The ancient past finds a voice in the present in Mexico City’s infamous Art Week.
On an art-filled journey to vibrant Mexico City, attend Latin America’s most prestigious art fair, Zona Maco. With special Platinum Passes, you’ll attend a private opening to the main event and meet with featured artists and curators. Embrace the cities’ contemporary art scene, with a rich history that inspired world-renowned painters such as Francisco Toledo and muralists like Diego Rivera. Visit Frida Kahlo’s lifelong home, and go behind the scenes of Casa Gilardi, architect Luis Barragan’s final residential masterpiece. Enjoy curator-led tours of contemporary art museums such as the Museo Jumex, and learn the city’s storied past at the UNAM Central Library, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Highlights
- Gain access to the private opening to Zona Maco with Platinum Passes, Latin America’s most prestigious art fair, mingling with artists and collectors before the event opens to the public
- Enjoy an exclusive after-hours tour of the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, where you’ll see one of the world’s largest collections of ancient Mesoamerican art
- Venture into the intimate spaces where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived and worked, including Kahlo’s birthplace and lifelong home
- Marvel at towering murals and mosaics by Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros that chronicle Mexico’s history at the UNAM Central Library, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Gaze upon murals by Rivera and Siqueiros that command attention on a guided tour of the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, while marveling at the museum’s breathtaking theater
- Step behind the scenes at Casa Gilardi, Luis Ramiro Barragán final residential masterpiece, a symphony of saturated hues, precise light, and shimmering water
- Take an inside look at the sacred heart of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan at the Templo Mayor, which is dedicated to the gods of war and rain
- Join directors and curators for guided tours of cutting-edge contemporary art museums and galleries such as the Museo Jumex and Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo
