Works by Picasso, Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros
Neighborhood: San Angel
Nearest Train: M. A. de Quevedo
Phone: +52 5 550 3983
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This museum, renovated by and named after Dr. Alvar and Carmen Carillo Gil, is found in the outlying area of the old neighbourhood of Chimalistac. The 1,581 works housed here represent a lifetime of art collecting and boast contemporary Mexican artists, highlighting the muralists, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, along with works by Carillo Gill (1899-1974) himself and others. There is also a fine selection of 17th and 18th century Japanese Ukiyo-e (wood-block prints of the "floating world") and etchings by European artists, Klee, Braque, Picasso, Kandinsky and Rouault. There are also temporary exhibits. Admission: General MXN15; Students MXN9; free on Sunday
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Really worth the trip to find it.
Wonderful contemporary Mexican art museum. The show we saw a few years back was a retrospective of ...
Reviewed by:ErnestM from on Jan 22 2008
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