By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The late 19th century and early 20th century writer and critic José Juan Tablada (1871-1945) is generally considered to be the Father of Modern Mexican Poetry. The son of a well-heeled businessman, he travelled abroad throughout much of his early life, living briefly in both Paris and New York. But it was Tablada’s obsession and fascination with
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In 2002, an unbreakable bond between the artwork of the Mexican 20th century surrealist artist Remedios Varo and Mexico’s Modern Art Museum (MAM) was established when philanthropist Walter Grüen and his wife Anna Alexandra Varsoviano made an unprecedented donation of 39 of the late artist’s works. This year, that extraordinary collection was expanded even further with a
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF An exhibit of this year’s winners of FOCO MX, Mexico’s most important photographic competition, is due to open at the Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos on Saturday, May 12. This year’s exhibit will include winning works by more than 50 Mexican artists who participated in the 2017 Concurso de Fotografía Contemporánea de México, one of the largest number
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The ex-Convento de Santa Mónica in the central Mexican city of Puebla has opened a new exhibit of 18th century paintings, engravings and books that showcase the important of these texts within the framework of iconographic compositions. These Novo-Hispanic works 0f art were used by Catholic missionaries in the apostilization of Mexico’s indigenous people. The
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City’s Museum of Modern Art (MAM) is offering a peek into its treasure trove of art with a special exhibit of some of its collections that are not usually on display. The exhibit, composed of paintings, lithographs and sculptures by 20 of the nation’s most important modern artists, includes rarely seen works by
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF An intimate portrayal of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo as seen through 54 pictures taken by Hungarian photographer Nickolas Muray is now on display inside the art gallery of the Palacio Municipal in Puebla. This extraordinary collection of black-and-white and color portraits of the artist, taken over a 10-year period between 1937 and
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When the surrealist movement began in Europe in the early 1920s, it was a distinctly masculine style, led by the likes of André Breton, Salvador Dali and Joan Miró. But in 1930, the well-known Mexican painter and art historian José Miguel Covarrubias traveled to Europe with his new wife Rosa Rolanda, a U.S.-born photographer and choreographer he
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