The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey presents the exhibition How do we get out?, the first survey of Teresa Margolles’s career in the American continent. She is one of the most influential contemporary Mexican artists on the international scene.
Curated by Taiyana Pimentel, the exhibition brings together 23 works from 18 projects spanning from 2003 to the present. It focuses discursively on sociopolitical issues related to northern Mexico, which are central to much of Margolles’s practice, while also including projects from other regions of Latin America.
Throughout her career, Margolles (Sinaloa, 1963) has explored the systemic violence and impunity that prevail in Latin America—particularly in northern Mexico—through conceptual strategies influenced by her former work as a forensic pathologist.
“The pain and void left by human loss in society constitute the core of Margolles’s discourse. From her early forensic work, she gradually outlined the emotional disintegration caused by violent deaths and forced disappearances, from the individual to the collective level,” explains Pimentel, who has collaborated with the artist for several decades.
EXHIBITION INFORMATION
Title: Teresa Margolles: How do we get out?
Public opening: Friday, November 14, 2025
On view through: Sunday, May 3, 2026
Exhibition design: MARCO
Curator: Taiyana Pimentel
Number of works: 23 works from 18 projects, from 2003 to the present
Galleries: 6 to 11, Upper Floor
Media: Installation, embroidery on fabric impregnated with blood, performance, intervention, sound art, photography, sculpture, and jewelry
Photo credit: Sin título (2025), a new commission by Teresa Margolles. How do we get out? Photo: Arthur Mora for MARCO.
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Installation view of How Do We Get Out? by Teresa Margolles, presented at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), from November 14, 2025 to May 3, 2026. Photographs by Arthur Mora.
Vista de sala de ¿cómo salimos? Teresa Margolles, presentada en el Museo de arte contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, del 14 de noviembre de 2025 al 03 de mayo de 2026. Fotografías de Arthur Mora.
Vista de sala de ¿cómo salimos? Teresa Margolles, presentada en el Museo de arte contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, del 14 de noviembre de 2025 al 03 de mayo de 2026. Fotografías de Arthur Mora.
Vista de sala de ¿cómo salimos? Teresa Margolles, presentada en el Museo de arte contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, del 14 de noviembre de 2025 al 03 de mayo de 2026. Fotografías de Arthur Mora.
Vista de sala de ¿cómo salimos? Teresa Margolles, presentada en el Museo de arte contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, del 14 de noviembre de 2025 al 03 de mayo de 2026. Fotografías de Arthur Mora.
Teresa Margolles. ¿Cómo salimos?. MARCO. Fotos de Sala: Arthur Mora / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, MX.
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