Richest Man Opens Art Museum in Mexico

The last shiny silver plates were set in place on the Museo Soumaya on Feb. 25 in Mexico City. The art museum will be home to more than 66,000 works of art from the private collection of the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim.

“From Cézanne to Renoir, Van Gogh to Matisse, da Vinci to Rivera, it’s a jaw-dropping collection,” according to the Telegraph. It includes “Slim’s favorite work, The Thinker” by French sculpture Auguste Rodin.

Designed by Carlos Slim’s son-in-law, Fernando Romero, the building is a light-reflecting cloud-like structure, and is named after Slim’s late wife and ardent art collector, Soumaya. It opens March 1, and will be free to the public to enjoy, as a gift from a man who is passionate about great works and believes they should be universally accessible. A glittering cocktail party is planned for the grand opening.