This book is a letter of introduction for those who are not familiar with the past, present and future of Fundación / Colección Jumex (today Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo), for those who wonder who we are and, above all, where we are going in this era in which new criteria are being redefined and in which collecting takes on a new meaning; an era in which everything is questioned, especially the role of private collections and organizations; when globalization and geographic expansion forces institutions to face new challenges and opportunities; and in which the rapid growth of the world of contemporary art pushes us to create alliances and to develop the field of research, and particularly that of education. In these two volumes, through the words of María Minera, John Baldessari, Eugenio López Alonso, Jessica Morgan and Juan Villoro, we try to contextualize the role and meaning...read more
