Art in Mexico

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 …

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Torres de Satélite, Mexico City feat

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, …

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SEFT-1 – Ivan Puig & his brother created this futuristic car

Performances, Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
About SEFT-1 Artists and brothers Ivan Puig and Andres Padilla Domene were the masterminds responsible for SEFT-1 Abandoned Railways Exploration Probe project. SEFT-1 or Sonda de Exploración Ferroviaria Tripulada was an interactive, interdisciplinary art project that explored disused railway lines and their historical importance and social implications. As a road and rail vehicle, the creation …

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Jorge Méndez Blake – Watch the tremendous impact one book can have

Installations / 3 minutes of reading
The Castle by Mexican artist Jorge Méndez Blake, a mixed media conceptual artist, debuted in 2007. It featured a brick wall that was created by carefully arranging and stacking bricks over each other. The wall was made without mortar, and in the middle, a version of Franz Kafka’s The Castle rested crushed by the …

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