Must See Booths at Zona Maco 2025
From bold solo displays to thought-provoking group presentations.
With Zona Maco celebrating two decades as a cornerstone of the Latin American art scene, this year’s edition highlights bold solo installs to thought-provoking group presentations. Rodrigo Ramírez distorts identity through visceral, layered paintings, while Lewinale Havette reclaims femininity and migration with striking compositions. Pachi Muruchu and Livien Yin weave narratives of heritage and time, Ana Segovia reinvents cinematic nostalgia, while Chavis Mármol delves into the complexities of love and identity.
Adding to the excitement, visitors can vote for their favorite piece from a shortlist of 20, with the winning artist and gallery splitting a $100,000 USD prize from the Erarta Foundation in honor of the fair’s 20th anniversary.
Check out our roundup of standout presentations at Zona Maco 2025, running through February 9.
Rodrigo Ramírez at Swivel Gallery
Artwork by Rodrigo Ramírez, Courtesy Of Swivel Gallery
Swivel Gallery brings an immersive solo presentation of Rodrigo Ramírez, where nine interconnected paintings evoke the nine layers of the infraworld, as conceptualized in Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican culture. Ramírez’s works delve into the human body’s struggle to contain its psychological and emotional turbulence. Figures appear deformed, fragmented, and in perpetual limbo—alienated from themselves, locked in an unresolved tension between mind and body. A visceral, hypnotic showcase that pulls viewers into its intensity.
Lewinale Havette at Palo Gallery
Artwork by Lewinale Havette, Courtesy Of Palo Gallery
Marking its Zona Maco debut, New York’s Palo Gallery presents a solo booth featuring new paintings and works on paper by Lewinale Havette. Her practice interrogates femininity, migration, and identity, shaped by her experiences growing up in Liberia and moving through West Africa. With a striking mix of abstraction and figuration, her paintings layer washes, drips, and gestural marks to depict powerful, fluid representations of womanhood. This presentation builds on Havette’s breakout solo exhibition with the gallery in September 2024, offering fresh works that radiate both defiance and grace.
Pachi Muruchu and Livien Yin at Micki Meng
Artwork by Livien Yin, Courtesy Of Micki Meng
Micki Meng’s booth pairs Pachi Muruchu’s reflections on heritage with Livien Yin’s interplay of historical and contemporary narratives. Muruchu’s works unravel the complexities of identity, while Yin’s pieces offer a layered examination of time, memory, and perception. Together, they create a conversation that is both intellectually engaging and visually striking—inviting viewers to pause and look again.
Ana Segovia at Kurimanzutto
Courtesy Of The Artist And Kurimanzutto, Mexico City / New York Photos by Gerardo Landa Rojano / Eduardo López (glr Studio)
Mexico City-based artist Ana Segovia, set to participate in this year’s Venice Biennale, commands attention at Kurimanzutto’s booth. A striking triptych revisits the Spaghetti Western iconography of Lee Van Cleef’s Angel Eyes from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Rendered in bold hues—his ear an unexpected jolt of pink—Segovia’s cinematic framing, set against a vivid blue backdrop, evokes both nostalgia and reinvention. The gray frames surrounding each work echo the structural aesthetics of Donald Judd, adding yet another layer of intrigue.
JO-HS Group Presentation
Artwork by Floria Gonzalez, Courtesy Of Jo-Hs Group
JO-HS Gallery offers a dynamic group presentation featuring Rodrigo Echeverría, Floria Gonzalez, Chavis Mármol, and Kitty Rice. The exhibition navigates themes of transformation, personal mythology, and the tension between past and present. Among the highlights, Chavis Mármol’s ‘Las perlas deberían de ser eternas’ unfolds a gripping tale of love, jealousy, and identity. Depicting twin siblings caught in a fraught dynamic of desire and separation, Mármol’s work probes the ways trauma and familial ties shape our understanding of freedom and selfhood.
