Galeria de Arte Mexicano – GAM
In 1940, Carolina and Inés Amor founded the Galería de Arte Mexicano (Mexican Art Gallery, GAM). It was the first art gallery in Mexico which exhibited only Mexican artists, such as Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo.
The Galería de Arte Mexicano (GAM) was founded by Carolina and Inés Amor in 1940 in Mexico City and was the first gallery dedicated to Mexican art. The gallery building was also the first constructed by Andrés Casillas de Alba in Mexico.
The GAM aims to establish the prominence of national artists while promoting emerging talents. Its collection encompasses works of modern, Mexican, and contemporary art. In 1940, the gallery hosted its first Surrealist art exhibition, organised by the Austrian Surrealist Wolfgang Paalen and the Peruvian poet César Moro.
Since its inception, the GAM has organised more than 900 exhibitions, featuring renowned artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Miguel Covarrubias, Miguel Condé, Rufino Tamayo, Frida Kahlo, Wolfgang Paalen, Agustín Lazo, Federico Cantú, Jesús Guerrero Galván, Luis Ortiz Monasterio, Emilio Rosenblueth, and others.
OPENING TIMES:
Mon – Thu 10:30am – 5pm;
Fri 10:30 – 2pm
M: ptorres@artegam.com
W: Galeria de Arte Mexicano – GAM
ADDRESS
C. Gobernador Rafael Rebollar 43, San Miguel Chapultepec I Secc, Miguel Hidalgo
ESTABLISHED
1940
Galeria de Arte Mexicano – GAM
