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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
An exhibition in Mexico City explores the artist’s years-long investigation of Oaxacan vessels made for the consumption of mezcal and pulque
Following a string of auction sales of ancient artefacts from Mexico, artist Pepx Romero is taking measures into his own lips
The ‘precious relics’ discovered at Templo Mayor link Aztec cosmology to the sea
The week’s calendar of events is chock-full of parties and openings, and features a new local mini-fair
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
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
"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
Despite postponing the traditional art fair, organisers found a way to hold shows and create a sense of occasion
University-led project prepares artist's home of 65 years and its 8,000 objects for guided tours starting later this year
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
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
As top-tier dealers and collectors continue to flock to Zona Maco, Material Art Fair nurtures a needed mid-level market
And third Mexican collector loans his art to university
The artist’s interactive exhibition at Mexico City’s Museo Tamayo encourages visitors to explore, take drugs and dream, but is it more than just another “art experience”?
Spaces like Salón ACME and Cinco Pisos en el Quinto offer a more ‘empathetic model’ as the region’s art market grows
The curator Inti Guerrero has succeeded where others have fallen short
International collectors and curators were out in force for the eighth edition of the Latin American art fair
The artist on running inside tornadoes, failing to sabotage the art market and the appeal of Mexico City
The museum will be drawn from the Jumex Foundation's 2,000 works
Eugenio Lopez Alonso’s Jumex Collection is to open a building near Carlos Slim Helú’s new Soumaya Museum
Other pieces, including a new version of the shark in a tank, have sold to Korea and the US
