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Field Guide: Museo Tamayo in Chapultepec

Chapultepec Park is home to many museums from the Museum of Anthropology to the Modern Art Museum, but tucked into its east side is a particularly remarkable home to contemporary art: Museo Tamayo.

Named for its founder, Rufino Tamayo who was a famed Mexican abstract painter, the museum “produces exhibitions and public programming generating knowledge and information to a diverse audience, enriching and fostering the aesthetic experience and critical senses of its spectators.” Walk through the halls within and you’ll find the works of Mark Rothko, George Segal, Joaquin Torres Garcia, Henrik Håkansson, and more.

Most notably right now is the incredible exhibition showcasing multifaceted artist Isamu Noguchi’s impeccably designed playgrounds. As the Museo Tamayo writes, his “career [was] defined by his continuous exploration of the sculptural medium, expanding it into other disciplines such as set design, architecture, landscaping, and graphic design.” Entitled Playscapes, it highlights Noguchi’s focus on public spaces, made all the more poignant by the museum’s reproduction of some of the play equipment located inside, and outside in the park.

Playscapes is fascinating and explores the artist’s many collaborations with inimitable minds like inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller, architect Louis Kahn, composer John Cage, and choreographer Martha Graham.

This one is not one to miss, and is on display until October 9th. Find out more about Museo Tamayo here.