Zona Maco is an art fair that takes place twice annually during February and September with three different events in Mexico City. Each event focuses on specific sectors: Zona Maco Arte Contemporáneo showcases contemporary and modern artworks and design, Zona Maco Foto features vintage, modern and contemporary photography and video and Salón del Anticuario hosts antiquarians. In addition, the fairs offer a program of lectures and a program with activities in museums, galleries and exhibition sites across Mexico City.
Zona Maco México Arte Contemporáneo Contemporary Art Mexico | 2009 - 2016, Centro Banamex, Mexico City
Zona Maco Foto | 2015- 2016, Centro Banamex, Mexico City
Zona Maco Salón del Anticuario Antiquarian Hall | 2014 - 2016, Centro Banamex, Mexico City
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo en México International Contemporary Art Fair in Mexico | 2008, Centro Banamex, Mexico City
Maco México Arte Contemporáneo Contemporary Art Mexico | 2007, Residencial Palmas Park, Mexico City
Maco México Arte Contemporáneo Contemporary Art Mexico | 2004 - 2006, Expo Reforma, Mexico City
La Muestra 2 | 2003, World Trade Center, Mexico City
La Muestra 1 | 2002, Monterrey, Mexico
Zona Maco México Arte Contemporáneo features five sections
General Section, New Proposals, Zona Maco Sur, Modern Art and Zona Maco MACO Design, gathering together international curators, artists, gallery owners and collectors.
Curators and selection committees
Zona Maco Arte Contemporáneo 2016
General Section: Stefania Bortolami (Bortolami Gallery], New York), Ben Loveless (Galleri Nordenhake, Stockholm / Berlin ) and Patricia Ortiz Monasterio (Galería OMR, Mexico City)
New Proposals: Humberto Moro (Guadalajara, 1982)
Zona Maco Sur: João Mourão (Alegrete, Portugal, 1975) and Luis Silva (Lisbon, Portugal, 1978), co-directors at the Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon)
Modern Art: Alejandra Yturbe (Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City), Mariana Pérez Amor (Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City) and Enrique Guerrero (Galería Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City).
Zona Maco Design: Cecilia León de la Barra (Mexico City, 1975)
Zona Maco FOTO 2016
Patricia Conde (Director of Patricia Conde, Galería, Mexico City), Ana Elena Mallet (independent curator, Mexico City) and Mauricio Maillé (Director of Visual Arts at Fundación Televisa, Mexico City).
Salón del Anticuario 2016
Daniel Liebsohn (Mexico City), Mario Uvence (Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas), Luis Alegría (Portugal), Juan Manuel Corrales (Curator of the International Baroque Museum, Puebla), Leonor Cortina (President of the Casa la Bola Museum Patronage, Mexico City) and Héctor Rivero Borrell (Director of the Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City).
Zélika García (Monterrey, Mexico) founded Zona Maco Arte Contemporáneo in 2003, Salón del Anticuario in 2014 and Zona Maco Foto in 2015. During her career, Zélika has received honors and awards such as:
The World’s Most Creative Mexicans | 2015, Forbes Mexico
300 Mexican Leaders | 2015, Líderes Mexicanos Magazine
Mont Blanc Women Award | 2014, Mont Blanc
Mexican Creatives that Shock the World | 2014, Forbes Mexico
50 People that Transform Mexico | 2014, Quién Magazine
50 Most Powerful Women in Mexico | 2014, Forbes Mexico
VH1 Award | 2008, VH1
García is currently serving as Director, while Daniel Garza Usabiaga (Doctor in Art History and former curator of the Museum of Modern Art) serves as Artistic Director.
