On February 8, the latest edition of ZⓈONAMACO, Latin America’s premier art fair, will debut works from over 210 international galleries of 26 countries, on view through February 12 at Mexico City’s Centro Citibanamex. Exhibitors from cities across Mexico will join those from countries such as Denmark, Israel, France, Spain, and Austria in a sweeping presentation of modern and contemporary artwork, photography, design, and antiques. Founded by Zélika García and headed by Juan Canela, Artistic Director of ZⓈONAMACO and Chief Curator of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá, the extraordinary display is composed of four distinct sections: ZⓈONAMACO MÉXICO ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO®, ZⓈONAMACO DISEÑO®, ZⓈONAMACO SALÓN DEL ANTICUARIO®, and ZⓈONAMACO FOTO®.
Highlights include Le Laboratoire gallery’s presentation of an exclusive dialogue between prolific Mexican artists Manuel Rocha Iturbide and Roberto Turnbull, titled “DE OIDO.” The exhibition breaks barriers between music and visual arts through an imaginative synthesis of shapes, colors, auditory metaphors and games. Rocha Iturbide, composer, sound artist, and researcher, and Turnbull, painter and engraver, unite their paintings, sound sculptures, and collaborative engravings, producing lively, surreal works of art and friendship. Kurimanzutto, of Mexico City and New York, presents a new exhibition by artist Nairy Baghramian titled “modèle vivant.” The show converses with the figural creations of 20th century Mexican-based artists Geles Cabrera, Elizabeth Catlett, Helen Escobedo, and Ángela Gurría in a thought-provoking and cross-generational exploration of human form and vocabulary. Shifting colors and materials reveal intimate points of connection and our potential for transcendence. Galería RGR presents a solo exhibition by the late Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto, commemorating 100 years since his birth and rejoicing in his legendary mark on Kinetic, European, and Latin American art. The sweeping show displays five decades of historical artworks from the estate of Atelier Soto.
