Zona Maco
Galerie Magazine

Discover Highlights from Zona Maco 2026

 

"Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, which has locations in Chicago and Paris in addition to Mexico City, sets the case for the city’s particular global outlook. Ibrahim says her gallery’s presence in the city “has long been shaped by the local cultural vitality, serving as a foundation of our practice even before establishing a physical location.” The booth is a testimony for the dealer’s remark. Clotilde Jiménez, ruby onyinyechi amanze, Raphaël Barontini, José Gamarra, Salah Elmur, Peter Uka, Maïmouna Guerresi, and Leasho Johnson are among the local and international artists who build a statement around identity, self-making, and memory.

 

Uruguayan artist Gamarra’s moody painting L’Affrontement (2022) depicts a first aid boat sailing through a lush scenography while Jiménez’s collage painting Niña con su muñeca (2025) constructs a meditation on remembrance and perseverance in the Mexico City-based Hawaiian artist’s signature style of blending cutouts of photographs, paintings, and colorful paper. “We are particularly interested in contributing to this energy through our focus on diversity and inclusion, foregrounding the complex histories of the diaspora in Mexico,” adds Ibrahim about extending her gallery’s mission to a fair context."

Exerpted words written by Osman Can Yerebakan for Galerie Magazine.