Here’s your exclusive look at a feature-length documentary about conceptual artist Jill Magid’s unusual project in the archives of famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán.
Luis Barragán
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Jill Magid’s Epic Quest to Unlock Luis Barragán’s Archives Is Now a Movie
The Proposal chronicles the artist’s attempts at accessing the architect’s archives, which famously involved exhuming some of his ashes.
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The Continuing Saga of the Architect Made into a Diamond
The power games of Jill Magid’s project concerning the archives of Luis Barragán continue in an extensive exhibition that completes the circle without any conclusive resolution.
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The Loneliness of Luis Barragán’s Domestic Spaces
James Casebere’s latest photographs show the modernist homes of Luis Barragán alluringly yet threateningly devoid of people or any signs of human habitation.
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Mexican Architects Imagine Trump’s Border Wall as a Pink Homage to Luis Barragán
A group of interns at architecture firm Estudio 3.14 created 3D renderings to visualize Trump’s proposed Southern border wall as a tribute to Mexican architectural heritage.
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An Artist’s Plot to Unlock Luis Barragán’s Archive with a Diamond Made from His Ashes
MEXICO CITY — In a multiyear project that has exploded beyond any one gallery space, New York’s Jill Magid has reactivated the legacy of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán.