Nuevo Arte: Colección Tequila Don Julio
April 27 -May 26, 2007
Michael Hernandez de Luna Dr. Lakra Tania Candiani
McBarbie, 2005 Untitled (dentadura expuesta) Don't Stop
Collage on digitally enhanced print Ink on vintage magazine Digital print mounted on Sintra
The dynamic, vibrant culture of Mexico today–from recently acclaimed films to heralded musicians–demands an
audience. To showcase the best in Mexican contemporary art, Tequila Don Julio and The Mexican Museum are
bringing Nuevo Arte: Colección Tequila Don Julio to the Aldo Castillo Gallery in Chicago.
Nuevo Arte: Colección Tequila Don Julio is an exhibition featuring new works by some of today’s most innovative
contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American artists. The showcase highlights talented artists selected by Tere
Romo, curator of exhibitions at The Mexican Museum, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco with one of the
most extensive collections of Mexican and Latin-American artwork in the country.
“This collection captures the cutting-edge vitality and original content of contemporary Mexican and Chicano artistic
expressions,” Romo says. “While we’re awaiting the opening of our new building, the museum is excited to collaborate
with Tequila Don Julio to offer art enthusiasts around the country a taste of The Mexican Museum.”
The Chicago exhibition of Nuevo Arte: Colección Tequila Don Julio will be open from April 27, 2007 through May 26,
2007 at Aldo Castillo Gallery, a prime destination in downtown Chicago, located at 675 North Franklin Street. Viewing
hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“From forging new paths of artistic expression to capturing authentic traditions in a new light, creativity and innovation
are surging out of Mexico,” says Jennifer Long, brand manager Tequila Don Julio, Diageo Reserve Group. “Tequila Don
Julio, the most popular luxury tequila in Mexico, is pleased to support both emerging and well-known Mexican and
Mexican-American artists with Nuevo Arte: Colección Tequila Don Julio.”
The collection has shown in New York City and Houston, and after Chicago, will continue to Los Angeles. To augment
the museum’s permanent collection with artists whom are not currently represented, Tequila Don Julio is gifting Nuevo
Arte: Colección Tequila Don Julio to The Mexican Museum. The traveling exhibition will also help raise the national
profile of the museum, which is currently “dark” while it awaits the construction of its new building in the Yerba Buena
arts district near downtown San Francisco.
