Exhibitions
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Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2016)
Puebla Regional Museum, Puebla - From November 15, 2016, to May 28, 2017 From November 15, 2016, to May 28, 2017. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture—through the National Institute of Anthropology and History and the Regional Museum of Puebla (MUReP)—presented the exhibition Nacimiento: Perspectives Through Time for the fourth time to mark MUReP’s 40th anniversary. The... Read more -
Nativity, Moments in Memory (2013)
National Museum of Popular Cultures, Mexico City - December 12, 2013 to February 16, 2014 December 12, 2013, to February 16, 2014. The sister foundations, Amparo and Manuel (AMMA) and Espinosa Rugarcía (ESRU), dedicated to promoting cultural values, presented the exhibition Nacimiento: Moments in Memory at the National Museum of Popular Cultures in Coyoacán for the first time. The exhibition consisted of the Amparo Espinosa... Read more -
Tomoaki Suzuki (2016)
Roberto Garza Sada Center for Art, Architecture and Design, Monterrey - August 2, 2016 to September 15, 2016 August 2 to September 15, 2016. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA) was pleased to present—for the first time in Mexico and Latin America—the sculptural work of Japanese artist Tomoaki Suzuki (Japan, 1972; based in London), in collaboration with the Centro Roberto Garza Sada. On this occasion, AMMA Foundation had the... Read more -
David Shrigley: DON’T (No lo hagas) (2019)
Carrillo Gil Art Museum, Mexico City - June 22 to September 29, 2019 June 22, 2019 – September 29, 2019. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA) presented the first exhibition in Mexico City by British artist David Shrigley, whose work since the late 1990s has been characterized by a sense of humor, as well as the use of irony and the absurd. The 94... Read more -
Tomoaki Suzuki, SHCP (2016)
Art Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico City - October 13, 2016 to January 8, 2017 October 13, 2016 – January 8, 2017. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA) presented the sculptural work of Japanese artist Tomoaki Suzuki (Japan, 1972; based in London) in Mexico City for the first time, in collaboration with the Art Museum and the Gallery of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses through time (2014)
Guadalajara Regional Museum, Guadalajara - December 9, 2014 to March 1, 2015 December 9, 2014, to March 1, 2015. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA) presented the exhibition Nativity. Perspectives Through Time for the second time at the Guadalajara Regional Museum, located in the Historic Center, from December 9, 2014, to March 1, 2015. The Nacimiento Amparo Espinosa Rugarcía was created by Felipe... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses through Time (2015)
Dolores Olmedo Museum, Mexico City - November 28, 2015 to February 2, 2016 From November 28, 2015, to February 2, 2016. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA) presented the exhibition Nativity: Glimpses Through Time at the Dolores Olmedo Museum. The exhibition featured the Amparo Espinosa Rugarcía Nativity scene, consisting of more than a thousand painted clay figures in a figurative-expressionist style, which bring to... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2017)
Mexiquense Bicentennial Cultural Center, State of Mexico - November 10, 2017 to February 4, 2018 From November 10, 2017, to February 4, 2018. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA), in collaboration with the Government of the State of Mexico through the Ministry of Culture and the Centro Cultural Mexiquense Bicentenario, presented the exhibition Nacimiento, Miradas en el tiempo in Texcoco, State of Mexico. The exhibition features... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2018)
Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City - From December 11, 2018, to February 3, 2019 December 11, 2018, to February 3, 2019. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA), in collaboration with the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, presented the exhibition Nacimiento, Miradas en el Tiempo for the sixth time in Mexico City’s Historic Center, featuring the Amparo Espinosa Rugarcía Nativity Scene, consisting of more than a... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2019)
Museum of Art and History of Guanajuato, Guanajuato - November 29, 2019 to February 9, 2020 November 29, 2019 to February 9, 2020. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA), in collaboration with Guanajuato Cultural Forum, presented the exhibition “Nacimiento: Perspectives Through Time” in the Feliciano Peña Gallery at the Guanajuato Museum of Art and History. The exhibition was presented for the seventh consecutive year and for the... Read more -
Nativity, Glimpses through Time (2020)
Online exhibition - December 7, 2020 to February 7, 2021 From December 7, 2020, to February 7, 2021. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA) presented the exhibition Nacimiento: Miradas en el tiempo for the eighth consecutive year—and for the first time, in a digital format. Through the online tour, the public was able to explore in detail the scenes and figures... Read more -
The Day I Saw You: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Foundation Collection (2021)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Museum, Mexico City – June 3 to July 31, 2021 June 3 to July 31, 2021. Amparo y Manuel Foundation presented an exhibition at the Museo de la Cancillería in Mexico City’s Historic Center. The show featured a selection of portraits from the foundation's collection, exploring themes such as daily life, personal experiences, and human subjectivity through various artistic disciplines—including... Read more -
Alexander Kaletski: La Vie en Bleu (2021)
DeJalon Fine Arts - The Ritz-Carlton México City De Jalon Fine Arts presented an exhibition by Alexander Kaletski—a Russian-born artist and U.S. citizen—at The Ritz-Carlton Mexico City, located in the Chapultepec area of Mexico City. Inspired by the year 2020, the exhibition brought together works created by the artist during that year—in dialogue with earlier pieces and works... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2021)
Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain - From November 25, 2021, to February 13, 2022 From November 25, 2021, to February 13, 2022. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the exhibition Nacimiento, miradas en el tiempo for the first time in Spain at the Museo de América in Madrid. The exhibition features a monumental nativity scene composed of more than a thousand painted clay figures in... Read more -
The Day I Saw You: Portraits from the AMMA Foundation Collection (2021)
Guanajuato Bicentennial Park - From December 10, 2021, to March 21, 2022 December 10, 2021 – March 21, 2022. Amparo y Manuel Foundation presented an exhibition at Parque Guanajuato Bicentenario featuring a selection of portraits from its collection. These works explore themes such as daily life, personal experiences, and human subjectivity, expressed through various artistic disciplines—including painting, sculpture, and textiles—by artists from... Read more -
The Day I Saw You: Portraits from the AMMA Foundation Collection (2022)
Alliance Française San Ángel / Del Valle – September 8 to November 28, 2022 From September 8 to November 28, 2022. Amparo y Manuel Foundation simultaneously presented an exhibition at two Alliance Française locations in Mexico City. The show featured a selection of portraits from the foundation's collection, exploring themes such as daily life, personal experiences, and individual subjectivity through various artistic disciplines—including painting... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2022)
National Museum of World Cultures, Mexico City – December 4, 2022 to February 12, 2023 From December 4, 2022, to February 12, 2023. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the exhibition Nacimiento, Miradas en el Tiempo for the ninth time at the National Museum of World Cultures, located in Mexico City’s Historic Center. This exhibition features a monumental Nacimiento composed of more than a thousand painted... Read more -
The Day I Saw You: Portraits from the AMMA Foundation Collection (2022)
Leonora Carrington Museum, San Luis Potosí – December 8, 2022 to February 19, 2023 From December 8, 2022, to February 19, 2023. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented an exhibition at the Leonora Carrington Museum featuring a selection of portraits from its collection. These works explore themes such as daily life, personal experiences, and human subjectivity, rendered through various artistic disciplines—including painting, sculpture, and textiles—by... Read more -
Rufai Zakari: Enigyee (2023)
San Luis Potosí Arts Center – April 13 to July 23, 2023 April 13 to July 23, 2023. With the aim of promoting international contemporary art and artistic work centered on portraiture, Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented —for the first time in Mexico— a solo show by Ghanaian artist Rufai Zakari at the San Luis Potosí Arts Center Gallery. Rufai Zakari (Ghana,... Read more -
THE DAY I SAW YOU: PORTRAITS FROM THE AMMA FOUNDATION (2023)
Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art – September 1 to November 12, 2023 September 1 to November 12, 2023. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented an exhibition at the Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art (MACQ) featuring a selection of portraits from its collection. These works explore themes such as daily life, personal experiences, and human subjectivity through various artistic disciplines—including painting, sculpture, and video—by... Read more -
Roughly Annoyed: Works from the AMMA Foundation Collection (2023)
Alliance Française San Ángel, Mexico City – November 4, 2023 to January 8, 2024 November 4, 2023 – January 8, 2024. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented a selection of works from its collection at the San Ángel branch of the Alliance Française Mexico City. The exhibition explored various moods and situations contrasting with happiness—processes of change fraught with discomfort, tedium, despair, and darkness. These... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2023)
National Museum of the Viceroyalty, Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico – December 2, 2023 to February 25, 2024 From December 2, 2023, to February 25, 2024. Amparo and Manuel Foundation (AMMA) presented the exhibition Nacimiento, miradas en el tiempo at the Museo Nacional del Virreinato, in the heart of the Pueblo Mágico of Tepotzotlán. This exhibition features a monumental Nativity scene composed of more than a thousand painted... Read more -
Zéh Palito: Between the World and Me (2024)
Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art – February 23 to May 26, 2024 February 23 – May 26, 2024 Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the first institutional exhibition in Mexico by contemporary Brazilian artist Zéh Palito. Zéh Palito uses his artwork to tell stories about contemporary African culture and the African diaspora. The characters in his pieces are portrayed in poses and gestures... Read more -
Lubaina Himid: Make Do and Mend (2024)
The Contemporary Austin March 1 to July 21, 2024. The Contemporary Austin presented a solo exhibition by Lubaina Himid, a London-based artist originally from Zanzibar. The work Bitter Battles (2023), from the Amparo and Manuel Foundation Collection, was featured in the exhibition. The show marks the culmination of the 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth... Read more -
Nerhol: Beyond the Way (2024)
Leonora Carrington Museum, San Luis Potosí – March 22 to June 23, 2024 March 22 to June 23, 2024. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the first exhibition in Mexico and Latin America by the Japanese collective Nerhol at the Leonora Carrington Museum in San Luis Potosí. The collective, comprising Yoshihisa Tanaka and Ryuta Iida, was founded in 2007; its name derives from a... Read more -
Fabulous Women: Works from the AMMA Foundation Collection (2024)
Alliance Française San Ángel, Mexico City – May 9 to June 15, 2024 May 9 to June 15, 2024. Amparo y Manuel Foundation presented a selection of works from its collection—exploring diverse perspectives on female portraiture—at the San Ángel branch of the Alliance Française Mexico City. Femmes Fabuleuses was an exhibition featuring varied portraits of women from the Amparo y Manuel Foundation Collection.... Read more -
Lubaina Himid: Make Do and Mend (2024)
The FLAG Art Foundation September 13, 2024, to February 8, 2025 The FLAG Art Foundation presented a solo exhibition by Lubaina Himid, an artist originally from Zanzibar and based in London. The work Bitter Battles (2023), from the AMMA Foundation Collection, was included in the exhibition. The FLAG Art Foundation is a nonprofit exhibition... Read more -
AMMA x Bloomberg Connects
Discover the AMMA Foundation’s digital guide on Bloomberg Connects! In October 2024, AMMA Foundation launched its new digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, where you can explore the works in the AMMA Collection, as well as its exhibitions, through photos, videos, and audio clips available on the app. To download the... Read more -
Nativity: Glimpses Through Time (2024)
San Luis Potosí City Hall Cultural Center - December 6, 2024, through January 4, 2025 From December 6, 2024, to January 4, 2025. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the exhibition Nacimiento, Miradas en el Tiempo at the Palacio del Ayutamiento Cultural Center in the heart of San Luis Potosí. The exhibition features a monumental Nativity scene composed of more than a thousand painted clay figures... Read more -
Virgencita, Please. By Amparín Serrano Espinosa (2024)
Francisco Cossío Museum, San Luis Potosí - December 6, 2024, through March 9, 2025 December 6, 2024 to March 9, 2025. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the exhibition “Virgencita, Please. By Amparín Serrano Espinosa” at the Francisco Cossío Museum in San Luis Potosí. This exhibition, conceived to honor the Mexican designer’s creative process, as well as to inspire and keep alive her commitment to... Read more -
The Day I Saw You: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Foundation Collection (2025)
CEX Ibero, Mexico City - March 26, 2025, to January 7, 2026 March 26, 2025, through January 7, 2026. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented an exhibition at CEX: Ibero’s Center for Exploration and Critical Thinking, featuring a selection of portraits from its collection that explore themes such as daily life, personal experiences, and individual subjectivity, expressed through various artistic disciplines—including paintings, sculptures,... Read more -
How to See the (In)visible? (2025)
El Atrio Cultural Center at the Museum of the Viceroyalty, San Luis Potosí - March 13 through August 10, 2025 March 13 through August 10, 2025. Seeing is not an absolute act. The (in)visible is not absence, but rather a tension between what is perceived and what eludes the gaze. This exhibition brought together drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the Amparo and Manuel Foundation’s collection—works that function as active... Read more -
Akos Ezer: Törött pohár. The glass is broken, but I keep filling it (2025)
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Luis Potosí - May 8 through November 3, 2025 May 8–November 3, 2025 The first solo exhibition in Mexico to present the work of Akos Ezer (Hungary, 1989), an artist whose practice is rooted in the contemporary European context. Conceived around the concept of the expanded artist’s studio, the exhibition proposed rethinking the studio not as a delimited physical... Read more -
Virgencita, Plis. Amparín Serrano's guananonli (2025)
Alliance Française Polanco, Mexico City - May 17 through September 13, 2025 May 17–September 13, 2025 The creation of Virgencita Plis stands as one of the most popular images in contemporary Mexico among the many artistic reinterpretations of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the greatest icon of popular piety and Mexican identity. Amparín Serrano, artist, designer, and director of Distroller, is the creator... Read more -
Rebecca Brodskis: UN GESTE – A GESTURE – UN GESTO (2025)
CEART. San Luis Potosí - August 27 through November 9, 2025 August 27–November 9, 2025 Amparo y Manuel Foundation presented the first solo exhibition in Mexico by Rebecca Brodskis, a French-Moroccan artist whose practice is rooted in the contemporary European context. This exhibition seeked to rethink the portrait as a universal language of the body and emotions, challenging us to look... Read more -
Nativity, Glimpses through time (2025)
Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art (MAPI), Montevideo, Uruguay - December 3, 2025, through April 11, 2026 From December 3, 2025, to April 11, 2026. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the exhibition “Nacimiento, Miradas en el tiempo” for the second time at an international venue and for the first time in Latin America. The exhibition was hosted by the Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art (MAPI) in... Read more -
Nativity, Glimpses through time (2026)
City Council of Córdoba, Argentina - From October 10, 2026, to January 17, 2027 From October 10, 2026, to January 17, 2027. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presents the exhibition “Nativity, Glimpses through Time” for the third time at an international venue and for the second time in Latin America, at the Cabildo de Córdoba in Córdoba, Argentina. The more than 1,100 clay pieces that... Read more -
Virgencita, Plis. Amparín Serrano's guananonli ("One and Only") (2027)
Casa de los Muñecos University Museum - December 2027. Puebla, Mexico. December 2026 to March 2027. The creation of Virgencita Plis stands out as one of the most popular images in Mexico today among the many artistic reinterpretations of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the greatest icon of popular religiosity and Mexican identity. Amparín Serrano Espinosa, artist, designer, and director of Distroller,... Read more -
Chamoy and Friends (2027)
Papalote Children’s Museum - March 2027. Mexico City, Mexico. The exhibition dedicated to Chamoy and Amiguis, created by artist Amparín Serrano Espinosa, will open at the Papalote Children’s Museum in December 2026. Chamoy and Amiguis is a family of characters created by Amparín Serrano Espinosa. They are not a “perfect” family, since their leader, Chamoy, is a girl who... Read more -
Grayson Perry and the Art of Being Respectable (2026)
Traveling exhibition. Mexico 2026-2027 Amparo and Manuel Foundation, in collaboration with the British Council, presents Grayson Perry and the Art of Being Respectable , the first solo exhibition in Mexico by the acclaimed British artist Grayson Perry, curated by Beth Hughes (London, United Kingdom). The series of six tapestries that make up this exhibition... Read more -
Penny Goring: Unloving Love / El desamor del amor (2026)
Colegio de San Ildefonso, Ciudad de México, México - From February 7 to June 7, 2026 From February 7 to June 7, 2026. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presented the exhibition Penny Goring: Unloving Love / El desamor del amor , curated by Laura Smith (London, United Kingdom), in collaboration with the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso. This exhibition marks the first solo presentation in Mexico of... Read more -
The Life Force: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Collection (2026) New York
Museum of Sex, New York - April 23 through October 18, 2026 April 23–October 18, 2026. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presents its first group exhibition in the United States, in collaboration with the Museum of Sex. The traveling exhibition The Life Force: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Foundation Collection features more than 40 works from the collection that explore the relationship... Read more -
The Life Force: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Collection (2026) Miami
Museum of Sex Miami - November 15, 2026, through August 22, 2027 November 15, 2026, through August 22, 2027. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presents its second group exhibition in the United States, in collaboration with the Museum of Sex. The traveling exhibition The Life Force: Portraits from the Amparo and Manuel Foundation Collection features more than 40 works from the collection that... Read more -
Andi Fischer. Artistic Residency (2027)
Coming soon. June 2027. Mexico City, Mexico. Amparo and Manuel Foundation presents German artist Andi Fischer as the inaugural artist of the Collection’s new Artist-in-Residence Program. In 2027, Fischer will travel to Mexico City to undertake a restoration project for the painting that is part of the Amparo and Manuel Collection. Building on this initiative, the artist... Read more
