Opinion
Butterflies Make Art
Every winter, Monarch butterflies retreat to Central Mexico to spend the chilly months hibernating in the trees. But in the past decade, deforestation, pesticides, and climate change have threatened their journey.
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Yarn Artist Tries to Save Ocean, May Have Damaged It Instead
A New York–based artist trying to raise awareness about the ocean’s health is being accused of damaging it. Agata Oleksiak, the yarn artist better-known as Olek, traveled to Cancun earlier this month for an installation highlighting the ocean’s declining shark population, according to La Jornada.
Art
Daniel Buren's Colorful Labyrinth in Mexico
You don't have to look far in the art world to find something by Daniel Buren, the 76-year-old Frenchman best known for championing the ordinary stripe. A new work in Guadalajara, Mexico, takes that one step further.
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Using Google Street View to Counter Mexico's Police Violence
The Google Street View photos of Mexican police and army forces gathered on “100 mts” are raw and menacing.
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Art from Anger: Portraits of Ciudad Juarez’s Lost Women
“Art is important when justice has failed,” he wrote, going on to say that when justice is not served, all that remains for the victim’s family is her story. As an artist on the outside looking in, he feels he can facilitate the telling of that story on an international scale, combatting the false n
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Tax Tips for Artists
T.S. Eliot’s claim that April is the cruelest month feels particularly true during tax season. Assuming you’re an artist in the United States who makes at least $10,000 a year, you may be scrambling to file your return before tomorrow’s deadline.
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The Ins and Outs of Contemporary Mexican Art, in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas — It often seems like the world is made up of pairs: Christo and Jean Claude, Hall and Oates, peanut butter and jelly. Yet some things that seem like they'd fit well together have not cohabitated as one would assume. Take contemporary Mexican art and the state of Texas.
Opinion
Archeologists Discover Nearly 5,000 Ancient Cave Paintings in Mexico
Archeologists have discovered nearly 5,000 ancient paintings that depict humans, animals, astronomical imagery, and abstract designs in a series of caves in Mexico. Located near the Sierra de San Carlos mountain range, in the Burgos region of northeastern Mexico, the paintings are the work of three