Museo Tamayo: Five Shows, Five Closing Dates

|Josh Stein
Museo Tamayo exhibitions, Mexico City

Events & Exhibitions · Mexico City

Museo Tamayo is running five exhibitions at once, and they end on five different dates spread from September 2026 to February 2027. Which month you visit decides what you see.

By Josh Stein · Founder, Art of NOMA, Mexico City · writing on the emerging-art market since 2023

Five shows, five closing dates

Museo Tamayo was built in 1981 to hold Rufino Tamayo’s own collection of international modern art, and it has since become one of the city’s most consistent contemporary programmes. Right now it is unusually full — five exhibitions, staggered so that the building never empties.

20SEP

Tamayo Horizontes

10 Jun – 20 Sep 2026
Chapultepec · Museo Tamayo

Closes first
27SEP

Fátima Rodrigo: Con todo y mi tristeza

10 Jun – 27 Sep 2026
Chapultepec · Museo Tamayo

Closing soon
18OCT

Ante el eclipse: Arqueologías del arte en México

10 Jun – 18 Oct 2026
Chapultepec · Museo Tamayo

3JAN

Museo Tamayo: Arquitectura y cosmotécnica

23 Jul 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Chapultepec · Museo Tamayo

15FEB

Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo: Los años en París

20 Aug 2026 – 15 Feb 2027
Chapultepec · Museo Tamayo

Runs longest

Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo: Los años en París

Opened 20 August and running to 15 February 2027, this is the show to see if you only see one. It puts Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Nieto and Francisco Toledo together around their years in Paris — three Oaxacan artists across three generations, each of whom went to Europe and came back with something that did not look European.

It is also the show that rhymes with what is happening in the galleries. Galería de Arte Mexicano opens a Francisco Toledo and Jan Hendrix pairing on 3 September, running to 15 January 2027. For four months you can see Toledo in a museum survey and in a commercial gallery in the same week.

Ante el eclipse

Ante el eclipse: Arqueologías del arte en México closes 18 October. It reads the history of art in Mexico as an archaeology — layers rather than a line. For anyone trying to understand why Mexican contemporary art looks the way it does, it is more useful than a survey.

What you see, month by month

September

All five open. The only month that is true. Horizontes closes on the 20th and Fátima Rodrigo on the 27th.

October

Three remain, and Ante el eclipse closes on the 18th. After that, two.

November and December

Two: the architecture show and the Paris show. A quieter, better-paced visit.

January and February

Arquitectura y cosmotécnica closes 3 January; the Paris show holds to 15 February and is open through Art Week.

Frequently asked questions

How many exhibitions are on at Museo Tamayo right now?
Five, as of 27 August 2026, closing on five different dates between 20 September 2026 and 15 February 2027.
What is the longest-running show at Museo Tamayo?
Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo: Los años en París, which opened 20 August 2026 and runs to 15 February 2027.
Which Museo Tamayo exhibition closes first?
Tamayo Horizontes, on 20 September 2026. Fátima Rodrigo’s Con todo y mi tristeza follows on 27 September.
Where is Museo Tamayo?
Inside Bosque de Chapultepec on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City. It is a short walk from Museo de Arte Moderno.
Can I see Francisco Toledo in more than one place this autumn?
Yes. He is in Museo Tamayo’s Los años en París to 15 February 2027, and in a two-person show with Jan Hendrix at Galería de Arte Mexicano from 3 September 2026 to 15 January 2027.
Which month is best for a single visit?
September, if you want all five. November or December if you would rather see two shows properly than five quickly.

Sources

All dates were read from the museum’s own website on 27 August 2026. Exhibition dates change; confirm with the venue before travelling.

Art of NOMA is a contemporary gallery in Mexico City representing emerging artists. See the current collection.