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historical notes
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Eugenio López Alonso, the sole heir to the Jumex fruit-juice fortune, is known as an arts patron whose foundation underwrites contemporary art exhibitions in Mexico, Latin American arts courses at U.S. colleges and art schools, and Latin American–art focused programs at U.S. museums. López’s own 1,300-work collection includes works by Mexican and international artists like Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Roni Horn, Louise Bourgeois, Cy Twombly, Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega, Minerva Cuevas, Julieta Aranda, Abraham Cruzvillegas, John Baldessari, Urs Fischer, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Gego, and Francis Alÿs among many others, and can be seen at the Colección Jumex, which opened to the public in 2001, in Mexico City.
López is currently a member of the board of trustees of other institutions in Mexico like Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Museo de Arte Moderno and Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo (PAC). In the US, López is on the board of trustees of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and of Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). It is thanks to his interest in contemporary Latin American art that the MOCA established the JUMEX FUND. |
