Rogelio Cuéllar Jorge Luis Borges photo exhibition Mexico City, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City): Photographer Rogelio Cuéllar is exhibiting about thirty unpublished portraits of the celebrated Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges in an exhibition titled ¿Nos volveremos a ver?. The show opened on November 8, 2026, at the Museo de la Ciudad de México (MCM).
The exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversary of Borges’s death. Borges first visited Mexico on December 4, 1973, at the age of 74.
Cuéllar, then 23, approached Vicente Leñero, editor of the Revista de Revistas of Excélsior, for guidance on documenting the visit. Leñero suggested he follow the author and capture his image at any moment, even in the bathroom.
That anecdote became the basis of the current exhibition.
In an interview, Cuéllar said that El Aleph is one of his favorite books, which he has reread many times. “There are still things I don’t fully understand, and they make me reflect a lot.
But it is one of the books I turn to frequently,” he said. He also highlighted the “infinite curiosity” Borges inspires in readers and the passion for reading his works foster.
Cuéllar reflected on where he would have liked to photograph Borges. Although he had not considered it before, he said he had the privilege of capturing him at Teotihuacan, where Borges wanted to touch the base of the Pyramid of the Sun.
“Perhaps I would have taken him to Parque México, which is beautiful,” he added.
The exhibition is both a tribute to Borges and to the history of photography in Mexico and its intersection with literature. Many of the images are unpublished and offer a distinctive view of the life and work of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, inviting visitors to reflect on his literary legacy and his impact on Mexican culture.
The same day, November 8, 2026, painter, sculptor and muralist Arnaldo Coen died at the age of 86. He was a prominent figure of the Generación de Ruptura in Mexico.
His wife, gallerist Lourdes Sosa, announced his death in a statement expressing her deep love and sorrow. “With deep love and sadness, I share that today Arnaldo Coen embarked on a new journey.
His free spirit now merges with the great mystery of existence that fascinated him so much and that he explored in each of his works. He leaves us his creativity, his infinite curiosity, his humor, his intelligence and his gaze.
I thank life for every moment shared,” Sosa wrote.
Coen’s remains were wake at the Gayosso funeral home in Félix Cuevas, where numerous friends, intellectuals and cultural institutions gathered to pay tribute to his legacy.
Curator and art historian Cuauhtémoc Medina lamented the loss and highlighted Coen’s contribution to contemporary art in Mexico. On social media, Medina wrote: “I deeply regret the passing of Arnaldo Coen, one of the last survivors of the wave of artists who, in mid-century Mexico, chose visual experimentation over postrevolutionary identity dogmas.”
Coen explored many themes over his career, including geometry, the female body, eroticism, sound and the world of dreams. His work moved constantly between colorful abstract paintings and celebrations of the body through pop mannequins.
He also made conceptual experiments, such as his book tribute to composer John Cage, and produced multiple variations of Paolo Uccello’s famous work “The Battle of San Romano.”
The death of Arnaldo Coen represents a major loss for the art world in Mexico, leaving a legacy that will continue to inspire future generations of artists.
