Casa Diana Gallery

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Localizados en San Miguel de Allende, México, somos la galería con mayor cantidad y variedad de obra del artista Pedro Friedeberg, original y gráfica, así como esculturas y muebles. Fue residencia del matrimonio entre Pedro y Carmen Gutiérrez, actual directora de este proyecto.

Este aclamado personaje llenó el recinto de destellantes detalles surrealistas. Convirtió la chimenea en una majestuosa boca de león, e incluyó relieves en las paredes y otros elementos arquitectónicos de mítica estética en insospechables recovecos del lugar.

Cuando Galería Casa Diana abre sus puertas en el año 2002, el número de galerías en San Miguel de Allende se remontaba a 7, ahora la cantidad se eleva a más de cien. Además de ser pioneros, han logrado crear un público, mantenerse vigentes, y conquistar coleccionistas de todo el mundo.

Cuentan con un importante acervo de más de veinte aclamados autores, como Carmen Gutiérrez, Raymundo González y José Ángel Pahuamba. La obra de cada uno de ellos emula un encanto inigualable gracias a su mirada única al color y las formas.

Friedeberg es el artista más reconocido en la escena del arte en México, y una referencia dentro del arte internacional.

Tiene presencia en el Louvre de París (Pavillon d’ Arts Décoratifs), en el MOMA de Nueva York y el Smithsonian. Su obra ha aparecido en la portada de las revistas como Life y Vogue.

ENGLISH

Located in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, we are the gallery with the largest quantity and variety of work by the artist Pedro Friedeberg, original and graphic, as well as sculptures and furniture. It was the residence of the married couple between Pedro and Carmen Gutiérrez, current director of this project, and this acclaimed character filled the room with gleaming surreal details. He turned the fireplace into a majestic lion's mouth, and included reliefs on the walls and other architectural elements of mythical aesthetics in unsuspected recesses of the place.

When Galería Casa Diana opened its doors in 2002, the number of galleries in San Miguel de Allende went back to 7, now the number rises to more than one hundred. In addition to being pioneers, they have managed to create an audience, stay current, and conquer collectors from all over the world.

They have an important collection of more than twenty acclaimed authors, such as Carmen Gutiérrez, Raymundo González and José Ángel Pahuamba. The work of each one of them emulates an unparalleled charm thanks to their unique look at color and shapes. Friedeberg is the most recognized artist in the art scene in Mexico, and a reference within international art.

He has a presence at the Louvre in Paris (Pavillon d 'Arts Décoratifs), at the MOMA in New York and the Smithsonian. His work has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Life and Vogue.

Béa Aaronson

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Béa Aaronson was born in Paris, France, in 1956. She is a self-taught multimedia artist (painter, sculptor, welder, collagist, photographer), a published poet, author, and art critic, an international lecturer and independent scholar, as well as a stage performer and movie actress. She now lives and works in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

She holds a Honors degree in History of Art, with a thesis on Gustave Moreau A Mystical World, an MA in French Literature with a thesis on Charles Baudelaire entitled Baudelaire Le Sang: Homopoeisis et Blessure, an essay on the symbolism of Blood and the Wound in The Flowers of Evil, and a PhD in Philosophy and Comparative Literature with a dissertation on Marcel Proust, The Bark and The Sap: A Midrashic Reading of Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu, focusing on the Jewish Kabalistic dimension of In Search of Lost time.

She has published many essays, poems, articles, drawings, paintings and photographs in various magazines, journals and encyclopedias, such as Found Object in New York, Deus Loci in Baltimore, Tessera in Canada, The Review of Francophone Literature in Amsterdam, The Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century  Jewish Writers in London, and Polyphony in Charleston. She published and illustrated her first book in 1998, Baudelaire-Miller Sexual Squalor in Paris, which is now the property of Harvard’s Private book collection.

Terry Ann Tomlinson

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Hidden behind a colonial facade in the historic center of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico is a minimal contemporary light filled space. The gallery, which Terry Tomlinson designed, mirrors the minimalist beauty and tranquility of her art. It is a harmonious blend of subtle tones of whites, grays and neutrals, different textures in concrete, steel beams and white cantera floors, softened with a touch of old wood doors.

 The entrance is an open space with a Koi pond and waterfall. On the side walls you begin to appreciate Terry's art."Papeles Transformados”, for instance, is a water sculpture which is cast with over one thousand sheets of paper which she made from cotton and alfalfa. Its structure allows water to pass through the cast paper columns.

 Once inside the gallery, the open spaces and high ceilings offer an unobstructed view of the art. A very important element to Terry is light. Huge windows and skylights open the path to the light which radiates through her and her work.

YAM Gallery

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YAM Galley is an art project located in Central Mexico focusing on contemporary art. Situated in the historical Instituto Allende building (18th Century), the exhibitions stand in stark contrast with the baroque structure in which they are housed, with its bold representation of established and up-and-coming artists from Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Canada and France.

In the current Exhibition Rocio Gordillo is the artist that is showing her beautiful encaustic pieces

Rocio is a Mexican artsit with a master degree in Visual Arts by the National University of Mexico UNAM and studies of contemporary art in Parque Lage School in Rio de Janeiro. Her paintings have been selected in diferent bienals and art fairs such as Bienal Rufino Tamayo, Bienal de Yucatán, Lisbon Art Fair, ZonaMaco, etc. She received twice the young creator scolarship from Fondo Nacional de Cultura y las Artes of Mexico during years 2009-2010 and 2014-2015.

Leonardo Díaz

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Self-taught artist whose passion for drawing and painting began at a very young age. As a teenager he became interested in graffiti and applied its principles as a fundamental tool in his sketches and as part of murals in the city of Colima, the place he was living at the time. Years later he moved to Mexico City where he resided for almost a decade. The urban scene and the visually rich elements of the capital inspired him to translate his experiences into art, which evolved into a series of work he called “Urbanismos”. Diaz’s more recent work has developed a new style greatly inspired by the mental landscapes that contemporary society has built. Leonardo has exhibited his work individually and collectively in the following cities: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico City, Chicago, Sao Paulo, Austin and Miami.