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Palacio de Hierro Becomes Pop-Up Museum Space
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For years — 131 years, to be exact — Palacio de Hierro (which was originally known as Las Fábricas de Francia) has been the gold standard of haute couture in Mexico, offering the finest styles from Europe and the rest of the world, while at the same time promoting and showcasing up-and-coming national designers. Even for those
Read moreMexican Revolution Museum Reopens with Ode to Corn Exhibit
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After a two-month closure for remodeling, Mexico’s National Museum of the Revolution is due to reopen its doors on Wednesday, Sept. 14, with a powerful painting exhibit by artist Santiago Robles dedicated to the nation’s most important basic food item, maize. The “Ode to Corn” exhibit, also titled “The Chauhistle (the Nahuatl word for maize) Has Fallen,”
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Read moreMexico’s Popular Art Museum Presents Modern Surrealism Exhibit
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s Museum of Poplar Art (MAP), located at Revillagigedo 11 in Mexico City’s downtown Centro Histórico, opened an exhibition of works be artist Mario Martín del Campo on Wednesday, Aug. 31. A native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Martín del Campo is known for his surreal interpretations of Mexican themes with a Renaissance rigor and a contemporary multimedia style.
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Read moreBolivian Embassy Presents Feminine Colors Exhibit
PULSE NEWS MEXICO As part of the celebration of Bolivia’s 197th independence anniversary, that South American nation’s embassy in Mexico opened an exhibit of 47 paintings by four female Bolivian artists at Mexico City’s Casa Milán Cultural Center on Friday, Aug. 26. The collection, titled “Colores de la Vida, una Mirada Femenina” (“Colors of Life, a Feminine View”), include paintings
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Read moreCenart to Host Second Annual ‘Wooden Hearts’ Puppet Festival
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart) is slated to host a four-day wooden puppet festival from Thursday, Aug. 25, through Sunday, Aug. 28. The annual festival, titled Wooden Hearts and now in its second year, will showcase four plays using puppets by the Teatrapos puppet company. On Thursday, Aug, 25, at 8 p.m., the group will
Read moreJapanese Art Melds with Mexican Expression in Binational Symposium
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart) opened a monthlong symposium of Japanese-Mexican art on Saturday, Aug. 20. The multidisciplinary symposium, which is set to run through Sunday, Oct. 2, includes presentations of Japanese theater, music, cinema, visual arts and a video art installation, as well as the first International Colloquium of Art and Culture Studies Ibero
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