Museo Jumex in Nuevo Polanco has three shows open until 7 February 2027: a Richard Prince survey of more than 140 works, Álvaro Urbano’s Helen and Raúl Silva’s Gateway. Entry is free, no booking is needed, and the museum is closed on Mondays. This guide sets out what each show is, the dates that matter in November, and how to plan the visit.
Key takeaways
- Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo (Tell Me Everything) runs from 26 September 2026 to 7 February 2027, and the museum calls it the artist’s first major exhibition in Latin America.
- Álvaro Urbano: Helen and Raúl Silva: Gateway both run from 16 October 2026 to 7 February 2027.
- Museo Jumex is free to enter, needs no reservation and opens Tuesday to Sunday; Saturday hours run until 7 p.m.
- On Saturday 7 November at 4 p.m. there is a free guided tour of the exhibitions in Mexican Sign Language, with limited places.
- On Wednesday 25 November the museum opens late, until 8 p.m., as part of its monthly Noches en el Museo Jumex.
- A further Jumex exhibition, El don de lenguas, opens on 27 November 2026 at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mérida, not in Mexico City.
Verified 5 November 2026 against the exhibition, programme and visit pages of Museo Jumex (Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo) and the Art of NOMA works and venue pages.
What is on at Museo Jumex this season?
The museum’s own exhibition list shows three current shows and two coming ones. The current shows are Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo (26 September 2026 to 7 February 2027), and two that opened on 16 October 2026 and close on the same February date, Álvaro Urbano: Helen and Raúl Silva: Gateway. Because all three end on 7 February 2027, a visit can wait until after the holidays without missing anything.
The museum stands at Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Colonia Granada, in the part of Polanco that most people call Nuevo Polanco. Our Museo Jumex venue page has the basics, and our Polanco art walk places it among the other galleries nearby.
It is useful to know how this season fits the wider city calendar. Our guide to contemporary art museums in Mexico City compares Jumex with the other institutions, and the What’s On page lists the exhibitions we are following this month.
What does the Richard Prince show cover?
The museum describes Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo as the artist’s first major exhibition in Latin America. It is organised around four of the artist’s best-known series: Cowboys, Girlfriends, Jokes and Cartoons, which the museum says run through more than 40 years of his career.
Around those series the show places early rephotographs, painting experiments on the Nurses, Koonings and High Times canvases, the Hoods series and other sculptures. In total the museum counts more than 140 works from the 1970s to the present.
The curators are the artist himself and Kit Hammonds, chief curator of Museo Jumex, with curatorial assistant Natalia Vargas. A catalogue accompanies the show, and the museum lists a guided tour by the curator among the related events.
What do Álvaro Urbano and Raúl Silva show?
Álvaro Urbano (born in Madrid in 1983) presents Helen, which the museum describes as a tribute to the work of Helen Fowler O’Gorman and her interest in the plants of central Mexico. The show centres on Casa Cueva, the house in the Pedregal de San Ángel that she and her husband, the architect Juan O’Gorman, designed, built and lived in. It draws on her 1963 book Plantas y flores de México and on references to Juan O’Gorman’s stone murals.
The museum adds that Urbano works by recreating the atmosphere of specific architectural spaces, using strategies from theatre and cinema to build immersive settings.
Raúl Silva (born in Lima in 1991) has his first solo exhibition in Mexico. Gateway looks at telecommunications infrastructure and the rise of Cancún as a tourist destination, connecting submarine cable networks with the economy of leisure. It combines a video installation with archives, paintings and sculptural elements. The curators are Rosela del Bosque and Adriana Flores, and the museum credits the main image to Crisis Galería.
Which dates matter this month?
These are the dated programme items we found on the museum’s own pages on 5 November 2026. The first two are free with limited places, so check the museum’s page before you travel.
| Date | What | Details from the museum |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 7 November, 4 p.m. | Guided tour in Mexican Sign Language (LSM) | Free, limited places, aimed at Deaf visitors and the interested public |
| Wednesday 25 November, until 8 p.m. | Noches en el Museo Jumex | Free, limited places; the museum opens late on the last Wednesday of the month. At 6 p.m., a three-voice reading, Jardín de epífitas, with Alan Sierra, Francisco Cuéllar and Ando Flores |
| Friday 27 November | El don de lenguas opens | A Jumex group show at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mérida, to 28 February 2027, alongside the Bienal de Yucatán |
| Sunday 7 February 2027 | Last day of the three current shows | Prince, Urbano and Silva all close |
The museum’s calendar also lists several Mini Domingo activities on Sundays this month and next. We have not described them because their pages give less detail than the items above.
How do you plan a visit to Museo Jumex?
The visit page says admission is free and that no reservation is needed. Opening hours are Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Monday.
Free guided visits run Tuesday to Friday at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. The museum also offers free lockers and a cloakroom on level -1, a bookshop specialising in modern and contemporary art, a café and restaurant, bicycle parking opposite the building next to the railway line, and ramps and lifts for visitors with limited mobility.
A practical order for a first visit is to start with the largest show, Prince, and then walk through Urbano and Silva, which the museum presents as individual exhibitions. Our guide to free art in Mexico City lists other places you can add to the same day.
How can a collector use a museum visit?
A large survey is a good way to train your eye, because you can see how one artist’s ideas change across decades. Look at scale, surface and the way a series is repeated or varied, then compare that with what you see in a gallery or online.
When you want to look at original work you can buy, start from the works page. On 5 November 2026 the lowest-priced work there is MX$2,324, and every price is public. For a large painting you can read the dimensions before you go, as with Francisco Gonce‘s After Dark, which measures 162 × 125 cm.
If you would like a second opinion on what to look for, the gallery’s free art advisory answers questions in English or Spanish. The Journal’s Stories section carries more guides like this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to visit Museo Jumex?
Nothing. The museum’s visit page lists admission as free and says no reservation is needed. Some special activities have limited places, so check the programme page for the one you want.
When do the Richard Prince, Álvaro Urbano and Raúl Silva shows end?
All three close on 7 February 2027. Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo opened on 26 September 2026, and the other two opened on 16 October 2026.
Is Museo Jumex open on Mondays?
No. It is closed on Mondays and opens Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and Sundays, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays.
Is El don de lenguas in Mexico City?
No. The museum says El don de lenguas is organised by Museo Jumex at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mérida, from 27 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, alongside the Bienal de Yucatán.
