Lit & Luz:De la misma habitación: A Walkthrough with the artist Magali Lara

De la misma habitación: Un recorrido con la artista Magali Lara / A Walkthrough with the artist Magali Lara

Join us at UNAM Chicago as we welcome internationally renowned Mexican artist Magali Lara for a guided walkthrough of her current exhibition De la misma habitación (Of the Same Room) on view in the university gallery. Curators of this exhibition, Sofía Gabriel, Executive Director of MAKE Lit, and Alivé Piliado, Curatorial Associate of the National Museum of Mexican Art, will accompany the artist as they take us through the origins, meanings, and material processes of the exhibited mixed-media prints, which were commissioned for the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of UNAM.

Born in Mexico City, Magali Lara has been exhibiting her work internationally for almost 50 years. Experimenting across artistic mediums, collaborating with interdisciplinary makers, and bringing a nuanced feminist approach to her practice, she has been recognized as one of the most important artists of her generation.

This event is presented in partnership with the Lit & Luz Festival and UNAM Chicago as part of their exhibition programming for De la misma habitación (Of the Same Room), on view October 23 - December 5, 2025

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Acompáñenos en la UNAM Chicago para recibir a la artista mexicana de renombre internacional Magali Lara en un recorrido guiado por su exposición "De la misma habitación", que se exhibe en la galería del campus. Las curadoras de la muestra, Sofía Gabriel, directora ejecutiva de MAKE Lit, y Alivé Piliado, curadora asociada del Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano, acompañarán a la artista en un recorrido explicativo de los orígenes, significados y procesos materiales de las piezas de papel en técnica mixta expuestas, comisionadas por la conmemoración del 90º aniversario del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas de la UNAM.

Nacida en la Ciudad de México, Magali Lara lleva alrededor de 50 años exhibiendo su obra de manera internacional. Experimentando con diversos medios artísticos, colaborando con creadores interdisciplinarios y aportando un enfoque feminista con matices a su práctica, ha sido reconocida como una de las artistas más importantes de su generación.

Este evento se presenta en colaboración con el Festival Lit & Luz, y la UNAM Chicago como parte de su programa de actividades relacionadas con la muestra “De la misma habitación”, disponible del 23 de octubre al 5 de diciembre de 2025.

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The 12th annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art—as featured in, WBEZ’s Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, Chicago Review of Books, Block Club Chicago, and more—takes place November 9 to November 14, 2025. This one-of-a-kind cross-cultural, bilingual festival brings together writers, poets, and visual artists from Mexico and Chicago for a week-long series of public programming at venues throughout Chicago.

This year’s festival––under the theme of “Repair/Reparar”–– explores how writers, poets, and artists from Chicago and Mexico critically examine the artist’s role in impacting and offering new perspectives on what it takes to face and reimagine our shared realities.

To learn more, visit litluz.org