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Graciela Iturbide Unveils 'Fijar el Tiempo' in Mexico City After Asturias Arts Prize

The exhibition foregrounds her voice through a self-selected survey with on-screen commentary.

Overview

  • On view at the Palacio de Cultura Banamex–Palacio de Iturbide, the show presents 69 photographs chosen by Iturbide and runs free to the public through February 8, 2026.
  • A new video by Pablo Méndez features the artist narrating the making and meaning of the images, an approach developed with curator Juan Rafael Coronel.
  • Iturbide says she wants her archive to remain in Mexico but cites a lack of institutional capacity, noting the Fototeca de Pachuca is full, so her materials stay at home for now.
  • She plans upcoming presentations abroad, including an International Center of Photography exhibition in New York titled Serious Play and a major Berlin retrospective next year.
  • The photographer rejects the surrealist label often applied by European critics and urges careful use of AI in image-making, calling it a scientific advance that can also mislead.