Art in Mexico City – 3 examples

Francis Alÿs - Cuentos patrióticos, 1997, Mexico City, Mexico, 25 min 36 sec feat

Francis Alÿs’s Cuentos Patrioticos: Sheep marching in patriotic tales

Performances, Video Art / 6 minutes of reading

In 1997, Belgian artist Francis Alÿs collaborated with Rafael Ortega to create Cuentos Patrióticos (Patriotic Tales) in Mexico City. The single-screen video projection features Alÿs leading a flock of sheep around a flagpole, with a new sheep joining at every turn. What it shows At first glance, the black & white video depicts a seemingly […]

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The Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Library & Vladimir Rusakov’s impressive mural

Murals, Paintings / 3 minutes of reading

The Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Library is an impressive feat of architecture, but even more impressive is its large-scale mural, covering 2000 square meters. The library, one of Mexico’s most important resources for financial records and heritage book collections, houses psychedelic frescoes that tell the story of revolutionary scenes throughout history. Mexicans love their murals

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Torres de Satélite by Luis Barragan – What you need to know

Architecture, Sculptures / 10 minutes of reading

The Torres de Satélite or Satellite Towers are a collection of sculptures installed in the Ciudad Satelite district of Naucalpan in Mexico State, a few kilometers outside Mexico City. They are considered among Mexico’s first large-scale urban sculptures. The monuments were conceived in 1957 by the famous Mexican painter Jesús Reyes Ferreira, architect Luis Barragan

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