Mexico City
Lucía Sanromán, the new chief curator of Mexico City's Muac, has a vision for a more socially engaged museum
Sanromán has an ambitious agenda for the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo that includes repairing its fractured relationship with the local community
Former art dealer Jaime Gorozpe shares his collecting philosophy, and his favourite places to eat and see art in Mexico City
The collector and luxury travel company executive warns visitors to Mexico City that they must plan ahead—and not be over ambitious in how much of the sprawling city they can cover in a day
Jaime Gorozpe comparte su filosofía de coleccionismo y sus lugares favoritos para comer y ver arte en la Ciudad de México
El coleccionista advierte a los visitantes de la Ciudad de México que deben planificar con anticipación y no ser demasiado ambiciosos en cuanto a qué parte de la extensa ciudad pueden cubrir en un día
Unique Design X, la nueva feria de arte en la Ciudad de México, regresa por segundo año consecutivo
La feria itinerante también ha sido escenario de ediciones en Shanghái, París, Miami y Savannah
Unique Design X, Mexico City's newest art fair, returns for second edition
The nomadic fair has also held editions in Shanghai, Paris, Miami and Savannah
Exposiciones para ver en la Ciudad de México durante la Zona Maco
Las mejores exposiciones, desde pintura y escultura hasta videoarte, de las principales instituciones y galerías comerciales durante la feria
Shows to see around Mexico City during Zona Maco
The best exhibitions, from painting and sculpture to video art, from major institutions and commercial galleries during the fair
Algo para todos en Zona Maco
Desde artistas emergentes hasta arte moderno y antigüedades, pasando por diseño y fotografía, cerca de 220 expositores abarcan prácticamente todas las categorías de colección
Mexico City's Zona Maco fair offers something for everyone
From emerging artists to Modern art and antiquities, by way of design and photography, around 220 exhibitors span seemingly every collecting category
El escenario artísico de la Ciudad de México mira hacia el futuro
A pesar de los recortes, la amenaza de aranceles y la gentrificación, nuevas voces le dan vida a la vibrante mezcla de museos y galerías en la capital
As US tariffs loom, Mexico City's art scene looks to the future
Despite funding cuts and gentrification, new voices invigorate the capital’s thriving mix of museums and galleries
Polychrome 17th-century statue that was stolen from a church in 2007 is returned to Mexico
The artefact had been recovered from a US gallery in 2017, but since then its status was a mystery
The limits of transnational women’s solidarity in Mexico City’s art scene
Recent episodes of censorship at two of the city’s leading art museums have laid bare the rifts between artists, institutions and their publics
Leonora Carrington’s Mexico City home will no longer become a public museum
The house will be a research centre instead, allegedly due to a labour struggle at the university that owns it
Frida Kahlo museum clarifies that Madonna did not visit and try on the artist's clothes
Madonna may have tried on Kahlo's clothes during a previous visit to her family home
Collector Eugenio López Alonso on his museum’s tenth anniversary and Mexico City’s rising profile in the art world
Visitors to the city during Zona Maco can also take in Museo Jumex’s anniversary group show, curated by New Museum director Lisa Philips
How Mexico City’s art scene and its biggest fair, Zona Maco, have grown over 20 years
The biggest art fair in Latin America is marking a significant milestone while showcasing the booming local scene
Outcry over Mexico City’s plan to replace guerrilla ‘anti-monument’ to victims of gender violence with replica of pre-hispanic statue
After an earlier plan for a new sculpture by artist Pedro Reyes was roundly rejected, the municipal government said it had received activists’ blessing to replace the protest monument that stood in its place
Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija on honouring Mexican pottery traditions—and the intoxicating inspiration of psychoactive drinks
An exhibition in Mexico City explores the artist’s years-long investigation of Oaxacan vessels made for the consumption of mezcal and pulque
The smoocher’s guide to repatriation: a Mexican artist is using his tongue to draw attention to looting of his country’s heritage
Following a string of auction sales of ancient artefacts from Mexico, artist Pepx Romero is taking measures into his own lips
Ceremonial starfish offerings unearthed at Aztec temple in Mexico City
The ‘precious relics’ discovered at Templo Mayor link Aztec cosmology to the sea
Music festivals, mezcal bars and moderate price points: Zona Maco spearheads lively marquee art week in Mexico City
The week’s calendar of events is chock-full of parties and openings, and features a new local mini-fair
Future of one of Mexico’s most important collections uncertain as parent company put up for sale
La Colección Banamex, which numbers more than 6,000 works including pieces by Frida Kahlo and Clemente Orozco, belongs to a bank that Citigroup is offloading
Sofía Táboas takes the temperature of the Jumex collection
The artist guest curated a collection exhibition at Museo Jumex dealing with nature and man-made environments, and explores related themes in a concurrent show of her own works
Campeche, a new gallery in Mexico City, champions underrepresented artists in a country dominated by 'machismo'
"We are trying to build a programme that will be very female and queer oriented... that might be difficult for a Mexican audience, but it has to happen,” founder says
Mexico City galleries come together for homegrown Zonamaco Art Week
Despite postponing the traditional art fair, organisers found a way to hold shows and create a sense of occasion
At home with the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington's Mexico City house and studio to open to the public
University-led project prepares artist's home of 65 years and its 8,000 objects for guided tours starting later this year
Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul vies for Guinness World Record with concert by 97-year-old drummer this weekend
Legendary musician Tino Contreras says he looks forward to setting up his drum kit among pre-Colombian sculptures in the patio garden for live-streamed event
Mexico City’s planned cultural complex in Chapultepec Park loses architect
While local activists have long resisted the $440m project, especially at a time when the country’s existing museums are in crisis, the city’s governor recently rejected a design for ambitious pedestrian bridge that did not meet technical criteria
Mexico City's galleries overcome growing pains as the city's art scene booms
As top-tier dealers and collectors continue to flock to Zona Maco, Material Art Fair nurtures a needed mid-level market