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"The Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum - first constructed in 1981 in Mexico City's Chapultepec Park - is one of twentieth-century Mexico's most distinguished architectural projects. Designed by Abraham Zabludovsky and Teodoro González de León at the express wish of founders Olga and Rufino Tamayo, the museum is a synthesis of its architects' abstract repertoire. After showing signs of a much-needed expansion as early as the 1990s, new areas were inaugurated in 2012 and included a major renovation of the museum's original spaces, under González de León's architectural direction"--Page 4 of cover.