Mexico City is one of the biggest and oldest cities in the world with an important cultural heritage. Nowadays, Mexico City is a bustling metropolis and an important art scene for the national and international art market. Besides being the second city with the highest number of museums in the world, Mexico City has a wide array of art galleries in Mexico City that offer different types and styles of art and artists. Furthermore, Mexico’s contemporary art scene has allowed more room for experimentation and new proposals.
Mexico City Contemporary Art Week has meant a big growth for Mexico’s art scene. This big event presents different artistic offer through various exhibitions in a great many galleries, museums and independent spaces that show the amazing curatorship that exists in Mexico. This has favored the art galleries in Mexico City and has positioned Mexico as a key destination for the art market. On the other hand, Mexico has been in the eyes of international art lovers and collectors thanks to art fairs such as: Zona Maco, Material Art Fair, Salon Acme, among others.
Art Galleries in Mexico started flourishing around 1930, when a group of artists and art promoters realized that there were not enough spaces for exhibitions that are independent from the government. The Mexican Art Gallery (GAM) is the first professional gallery to emerge at the time. Besides representing a variety of artists, they had a great client base, organized art exhibitions, and had international recognition. Like many other art galleries in Mexico City, GAM was particularly known in the USA because of the Great Depression, which caused many galleries to close their doors, and collectors had to look for art outside of their country.
This is one of the reasons many art galleries in Mexico City emerged and introduced a new generation of artists who experimented with new movements and different techniques and themes, who had a different vision of the world, and gave a new meaning to Mexican art.
Later, the nationalist movement in Mexico gained power, but there were a lot of artists who did not support this because they felt their freedom of expression and themes were limited and censored. To oppose the government’s censorship, art dealers and artists opened alternative art galleries in Mexico City and refused to use government spaces to promote art. On the other hand, refused the capitalist idea of making money as the only reason for selling art, which gave art a more profound and sentimental value.
Around the 1990s, commercial borders opened between Mexico and USA, which helped the growth for Mexican culture and arts, giving place to a rich exchange and dialogue between national and international art, resulting in new artistic statements, a diversification in the artistic production around the country and the implementation of independent exhibition spaces. At the end of the decade, Kurimanzzuto gallery opened, and became a great influence for the selling and exhibition of contemporary art, and a big inspiration for other art galleries.
Nowadays art galleries have an important role, because more than selling art, art galleries provide artistic promotion, value, and a name to the artists they represent. This way, an art gallery is not only successful for its capital gain, but also for its impact in providing Mexican culture to the national and international market.
have contributed significantly to the economic and cultural growth of the country. On the one hand they have carried out the role of art managers, promoters and representatives who guide and build the professional trajectory of their artists; and, on the other hand, they have kept the circulation and recognition of consolidated artists or great representatives of the Mexican plastic scene from the last century active.
There are many reasons why art galleries have increased their popularity in the international art market: first, Mexico offers a wide range of artists, themes, techniques, styles, and statements that have caught the eye on international art lovers. Secondly, the Mexican peso was devalued considerably, which allows collectors who hold stronger currencies to access Mexican art, further increasing their presence internationally. Finally, the internet and social media have enabled the art galleries in Mexico City to present their artists and artwork virtually and reach a greater audience outside of the country.
Aura Galerías has been part of the Mexican Art scene for over 40 years. Established in Mexico City in 1981, it has represented artists that over the years have attained a well-deserved international following.
At Aura Galerías we are committed to fulfilling the role of promoters of the plastic arts in our country. Thus, we have grown hand in hand with our artists, committing ourselves to finding new talent and great quality that represents the Mexican and Latin American art and culture, so we can position these artists in the national and international market.
Aura Galerías has embraced the digital era by providing professional packaging and shipping and on-line sales and service like no other art gallery in Mexico. At Aura we strive to serve our clients and collectors by providing exceptional services, such as specializing in art rendering, which facilitates and enhances the art viewing experience of our clients, even though they might leave thousands of miles away. Visit our webpage https://www.auragalerias.com/ to find out more about the different services Aura Galerías provides
We invite you to visit Aura Galerías at our flagship gallery in Mexico City, located in Atenas 30, Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600, CDMX; as well as at our newest location in San José del Cabo, located in Álvaro Obregón 10, Gallery District, Centro, Ejido del Centro, Baja California Sur, México. You can also enter our online store where you can view and acquire works by contemporary artists or contact our team at + 52 (55) 5282 5033 or info@auragalerias.com for more information about our exhibitions and works for sale from contemporary Mexican and Latinamerican artists.