Museo Tamayo
Museo Tamayo
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Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Founded in 1981, the Museo Tamayo produces original exhibitions of the most representative aspects of the international contemporary art scene. In addition, it exhibits its modern and contemporary art collections as well as the oeuvre of its founder, the artist Rufino Tamayo.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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Neighborhood: Miguel Hidalgo
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- Chapultepec • 10 min walk
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Irvine, CA938 contributions
Dec 2019
The Museo Tamayo is striking and probably worth a visit just to see the architecture. The exhibits are more of a mixed bag. When we were three, more than half of the exhibit space was dedicated to very contemporary Mexican artists from throughout the country. Some was modestly interesting, but most not. The permanent collection, on the other hand, was much more interesting to view. I would have preferred more from this collection.
Written February 24, 2020
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Bill L
Chicago, IL224 contributions
Dec 2019
Museo Tamayo is an interesting museum. It houses works by Rafalo Tamayo, but also those from his personal collection. The collection includes works from his friends - Picasso, Miro, et al. There are also rotating exhibits of modern art.
The building is a brutalist modern design with an interplay of angled walls and windows.
But the real gem is the cafe with gourmet quality food. We had a superb fig and strawberry salad for a starter and then shared duck tacos with meat simmered for 9 hours.
Nice place to have lunch and spend 30 minutes looking at art.
The building is a brutalist modern design with an interplay of angled walls and windows.
But the real gem is the cafe with gourmet quality food. We had a superb fig and strawberry salad for a starter and then shared duck tacos with meat simmered for 9 hours.
Nice place to have lunch and spend 30 minutes looking at art.
Written January 7, 2020
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lm-gym
New York390 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
We saw "Raphael Montañez Ortiz: Una retrospectiva contextual", where the main piece of art is a broken piano. We also saw a bunch of interesting prints (they are called "mixografias") by Rufino Tamayo, and his last painting, the Moon and Sun. Not a "must see" site, but if you are in the area, take a look.
Written March 23, 2023
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Dianne S
Williamsburg, VA26 contributions
Jan 2023 • Friends
Strangest museum ever. Photos of Someone vomiting, someone peeing and shoes in a small refrigerator. Really? I like all types of art but this place is just really strange and very little on the walls.
Written January 20, 2023
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mallers
Half Moon Bay, CA27 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
Such a delightful surprise. We were strolling between two museums and walked past the Tamayo and decided to just pop in. We were blown away by the two main installations. We are both artists ourselves, and were so inspired by the bold and courageous presentations, and the thoughtfulness in their curation.
Written February 23, 2024
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HeKtor89
Dallas, TX187 contributions
Feb 2020
Will be biased as I am not into contemporary art which what this museum has. The Displays are very minimal but the price was fairly cheap so worth a look but not much to see.
Written February 26, 2020
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SaskiaJoosse
Singapore, Singapore145 contributions
Aug 2017
This building reminds me of the pyramids, very impressive and large from the outside but far smaller on the inside.
There were some really interesting exhibitions featuring Mexican artisan work which included, hats, materials, along with a nice selection of Tamayo's work and a section for temporary exhibitions. Despite this, I felt that the building itself was a bit small and that there should be more information about Tamayo, the legend himself. This is still a museum worth visiting and then either crossing the road to see the Modern Art museum or the massive museum of Anthropology.
There were some really interesting exhibitions featuring Mexican artisan work which included, hats, materials, along with a nice selection of Tamayo's work and a section for temporary exhibitions. Despite this, I felt that the building itself was a bit small and that there should be more information about Tamayo, the legend himself. This is still a museum worth visiting and then either crossing the road to see the Modern Art museum or the massive museum of Anthropology.
Written August 16, 2017
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NYTex
Austin, TX74 contributions
Nov 2016
This may be one of the best kept secrets in Mexico City. The museum, the collection and the architecture is all first rate. The name is deceiving because the collection is world class with works from both the old and new world. Worth it.
Written November 15, 2016
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david h
Brecon Beacons National Park, UK788 contributions
Oct 2014 • Couples
Well I visited here when the Kusama exhibition was on. This was apparently amazing 'but' also sold out. You were then left with what the rest of the museum has to offer...which was not a lot! For 38MP you got a visit to the Bienal exposition of various artists and the Antigua exposition of Tamayo's work on the Antigone ballet. This was restricted to fourteen rather small drawings of his Gauche ballet work designs. All in all this was a very poor show. If you cannot hold an exhibition and still retain a good amount of quality work by Tamayo on show then you should reassess your gallery. It gets one star because it simply was not worth visiting at all because the museum is Tamayo museum and there was hardly any work by Tamayo and for that privilege you had to pay for it...simple as that really!
Written October 14, 2014
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JM-23-18
Cancun, Mexico57 contributions
Apr 2014 • Couples
My wife and I just visited.
The excellent permanent collection was gone entirely and replaced by various worthless temporary exhibitions; the top gallery is now dedicated to office space for the guys running the foundation. Even the museum shop is worthless, art reproductions and prints are gone and were replaced by stuff you can find in a department store.
The building architecture is still top notch but not worth a visit.
After 25 minutes we had to leave in disappointment.
Skip it and go to Museo Souraya, which has an excellent Degas and Dali collection on its top gallery and is free of charge.
The excellent permanent collection was gone entirely and replaced by various worthless temporary exhibitions; the top gallery is now dedicated to office space for the guys running the foundation. Even the museum shop is worthless, art reproductions and prints are gone and were replaced by stuff you can find in a department store.
The building architecture is still top notch but not worth a visit.
After 25 minutes we had to leave in disappointment.
Skip it and go to Museo Souraya, which has an excellent Degas and Dali collection on its top gallery and is free of charge.
Written April 16, 2014
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Are the Tamayo paintings back at the museum and on display? The last time we visited the paintings were on loan and there wasn't a Tamayo to be seen.
Written May 24, 2018
Mind we visited the museum almost 6 months ago. There were works by R. Tamayo, but they were not the main display.
Written May 25, 2018
El estacionamiento está en la calle Gandhi al lado del museo. Preguntan siempre si se va al museo ya que está ubicado en el bosque de Chapultepec y algunos van a pasear. Si se sella el boleto en la taquilla del museo se paga menos que si no se va al museo.
Written February 12, 2015
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