Material Art Fair

Material Art Fair​ will celebrate its ​seventh edition​ during​ Mexico City’s Semana del Arte​ (Art Week). The fair will be held for a third occasion at the beloved ​Frontón México​, an Art Deco-era sporting arena located directly alongside the breathtaking Monument to the Revolution, in the heart of Mexico’s capital. Independently owned and operated in Mexico City since 2014, Material is now a reference point for art fairs in Latin America. Relentlessly innovative, Material is an experiential and experimental platform for contemporary art and ideas. The fait will feature 78 galleries​ from ​21 countries​ and ​37 cities​.

Immaterial​ is Material’s groundbreaking performance program. Created and curated by Michelangelo Miccolis, its fourth edition will focus on apparitions, manifestations, and the suspension of disbelief. The program features four original commissions by artists ​Nikima Jagudajev​, ​Adriana Lara​, ​Kris Lemsalu​ (in collaboration with ​Kyp Malone and ​Barbara Sanchez-Kane​), and ​Manuel Pelmuş​. The works will weave themselves in and out of Material, incorporating the adjacent Plaza de la República into the program.

Joining Immaterial is the debut edition of ​Listening Material​, a new series dedicated to live, sound-based performance. Material has invited ​Eric Namour​, director of the renowned experimental music platform ​elnicho ​in Mexico City, to curate its first program.

Following its wildly successful debut last February, ​Reading Material ​will be returning for its second edition. Curated again by ​Eva Posas​, Reading Material is dedicated to independent publishers and purveyors of artist books, zines, works on paper and other contemporary art-related publications, where all of the fair’s visiting public has the opportunity to actively participate in the marketplace of art and ideas.

The ​Grand Opening​ of Material will take place ​Friday, February 7th​, from ​12:00 to 8:00 pm​. The fair will then continue on ​Saturday, February 8th​, from ​12:00 to 8:00 pm​, and on​ Sunday​, ​February 9th,​ from ​12:00 to 7:00 pm​. The cost for general ​one-day admission​ to the fair is ​$200 pesos ​($10 usd) and there is a discounted rate of $100 pesos​ ($5 usd) for teachers, students and seniors.

COMPLETE LIST OF 2020 EXHIBITORS

PRINCIPAL SECTION

(bis) | oficina de proyectos, Cali, Colombia

ALMANAQUE fotográfica, Mexico City, Mexico

Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden / Paris, France

Aoyama Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Art : Concept, Paris, France

Bombón Projects, Barcelona, Spain

CARNE, Bogota, Colombia

Chez Mohamed, Asnières-Sur-Seine, France

China Art Objects, Merida, Mexico

Clima, Milan, Italy

co. (company projects), Minneapolis, USA

Crisis, Lima, Peru

Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, Belgium

Downs & Ross, New York City, USA

ELASTIC Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

EMBAJADA, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Et al. San Francisco, USA

Future Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico / Berlin, Germany

Galería Agustina Ferreyra, Mexico City, Mexico

Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna, Austria / Rome, Italy

Galerie Jérôme Poggi, Paris, France

Galleria Macca, Cagliari, Italy

High Art, Paris, France

hunt kastner, Prague, Czech Republic

Instituto de Visión, Bogota, Colombia

Jack Hanley, New York City, USA

joségarcía ,mx, Mexico City / Merida, Mexico

kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico / New York City, USA

LABOR, Mexico City, Mexico

LETO, Warsaw, Poland

L'INCONNUE, Montreal, Canada

Lodos, Mexico City, Mexico

Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico

Lyles & King, New York City, USA

M. LeBlanc, Chicago, USA

Machete Galería, Mexico City, Mexico

Martos Gallery, New York City, USA

MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo, Japan

Nir Altman, Munich, Germany

OMR, Mexico City, Mexico

PEANA, Monterrey, Mexico

PIEDRAS, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Piktogram, Warsaw, Poland

Projet Pangée, Montreal, Canada

RIBOT, Milan, Italy

Sans titre (2016), Paris, France

Simone Subal Gallery, New York City

USA SKETCH, Bogota, Colombia

SMART OBJECTS, Los Angeles, USA

Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, Austria

SPERLING, Munich, Germany

T H E P I L L ®, Istanbul, Turkey

Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York City, USA

Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, USA

TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

Union Pacific, London, UK

VEDA, Florence, Italy

VITRINE, London, UK

PROJECTS

Alienze, Lausanne, Switzerland

Casa Equis, Mexico City, Mexico

Deslave, Tijuana, Mexico

ED Video, Guelph, Canada

Espositivo, Madrid, Spain

Field Projects, New York City, USA

Galería MUY, San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico

Ginny on Frederick, London, UK

Janet40, Mexico City, Mexico

Lagos, Mexico City, Mexico

MARGEN, Santiago, Chile

NERI|Barranco, Mexico City, Mexico

New Jörg, Vienna, Austria

rivera, Mexico City, Mexico

Salón Silicón, Mexico City, Mexico

Shivers Only, Paris, France

Syndicate, Los Angeles, USA

Ulterior Gallery, New York City, USA

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Beverly’s, New York City, USA

Serpentine Galleries, London, UK

Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK