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Hybrid Objects for a Binary World
In ektor garcia's exhibition in Mexico City, sculptural assemblages that evoke altars, everyday tools, and sex toys blur conventional distinctions between types of artifacts.
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An Artist's Plot to Unlock Luis Barragán's Archive with a Diamond Made from His Ashes
MEXICO CITY — In a multiyear project that has exploded beyond any one gallery space, New York's Jill Magid has reactivated the legacy of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán.
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A Billboard Gallery Brings Art to the Masses of Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — A piece of art that arrives plastered on a billboard might understandably be considered an attempt to strike a blow against the cultural status quo.
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Opposite Ways of Making Nothing, with Anish Kapoor and Wilfredo Prieto
MEXICO CITY — Two artists who couldn’t be more opposite — blue-chip celebrity superstar Anish Kapoor and the Cuban magician of minimalism Wilfredo Prieto — have solo shows currently on view in two of Mexico's most distinguished contemporary art spaces.
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The Fight to Save a Land Art Masterpiece in the Heart of Mexico City
Situated within one of Mexico City's remaining areas of untouched land, Espacio Escultórico is considered by many as one of Latin America's most significant works of land art.
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Full-Size Replica of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Kicks Off Mexican Tour
Visitors flock to the Sistine Chapel to view Michelangelo's frescoes, but the fingers of God and Adam are now also meeting in Mexico City in a recently revealed, full-size replica of the entire building.
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In Mexico City, an Indie Library Builds a Community Around Art Books
MEXICO CITY — Aeromoto, a small public library founded at the beginning of 2015 in the Juárez neighborhood, evolved gradually and continues to mature as a cohesive and challenging project.
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A Museum Show Makes the Case for Art Institutions as Graveyards
MEXICO CITY – Drawing from its massive contemporary art collection, the Museo Jumex has turned introspective for The Natural Order of Things, a flawed and biased critique of the function of art museums.
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A Lackluster Reunion for Five of Mexico's Most Successful Contemporary Artists
MEXICO CITY — Between 1987 and 1992, a group of young art students in Mexico City formed a weekly flux group of creative exchange and critique as an alternative to the overly traditional fine art education available to them.
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Zona MACO’s Curated Sections Bring a Welcome Coherence to the Art Fair
MEXICO CITY — The 13th edition of Zona MACO, Latin America’s largest art fair, opened here on Wednesday night, bringing 123 galleries from all over the world to the sprawling Centro Banamex convention center.
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Itinerant and Off-the-Map Galleries Find a Place in Mexico City’s Material Art Fair
MEXICO CITY — International art collectors, guzzling mescal and flexing gaudy taste, are descending on this megalopolis, and will leave on Monday with a hangover and something shiny.
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A Guggenheim Show of Latin American Art Flops in Latin America
MEXICO CITY — Lumping together groups of artists who have nothing more in common than geography is a risky curatorial proposition that often leads to mayhem.