), Julio Galán (Mexico), José Limón (Mexico/USA), (Liliana Maresca (Argentina), Diego Matthai (Mexico), John Pule (Niue/New Zealand), José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombia), Chucho Reyes (Mexico), Rosa Rolanda (USA/Mexico), and Ming Wong…

Within Fraccionar, an exhibition curated by Inti Guerrero for Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán, the artist Michelangelo Miccolis presented a performance inspired by the Mexican-American choreographer José Limón (1908-1972), referring the series of black and white photographs from the Miguel and Rosa Covarrubias Archive.

Text given to…

Gideon Appah (Ghana), José Bedia (Cuba/USA), Donna Conlon & Jonathan Harker (Panama), Miguel Covarrubias (Mexico), Diamela Eltit (Chile), Julio Galán (Mexico), José Limón (Mexico/USA), (Liliana Maresca (Argentina), Diego Matthai (Mexico), John Pule (Niue/New Zealand), José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombia), Chucho Reyes (Mexico), Rosa Rolanda (USA/Mexico), and Ming Wong…

Gideon Appah (Ghana), José Bedia (Cuba/USA), Donna Conlon & Jonathan Harker (Panama), Miguel Covarrubias (Mexico), Diamela Eltit (Chile), Julio Galán (Mexico), José Limón (Mexico/USA), (Liliana Maresca (Argentina), Diego Matthai (Mexico), John Pule (Niue/New Zealand), José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombia), Chucho Reyes (Mexico), Rosa Rolanda (USA/Mexico), and Ming Wong…

Gideon Appah (Ghana), José Bedia (Cuba/USA), Donna Conlon & Jonathan Harker (Panama), Miguel Covarrubias (Mexico), Diamela Eltit (Chile), Julio Galán (Mexico), José Limón (Mexico/USA), (Liliana Maresca (Argentina), Diego Matthai (Mexico), John Pule (Niue/New Zealand), José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombia), Chucho Reyes (Mexico), Rosa Rolanda (USA/Mexico), and Ming Wong…

From November 5th, 2018 to January 13, 2019, Estancia FEMSA and Casa Luis Barragán present a solo exhibition by the renowned Danish artist Danh Vo (Bà Rịa, Vietnam, 1975). The pieces and interventions in the exhibition—created specifically for this space—employ a series of silent, understated gestures to…

From November 5th, 2018 to January 13, 2019, Estancia FEMSA and Casa Luis Barragán present a solo exhibition by the renowned Danish artist Danh Vo (Bà Rịa, Vietnam, 1975). The pieces and interventions in the exhibition—created specifically for this space—employ a series of silent, understated gestures to…

From November 5th, 2018 to January 13, 2019, Estancia FEMSA and Casa Luis Barragán present a solo exhibition by the renowned Danish artist Danh Vo (Bà Rịa, Vietnam, 1975). The pieces and interventions in the exhibition—created specifically for this space—employ a series of silent, understated gestures to…

From October the 1st to October 31st, 2018 a piece from FEMSA Collection will establish a dialogue with Casa Luis Barragán and its legacy, poetically revealing the relevance of the spaces created by the architect.

For this third activation of FEMSA Collection, Brazilian artist Mira Schendel’s Objeto gráfico (1972) will…

This book was published on occasion of the exhibition Determinations of proportion, by Franz Erhard Walther, shown at Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán from May to September 2018.

The artist’s texts included were translated directly from the original German edition, entitled Architektur. Vernichtung des Raums (2003).

Research, support,…

Estancia Femsa – Casa Luis Barragán with the support of Franz Erhard Walther Foundation presents Determinations of Proportion, a solo exhibition by German artist Franz Erhard Walther.

Walther was one of the most notorious and unique voices leading the artistic experimentations around language and the materiality of the art object…

In this talk organized by Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, João Fernandes will reflect about Franz Erhard Walther’s work included in the parallel and complementary exhibitions Determinations of Proportion at Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán and Objects, to use / Instruments for Processes at Museo Jumex.

The curator and academician will delve into…

Estancia Femsa – Casa Luis Barragán with the support of Franz Erhard Walther Foundation presents Determinations of Proportion, a solo exhibition by German artist Franz Erhard Walther.

Walther was one of the most notorious and unique voices leading the artistic experimentations around language and the materiality of the art object…

Estancia Femsa – Casa Luis Barragán with the support of Franz Erhard Walther Foundation presents Determinations of Proportion, a solo exhibition by German artist Franz Erhard Walther.

Walther was one of the most notorious and unique voices leading the artistic experimentations around language and the materiality of the art object…

Estancia Femsa – Casa Luis Barragán with the support of Franz Erhard Walther Foundation presents Determinations of Proportion, a solo exhibition by German artist Franz Erhard Walther.

Walther was one of the most notorious and unique voices leading the artistic experimentations around language and the materiality of the art object…

Estancia Femsa – Casa Luis Barragán with the support of Franz Erhard Walther Foundation presents Determinations of Proportion, a solo exhibition by German artist Franz Erhard Walther.

Walther was one of the most notorious and unique voices leading the artistic experimentations around language and the materiality of the art object…

From February 3rd to April 15th 2018, Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán is pleased to present Parameters, the first solo exhibition by Bruce Nauman in Mexico. This exhibition has assembled five video works – four produced in 1968-69, which are displayed on monitors in various locations throughout the house,…

As a finissage event for Bruce Nauman’s exhibition Parameters on April 14th, Mexican writer Gabriela Jáuregui read a selection of fragments from different texts by Samuel Beckett in the garden of Casa Barragán. These texts are representative of Beckett’s language experimentation, which has partly inspired the formal and performative…

From February 3rd to April 15th 2018, Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán is pleased to present Parameters, the first solo exhibition by Bruce Nauman in Mexico. This exhibition has assembled five video works – four produced in 1968-69, which are displayed on monitors in various locations throughout the house,…

For Bruce Nauman’s exhibition Parameters, a special publication was prepared with stills from the videos that were displayed in the House and two new specially commissioned texts written by Patrick Charpenel-Estancia FEMSA’s Artistic Director-and Michael Auping-writer and curator specialized in Bruce Nauman’s work.

From February 3rd to April 15th 2018, Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán is pleased to present Parameters, the first solo exhibition by Bruce Nauman in Mexico. This exhibition has assembled five video works – four produced in 1968-69, which are displayed on monitors in various locations throughout the house,…

From December 1st, 2017 to January 28th, 2018, Estancia FEMSA-Casa Barragán is pleased to present the exhibition of Monoblock, a piece by Juan José Gurrola, that is part of FEMSA Collection. It consists of a group of poems, photographs, a bilingual performance and a found object sculpture.

In 1923, Mexico and the…

Marius de Zayas wrote and published most of the material in this book between 1910 and 1917 in New York City, in three separate magazines: América, Cámera Work, and 291, and in two small books, one published by Alfred Stieglitz’s gallery and one by the Modern Gallery….

From December 1st, 2017 to January 28th, 2018, Estancia FEMSA-Casa Barragán is pleased to present the exhibition of Monoblock, a piece by Juan José Gurrola, that is part of FEMSA Collection. It consists of a group of poems, photographs, a bilingual performance and a found object sculpture.

In 1923, Mexico and the…

In 1971, Gurrola asked Gelsen Gas to photograph the monoblock. Gas captured the essence of the found object and produced a series of 12 photographs of the monoblock. During November 29, 1971, in the Manuel M. Ponce Hall at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City,…

From September 20 to 24th, 2017, Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragan in co-production with Galería Páramo is pleased to present the performance Comedia sin Solución (Comedy without Solution) by Germán Cueto, which offers the audience a new face of the Mexican artist. His production introduces the avant-garde language associated with the international artistic…

For a period of four weeks (August 28th – September 25th, 2017) an artwork from FEMSA Collection will be installed in one of the several rooms in Casa Luis Barragán to establish a dialogue with the house and its legacy, accentuating the importance of the spaces created by the architect.

For this second activation…

For a period of four weeks (August 28th – September 25th, 2017) an artwork from FEMSA Collection will be installed in one of the several rooms in Casa Luis Barragán to establish a dialogue with the house and its legacy, accentuating the importance of the spaces created by the architect.

For this second activation…

This work goes beyond Casa Luis Barragán: it occupies a neighboring façade’s second-floor window into the community complex opposite of Barragán’s home. The window can be seen from inside Casa Luis Barragán’s guest bedroom and from the study that overlooks the library. This intervention underscores the border…

Mármol Rosa by Cypriot artist Christodoulos Panayiotou re-contextualizes and re-signifies personal and domestic elements that evoke Luis Barragan’s spirituality, sensibility and inspiration sources, at the time that are connected to a broader political, social and anthropological discourse.

The architect Luis Barragán nurtured his creativity by inhabiting and studying the…

This work goes beyond Casa Luis Barragán: it occupies a neighboring façade’s second-floor window into the community complex opposite of Barragán’s home. The window can be seen from inside Casa Luis Barragán’s guest bedroom and from the study that overlooks the library. This intervention underscores the border…

Mármol Rosa by Cypriot artist Christodoulos Panayiotou re-contextualizes and re-signifies personal and domestic elements that evoke Luis Barragan’s spirituality, sensibility and inspiration sources, at the time that are connected to a broader political, social and anthropological discourse.

The architect Luis Barragán nurtured his creativity by inhabiting and studying the…

This work goes beyond Casa Luis Barragán: it occupies a neighboring façade’s second-floor window into the community complex opposite of Barragán’s home. The window can be seen from inside Casa Luis Barragán’s guest bedroom and from the study that overlooks the library. This intervention underscores the border…

Mármol Rosa by Cypriot artist Christodoulos Panayiotou re-contextualizes and re-signifies personal and domestic elements that evoke Luis Barragan’s spirituality, sensibility and inspiration sources, at the time that are connected to a broader political, social and anthropological discourse.

The architect Luis Barragán nurtured his creativity by inhabiting and studying the…

Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán in collaboration with kurimanzutto Gallery, presented a conversation at Talleres Luis Barragán, between Monika Sosnowska and Frida Escobedo within Wall, Monika Sosnowska’s exhibition at kurimanzutto. Sosnowska and Escobedo debated the transcendence of the artistic object within the architectural space and architecture…

During a four-week period (April 29 – May 31, 2017), Sandu Darié’s piece “Transformable Spatial Structure” from FEMSA Collection comes into conceptual and aesthetic conversation with Luis Barragán’s home and legacy, poetically revealing the weight of the spaces created by the architect.

Sandú Darié’s sculpture is exhibited in the library, with the…

Taking as starting point Rudolf Nureyev’s 1991 staging of the classical ballet La Bayadère, choreographed while his health was critically deteriorating, Panayiotou’s lecture-performance Dying on Stage is a meditation on the impossible theatrical representation of death. Exploring various literal, metaphorical, and symbolic deaths, the artist is examining…

During a four-week period (April 29 – May 31, 2017), Sandu Darié’s piece “Transformable Spatial Structure” from FEMSA Collection comes into conceptual and aesthetic conversation with Luis Barragán’s home and legacy, poetically revealing the weight of the spaces created by the architect.

Sandú Darié’s sculpture is exhibited in the library, with the…

In the midst of the First World War, having found refuge in neutral Switzerland, the first vanguard soirée organized by Hugo Ball at Cabaret Voltaire was held on February 5, 1916, in the city of Zurich, introducing the Dada movement. Several groups of artists, poets, musicians, and…

José María Lafuente, Director & Founder of Archivo Lafuente and Patrick Charpenel, Estancia FEMSA – Casa Luis Barragán’s artistic director, conducted a conversation about the role of art and archive collecting during 20th Century art history, specifically about the process of conforming a collection with the first…

In the midst of the First World War, having found refuge in neutral Switzerland, the first vanguard soirée organized by Hugo Ball at Cabaret Voltaire was held on February 5, 1916, in the city of Zurich, introducing the Dada movement. Several groups of artists, poets, musicians, and…

In the midst of the First World War, having found refuge in neutral Switzerland, the first vanguard soirée organized by Hugo Ball at Cabaret Voltaire was held on February 5, 1916, in the city of Zurich, introducing the Dada movement. Several groups of artists, poets, musicians, and…

To Ride a Horse, To Be a Horse

Having roamed Mexico long before the Spaniards’ arrival, horse fossils dating back to the Pleistocene era have been found in northern Mexico. At the time, stretches of thick forests and pasture covered the land where the “megafauna” lived. Unlike the…

To Ride a Horse, To Be a Horse

Having roamed Mexico long before the Spaniards’ arrival, horse fossils dating back to the Pleistocene era have been found in northern Mexico. At the time, stretches of thick forests and pasture covered the land where the “megafauna” lived. Unlike the…

Antonio Saborit, curator of Marius de Zayas’ exhibition and Director of the National Anthropology Museum, Francis Nauman, researcher and expert in Marius de Zayas, Juan Manuel Aurrecoechea, specialist in drawings and periodical Mexican publications, and Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, curator and specialist in modern Mexican art, will…

Lope de Vega

A secret most secret

Oh such a secret, ladies, oh gallants,
Such a secret of love! Oh! Such a secret!
Such illustrious conception! Such subtle conceit!
By God, ‘tis a page out of me fecit Ioannes!

Now may all prudishness and gesticulation cease,
all interest, all jealous effect;
from this day forward,…

Lope de Vega

A secret most secret

Oh such a secret, ladies, oh gallants,
Such a secret of love! Oh! Such a secret!
Such illustrious conception! Such subtle conceit!
By God, ‘tis a page out of me fecit Ioannes!

Now may all prudishness and gesticulation cease,
all interest, all jealous effect;
from this day forward,…

Lope de Vega

A secret most secret

Oh such a secret, ladies, oh gallants,
Such a secret of love! Oh! Such a secret!
Such illustrious conception! Such subtle conceit!
By God, ‘tis a page out of me fecit Ioannes!

Now may all prudishness and gesticulation cease,
all interest, all jealous effect;
from this day forward,…

In presenting a selection of paintings, sculptures and photographies from Colección FEMSA, the exhibition Fetishistic Barragán approaches the architecture at Casa Barragán from the stance of its decorative objects. The selection of work is arranged in the spaces that make up the intimate housing area and the study: the…

In presenting a selection of paintings, sculptures and photographies from Colección FEMSA, the exhibition Fetishistic Barragán approaches the architecture at Casa Barragán from the stance of its decorative objects. The selection of work is arranged in the spaces that make up the intimate housing area and the study: the…

In presenting a selection of paintings, sculptures and photographies from Colección FEMSA, the exhibition Fetishistic Barragán approaches the architecture at Casa Barragán from the stance of its decorative objects. The selection of work is arranged in the spaces that make up the intimate housing area and the study: the…

In presenting a selection of paintings, sculptures and photographies from Colección FEMSA, the exhibition Fetishistic Barragán approaches the architecture at Casa Barragán from the stance of its decorative objects. The selection of work is arranged in the spaces that make up the intimate housing area and the study: the…