Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, gallery opened in Mexico City in 1964 to house works by modern artists. The museum’s contemporary circular building features large domes and wedge-shaped exhibit areas. Until the early 1970s the art was arranged according to historical periods; afterward the museum increasingly featured the paintings, sculptures, and other works of noted post-Mexican Revolution artists including Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo. Also shown are Mexican and international permanent collections.
A branch of the National Institute of Fine Arts, the Museum of Modern Art sponsors lectures, film showings, and discussions. The museum published a quarterly magazine, Artes Visuales (“Visual Arts”), from 1973 to 1981.