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Colombian 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”
Read moreInternational Culture Fair to Be Held in Chapultepec
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STRAFF The 10th Annual Feria International de las Culturas Amigas (International Culture Friendship Fair, or FICA) will be held in a new location, the corridor between the Casa de Cultura Quinta Colorada and the Complejo Cultural Los Pinos in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City Culture Secretary José Alfonso Suárez del Real y Aguilera announced on Tuesday,
Read moreMexico City Philharmonic Opens Season with Baroque Concert
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra (OFCM), led by its artistic director Scott Yoo, presented its first Mexico city Government-sponsored concert of the year at the Templo de Santo Domingo church in downtown Mexico City on Saturday, Jan. 19. The standing-room-only concert consisted of a performance of Baroque music, including works by George Frideric Händel,
Read moreSeeds of Life and Sexuality in Mexico’s Pre-Hispanic West
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As part of the ongoing 100th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Guadalajara Regional Museum (MRG), the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has organized an exhibit of pre-Hispanic Mexican sculptures of sensual human forms from the western Mexican states of Nayarit, Colima, Jalisco and Michoacán. The exhibit, titled “Semillas de vida:
Read moreNational Culture Museum Opens Japanese Calendar Exhibit
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National World Culture Museum (MCCM) opened an exhibit of more than 150 Japanese calendars for 2019 on Monday, Jan. 7. The exhibit, organized in cooperation with the Japanese Embassy, includes pictures of Japanese landscapes, temples, castles, volcanos, cherry blossom trees, water paintings and other cultural images. The exhibit will remain on display at the MCCM,
Read moreMexico’s Holiday Feast of Fish
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In Mexico, Christmas is customarily celebrated on Dec. 24, as opposed to the 25th. And although Christmas Day is still the official holiday on the government calendar, it’s on the night before the birth of Christ that Mexicans come together with their families and friends to exchange gifts and fête the occasion with a gala dinner. Although
Read moreRecapturing the Most Perfect Form
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Cultured 18th century British gentlemen were known for their appreciation of Greco-Roman art, and more than a few of these refined art aficionados made their way to Italy to procure a classic piece of history or two for their own personal collections. (They seldom ventured into Greece because, at the time, it was under Ottoman rule.) Over
Read moreThe Pastorelas of Tepotzotlán
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF It’s an ideal setting for a Christmas pageant: the little colonial town of Tepotzotlán, just an hour northwest of Mexico City. Sometimes referred to as the capital of the uniquely Mexican Churrigueresque style of architecture, the 17th and early 18th century buildings of Tepotzotlán, with their gilded, flourished, curlicued and cherub-topped buildings, indeed offer
Read moreMarch of the Behemoths: Alebrijes on Parade
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For the 12th straight year, a pageant of hundreds of oversized winged dragons, gargantuan multihued insects and superhuman-sized Catrina walking-dead dolls took to the streets in Mexico City on Saturday, Oct. 21, as the now-iconic Monumental Alebrijes Parade got underway. The parade, which this year was heralded in by a spooky-toned blues concert courtesy of Bandula and
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