Overview
- The exhibition opened on November 13 at the Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City and runs through February 22, 2026.
- It gathers 133 works across painting, printmaking, photography, film, posters and archival documents.
- The show is organized into five sections: La carpa, El gesto del cuerpo, Riesgo. Vida y muerte en el circo, Anomalías de la evolución and Gabinete de curiosidades.
- Featured artists include María Izquierdo, José Clemente Orozco, Nahui Olin, José Guadalupe Posada, Juan Soriano and Roberto Montenegro, anchored by Carlos Orozco Romero’s Acróbata (1929).
- The curatorial framing presents the circus as a site of wonder, risk and social marginalization, citing cases from Ricardo Bell’s political satire to the exploitation of Julia Pastrana.