Likely reassembled in modern times, the skull was returned by the Netherlands following a grassroots campaign; it will go on display at a community museum in Oaxaca

Immersed in nature, the sustainably designed Lola Mora Cultural Center in San Salvador de Jujuy celebrates the late artist and her practice

An exploration of scientific studies on art and health, short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

The discovery deep inside a sinkhole in Playa del Carmen has prompted a new research project to date and protect the remains

Over six decades, the artist developed a distinctive sculptural language in Venezuela and beyond

Legal proceedings seek to halt a long-term loan agreement authorised by Mexican authorities concerning works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and other national treasures

Minanbé, an intact site in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, sheds new light on the Maya Lowlands

Unique decorative and architectural elements may point to a previously unknown group in present-day Veracruz

A site-specific project emerges from the conservation of the museum’s 16th-century building

Recognition by the International Union of Geological Sciences highlights how stone can reveal and preserve a city's material history

The new Museo de Arte Textil de los Pueblos Indígenas y Afromexicanos frames textiles as living heritage and explores ethical collaboration

Three sunken pirate ships, one of which may have belonged to Henry Every, were recently found in Nassau Harbour

The Museo Dolores Olmedo is welcoming visitors again after a six-year-long closure during which plans were floated to relocate its prized collection

A battle over new visitor facilities highlights tensions between tourism development and local livelihoods

Allegations of looting and lack of transparency plague the contested galleon that sank in 1708 laden with gold, silver and emeralds

More than 150 guns and an iron cannon were recently documented at the Síis Já cenote in Yucatán

Mexican cultural figures say the Olmec-inspired sculpture reprises a work that was previously rejected in Mexico City

A Canadian woman was killed in an attack from atop the Pyramid of the Moon allegedly linked to the “Columbine effect”

The biennial will launch in November, anchored by Mérida’s rich community of artists, galleries and alternative spaces

Archaeologists discovered the site during salvage operations for the new Mexico City-Querétaro passenger rail line

More than 300 Mexican cultural professionals are calling for clarity surrounding the Gelman Santander Collection, a trove of works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, María Izquierdo and others

Six volcanic-stone boxes found at Templo Mayor reveal a ceremony linked to Moctezuma I’s imperial expansion

Beyond his famous chair design, Friedeberg created a singular world of ornament, architecture, and irony

Paul Ehorn, an 80-year-old shipwreck hunter, has finally located the long-lost luxury steamer Lac La Belle

The book traces the Mexican artist’s extraordinary life and the commercial afterlife of her persona

The area, known as a “graveyard of the Atlantic”, is the site of thousands of shipwrecks waiting to be discovered

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has called it ”the most important archaeological finding of the last decade”

Ambitious cultural programme will accompany the 2026 Fifa World Cup tournament

Banco Santander will take charge of 160 iconic works, including 18 by Frida Kahlo, from the Gelman Collection of 20th-century Mexican art

The museum marks the 20th anniversary of its reopening with new commissions and Art Week performance