LA SALA ART GALLERY
La Sala Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded with the intention of creating a close and human space, where art is experienced as an open dialogue. More than a place for exhibition, La Sala is a meeting point for artists, collectors, and visitors seeking to connect with authentic and relevant artistic proposals within the contemporary art scene.
Currently located in the center of Mérida, Yucatán, La Sala maintains a constant relationship between the local context and the international art landscape, presenting artists whose work invites reflection, emotion, and new readings of the contemporary world.
FOUNDATION AND HISTORY
La Sala Art Gallery was founded in 2014 by Alfredo Romero and Laura García with the aim of creating a space that would function as an extension of the home—a living room where art could be enjoyed in a natural and intimate way.
Over the years, this gallery has participated in more than fifteen art fairs across the United States, bringing the work of Mexican artists to an international context. This trajectory has enabled the gallery to build meaningful collaborations with galleries in cities such as New York, strengthening its presence within the contemporary art market and scene.
Although the physical space has evolved over time, the essence of La Sala remains unchanged: to be a place where art is shared, discussed, and truly lived.
An art gallery with more than 15 years of experience, located in the heart of Mérida, Yucatán—one of Mexico’s most beautiful cities. Set within the historic center, La Sala Art Gallery is a space dedicated to international contemporary art, surrounded by culture, history, and tradition.
Since its beginnings, La Sala Art Gallery has been conceived as a warm and welcoming space. Its concept is rooted in closeness: a place where people can feel at home, engage with the artworks at a relaxed pace, and take part in meaningful conversations around art.
OPENING HOURS
Mon - Fri
10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
C. 60 381A-por 43 y 41, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yuc.
WHERE NEW SEASON BEGIN
The collective exhibition “Where New Season Begin” is currently on view, an exhibition that builds a dialogue between diverse international artists. It features the work of Emma Larsson, Steven Siegel, Alfredo Romero, and Rainer Lagemann—four artists with distinct visual languages who, together, offer a diverse journey through painting, sculpture, photography, and material exploration.
This exhibition reflects La Sala’s curatorial vision: bringing together contemporary proposals that engage in dialogue with one another and with the viewer from multiple perspectives.
EMMA LARSSON
The work of Emma Larsson is characterized by the free and intuitive use of watercolor. Her compositions explore organic, dynamic forms inspired by nature, color, and movement. Larsson works without prior planning, allowing gesture and intuition to guide each piece. Her spontaneous approach results in artworks that stand out for their freshness, vitality, and distinctive visual language.
RAINER LAGEMANN
Rainer Lagemann’s works capture the silhouettes of the human body in motion and its universal capacity for self-expression. The stainless steel squares used to sculpt the figures, together with the hollow framework of the forms, represent the intellectual capacity, emotional range, physical strength, and spiritual dimension of each individual. The shadows these sculptures cast on the floors or walls of the spaces they inhabit lend each piece an additional layer of beauty, abstraction, and mystery.
ALFREDO ROMERO
A reunion with the visual memory of the streets and an interdisciplinary project of artistic experimentation that sets the dialogue between social memory, ephemeral architecture, advertising signs, and the passage of time. The paintings and signs on building's facades recount the recent history of the place, an intimate and emotional take on our childhood and path through life. Memory spins around itself, but it requires of mirrors and windows to stay on the move. Through the Strappo technique, used by anthropologists and archaeologists to detach and restore mural paintings from walls, Romero gives us that possibility.
STEVEN SIEGEL
Steven Siegel’s art explores the relationship between nature, time, and human intervention through the use of recycled materials and organic processes. Inspired by geological concepts such as sedimentation and erosion, his work embraces natural transformation as an essential part of creation. His sculptures and installations evolve with their surroundings, decomposing and regenerating over time. By merging the natural with the artificial, the found with the constructed, Siegel questions contemporary dynamics of consumption, waste, and landscape, offering a poetic reflection on cycles of life, change, and renewal.
CONTACT
If you would like to learn more about La Sala Art Gallery, our current exhibition, or the work of any of the artists, we would be happy to assist you. Whether you wish to request information, schedule a visit, or receive personalized guidance, we invite you to contact us and continue the conversation around contemporary art.
