World Art Utopia

Ven a la Luz

Come in to Light by Daniel Popper in Tulum, a giant wooden figure among palm trees pulling its chest open into a planted green passage, with a visitor standing inside the opening.
Artwork FileTulum · Mexico

Ven a la Luz

Reported8 Jul 2025

Daniel Popper · Tulum

Photograph from the Street Art Utopia archive. Photographer and camera date not recorded. Full framing retained; resized. The share image uses the full photograph over a blurred background.

Daniel Popper’s giant figure opens its chest around a planted passage in Tulum. Created for Art With Me in 2018, Ven a la Luz later moved inside Ahau’s sculpture park. Source Reported

Reported Jul 2025. Source Dates refer to the linked evidence, not a new on-site inspection.

💡 4 things to know

  1. A passage through the figureThe opened chest frames a space visitors can enter. Source Reported
  2. Festival beginningsThe artist made the work for Art With Me in Tulum. Source Reported
  3. A new settingAhau dates its permanent relocation to October 2021. Source Reported
  4. Past the old entranceA July 2025 guide directs visitors into the sculpture park. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Ahau Tulum, Carretera Tulum–Boca Paila km 7.5, Tulum, Mexico Source Reported

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 2018

    Created for Art With Me · artist project record

  2. 202113 Sep

    Closure and relocation plans reported

  3. 2021Oct

    Permanent relocation dated by Ahau

  4. 20219 Nov

    Reopening inside Ahau reported

  5. 20258 Jul

    Guide documents the sculpture-park location

Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are records or reports. Publication and upload dates are not camera dates. A dated sighting does not guarantee the work remains in place today.

✅ The facts

Artist
Daniel Popper Source Checked
Created
2018 Source Checked
Height
33 feet Source Checked
Materials
Steel, wood, rope and natural fibres Source Checked
Location
Ahau sculpture park, Tulum Source Checked
Relocation
October 2021 Source Checked

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Photograph from the Street Art Utopia archive. Photographer and camera date not recorded. Full framing retained; resized. The share image uses the full photograph over a blurred background.

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