Collecting the Arts of Mexico

June 28 - July 7, 2016 - This exhibition highlights the early contributions of the De Forests and others, and presents recent additions to the collection for the first time.​ The De Forests envisioned building a collection of Mexican art, and, even though their ambitions were frustrated at the time, the foundational gift of more than one hundred pieces of pottery anchors the Met's holdings. Today, more than a century later, their vision resonates as the Museum commits to collecting and exhibiting not just the arts of Mexico, but all of Latin America.