Miguel Calderón & Magalí Arriola

A conversation about Miguel Calderón's career and his role as a seminal figure in Mexico’s independent art scene. Miguel discusses his sources of inspiration, and the neuroses represented in his solo exhibition Neurotics Anonymous at kurimanzutto New York in May 2025.

Miguel Calderón often combines a dark sense of humor that is reconfigured into artworks that explore deep social and personal spaces, taking advantage of what is at hand to create films and videos. His multidisciplinary practice focuses on exploring power relations, interpersonal (often family) relationships, and the different groups that conform our society. 

Magalí Arriola is an independent curator and writer. She was the director of the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and the KADIST Lead Curator for Latin America. Previously, she was a curator at Museo Jumex and Chief Curator at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, both in Mexico City. In 2019, she curated the Mexican Pavilion for the 58th Venice Biennale. 

FUTURE DIALOGUES focuses on the exchange of knowledge and ideas for the artists and creatives of tomorrow. 

This episode is made possible with the support of Aeroméxico and Casa Dragones.

FUTURE DIALOGUES, a series of conversations between artists and creatives organized and hosted by kurimanzutto and supported by Casa Dragones.