The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey presents La inusual belleza de las cosas comunes (The Uncommon Beauty of Common Things), the first monographic exhibition in Mexico dedicated to the American designers and artists Charles and Ray Eames.

Curated by Brenda Fernández Villanueva, the exhibition brings together 152 photographs, 26 design objects, 21 archival materials, and 13 videos. 

Through eight thematic axis, the exhibition highlights how Charles and Ray Eames transformed the understanding of 20th-century visual culture. Throughout their 37-year collaboration, the Eameses continuously designed furniture while simultaneously producing films, exhibitions, toys, photography, and multimedia environments. Rather than approaching these disciplines separately, they conceived them as interconnected forms of communication, perception, spatial experience, and everyday life.

Although furniture design remained a constant throughout their careers —from their early molded plywood experiments to later works such as the Aluminum Group, the Soft Pad Group, and the teak-and-leather sofa completed at the end of Charles’s life— the Eameses progressively expanded their practice toward increasingly complex forms of visual communication and information design. Over the course of their career, they produced 125 films, 13 of which are featured in the exhibition. Through both functional objects and audiovisual works, the Eameses approached design as an expanded field centered on human experience, ultimately positioning themselves as creators working through perception itself.

EXHIBITION INFORMATION

Title: La inusual belleza de las cosas comunes (The Uncommon Beauty of Common Things) | On display: From Friday, June 4, 2026 – to Sunday, February 7, 2027 | Museography: MARCO | Curator: Brenda Fernández | Number of works: 212 | Galleries: 9 to 11, Second Floor | Techniques: Furniture, photographs, design objects, archival materials, and videos.

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