In 1994, he cofounded Chac Mool Gallery in Los Angeles with art adviser Esthella Provas.
The creation of Museo Jumex in 2013 has further established López's influence in the international cultural landscape.
[3] His work has been recognized through his continual support of different museums in Mexico in their programming of educational activities, publications related to the visual arts, and through the grants and scholarships that Fundación Jumex awards every year to curators and artists for postgraduate studies abroad.
[10] Colección Jumex, considered one of the most important art collections in Latin America, includes works by Mexican and international artists like Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Roni Horn, Louise Bourgeois, Cy Twombly, Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega, Minerva Cuevas, Julieta Aranda, Abraham Cruzvillegas, John Baldessari, Urs Fischer, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Gego, and Francis Alÿs among many others.
[16] Museo Jumex was the first building in Latin America designed by the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning British architect David Chipperfield.