Salón de la Plástica Mexicana

Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (SPM; Hall of Mexican Fine Art) is an institution dedicated to the promotion of Mexican contemporary art. It was established in 1949 to expand the Mexican art market. Its first location was in historic center of the city but today it mostly operates out of a building in Colonia Roma. The institution is run by a membership of almost four hundred recognized artists and holds multiple exhibitions each year. Although it operates autonomously, it is part of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. History View of the Origen de un Acervo exhibition, a group of works by members of the Salón in order to support workers of the Pascual Boing enterprise It was founded in 1949, with the aim of exhibiting works representative of Mexican fine arts. It was the result of government efforts to promote Mexican fine arts with fifty two founding members. Of these Fernando Castro Pacheco , Arturo García Bustos , Rina Lazo and Luis Nishizawa remain active with the organization. Over its history, it has exhibited works by hundreds of painters, sculptures, engravers, sketch.