Museo Dolores Olmedo
The Museo Dolores Olmedo (or the Dolores Olmedo Museum) is an art museum in the capital of Mexico, based on the collection of the Mexican businesswoman Dolores Olmedo.[1]
History
In 1962, Dolores Olmedo acquired a property at La Noria, Xochimilco in southern Mexico City, which she would later convert into the museum named after herself in 1994. Donating her entire collection of art including pre-Hispanic, colonial, folk, modern and contemporary art, the Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum host the greatest collection of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Angelina Beloff. Upon her death in 2002, she left funds for taking care of her museum, now open to the public.
Collections
The five-building complex contains up to 150 paintings, including 145 by Diego Rivera, 25 by his wife Frida Kahlo (and some of their scripts and drawings), nearly 6,000 pre-Hispanic figurines and sculptures as well diverse living animals such as geese, ducks, six Xoloitzcuintles and Indian peafowls kept in the gardens of the museum.
Recent developments
Recently new areas have been added to the museum, "her private rooms" where she kept original decorations of her house such as ivory, china, and artwork by artist whom she nurtured in her latter years including José Juárez and Francisco Guevara. The museum now holds a permanent exhibition of works by Russian-Mexican artist Angelina Beloff.
The museum has an associated Facebook group[2] and Twitter feed.[3]
References
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External links
- Museo Dolores Olmedo website
- Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño review, Frommers
- Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño review, Trip Advisor
Coordinates: 19°15′55.3″N 99°7′29.2″W / 19.265361°N 99.124778°W