Grupo Presidente Pays Homage to Toledo
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … The Presidente InterContinental Polanco Hotel is paying homage to Francisco Toledo, with a Día de Muertos altar in its lobby…
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Pop Art Exhibit Opens at Presidente InterContinental Hotel
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF … Grupo Presidente is offering an extraordinary exhibition of modern pop art…
Read moreOaxacan Artist Francisco Toledo Dead at Age 79
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF … One of Mexico’s greatest and most influential 20th century artists has died…
Read morePhoto Exhibit Highlights Mexico’s African Descendants
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A new exhibit titled “Tres por Tres, Afromexicanos en Guerrero, Veracruz y Coahuila” (¨Three-by-Three: Afro-Mexicans in Guerrero, Veracruz and Coahuila”) is slated to open on Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Tlaxcala Regional Museum. The exhibit, composed of 18 photographs by three different photographers, shows how this marginalized community in Mexico has fought for its
Read moreMexico’s ‘Jesucristo Súper Estrella’ Breathes New Life into ’70s Rock Opera
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Mexican Spanish-language production of Tim Rice’s award-winning 1970 rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” (called “Jesucristo Súper Estrella,” in Spanish ) – jointly produced by longtime Mexican theatrical regisseur Alejandro Gou Boy and U.S. film and television star Armando Reyes (“Chicago P.D.”) – is a rare thing in the world of modern theatrical revivals: It manages to
Read more‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Returns to Mexico
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s a story that has inspired generations for millenniums and a musical that has awed audiences for more than 40 years, and, now, after nearly two decades in ausencia, Andrew Lloyd Weber’s and Tim Rice’s award-winning 1970 rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” is returning to Mexico with an all-star cast for a limited 20 appearances in Mexico
Read moreSpanish Art and Spanish Fashion
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid is offering a first-ever exhibit on classic Spanish art and the extraordinary designs of the late Basque fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga, whose square coats and undulating bubble skirts revolutionized the international fashion world in the mid-1940s. Referred to as “the master of us all” by Christian Dior and idolized by Coco
Read moreInternational Butoh Festival Set to Open in Mexico City
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s most important festival of Japanese butoh dance theater will be held in Mexico City starting on Tuesday, April 30. The two-week festival, titled “Cuerpos en Revuelta” (”Bodies in Revolt”), is being sponsored by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) and will be spread out across six different venues throughout the
Read moreKipling Goes Ape in Condesa
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of its ongoing global “Live Light” rebranding campaign to cater to a younger, more unisex market, Kipling – the Belgian handbag, backpack, tote and luggage design house with that iconic little monkey – has hired five local artists to paint the town “ape” and leave their mark on Mexican street fashion. The so-called Kipling Squad
Read moreColombian Ambassador Opens Art Exhibit at Presidente InterContinental
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Colombian Ambassador to Mexico Patricia Eugenia Cárdenas Santamaría, in cooperation with the La Cometa Gallery in Bogota, inaugurated an exhibit of contemporary art from that South American country in the lobby of the Presidente InterContinental Hotel in Mexico City’s upscale Colonia Polanco on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The exhibit, titled “Tres Miradas del Arte Colombiano”
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