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Mexican sculptor Geles Cabrera dies at 100

From El Universal · () Spanish

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  • Mexican sculptor Geles Cabrera died at 100, the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature said.
  • Cabrera, who celebrated her centenary on Aug. 2, built a career spanning more than seven decades and focused her work on the human figure.
  • She received the Bellas Artes Medal in 2023 and was honored with a retrospective exhibition at Mexico City’s Palace of Fine Arts in 2025.

Mexican sculptor Geles Cabrera has died at the age of 100, shortly after celebrating her centenary on Aug. 2.

The National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, known as INBAL, announced her death. Cabrera was born in 1926 and developed a body of work centered on the human figure over a career lasting more than seven decades.

INBAL said Cabrera “opened the way for new generations of women creators.” Her work was honored in 2025 with a retrospective exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts titled “Geles Cabrera. Body Scores.”

The sculptor also received the Bellas Artes Medal in 2023.

Throughout a career spanning more than seven decades, she developed a body of work centered on the human figure and opened the way for new generations of women creators.

— National Institute of Fine Arts and LiteratureINBAL’s tribute to Cabrera after announcing her death.
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