The Art of Balance # 44 | Anahi Acevedo, what dreams will you dream?
The director of the International Museum of the Baroque in Puebla (Mexico) is the 44th guest of the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. Anahi Acevedo starts by talking about her meeting with Michelangelo Pistoletto, revealing part of an exchange they had on how much art affects their professional and personal lives. In the wake of this episode, the guest answers the question of our project: “The dream that has always remained right there, right beside me, is of living my life through and within art. Just one path”.

What dreams will I dream?
Good question. I probably wouldn’t know how to answer right now going through a global crisis. But I’ll close my eyes and do my best.
I’ll tell you what I see. I remember a few months ago, last February, when artist Michelangelo Pistoletto came to Puebla City, Mexico, and visited the International Museum of the Baroque, where I am the director. He asked me how I lived my life. I said “What do you mean?”. He asked me if I lived Art and my personal life in separate ways. I said “No. Art and my personal life for me is just one life, my whole life”. I asked him “What about you?”. He said, “Me too”.
So I guess this answers the question. The dream that has always remained right there, right beside me, is of living my life through and within art. Just one path. For me, Art is both my personal and my professional life.

But, why is this a dream? Or, why this dream? Maybe it’s because it’s my passion, the thing that I love to do. Maybe it’s because I am a naïve, idealistic and romantic woman, a mother, a professional and an artist who believes that humans pass through this life so quickly that we better choose carefully which dreams are the ones to pursue. To the young generations I’d say “Watch out picking up your passion, most humans struggle all their their lives to find it, so, if you ever recognize that that’s your dream, in front of you, just grab it and don’t you ever dare to quit, don’t you ever stop fighting for it.