The book accounts for a selection of the best from the state art holdings covering from the foundation of INBA to its most recent acquisitions, donations and legacies including the Emilio Olivier Debroise and Felix Parra collections and the photographic collection of Ricardo Prez Escamilla. The collection is a coexistence of artistic paradigms and cultural identity that represents the trends that INBA has proposed since it was created by a presidential decree in 1947. The museography, organized in time period nucleus, promotes interesting dialogues between Félix Parra and Best Maugard, Tamayo and Joan Miró, Francis Alys and Mathias Goeritz, and includes important artwork of Mexican art and its influence through the works of Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, David A. Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Teresa Margolles, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rufino Tamayo, Angel Zárraga, Adolphe René Le Févre, and many others whose artwork is part of the collections different public museums: Museo Nacional de Arte, Museo Nacional de San Carlos, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Museo de Arte Moderno, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Museo Tamayo, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Capilla Alfonsina, Museo Mural Diego Rivera and Museo Estudio Diego Rivera.