Colonia Condesa

    I was out for a Sunday stroll when this caught my eye..

They keep coming down! Another building damaged in the earthquake of September 19, 2017 is being demolished. We live with the rubble, we live with the uncertainty that the ground beneath our feet can move at any time. 

Art Exhibit at the Palacio de Bellas Artes: Pinta la Revolución

 

Watercolor sketch for a ballet costume by Diego Rivera (1931)

You only have until May 7 to see the top notch exhibit of art inspired and influenced by the Mexican Revolution, currently on view at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
This must-see show includes works by some big names in Mexican art history like Rivera, Kahlo, Tamayo, Orozco and Siquieros (whose early watercolor scenes of brothels are like nothing you've seen of his before), and many other lesser-known artists that you will be glad to know. I highly recommend this show.

Click link below for more information:

 http://www.inba.gob.mx/actividad/1691/pinta-la-revolucion-arte-moderno-mexicano-1910-1950

                                    Manuel Rodriguez Lozano, El Holocausto (1944)

 

                                          Juan O'Gorman La Ciudad de México (1949, detail)

                                             Maria Izquierdo Altar de Dolores (1949)

An Easter morning stroll through Colonia Condesa

The light was crystalline, the air was clear, and the streets were almost deserted--a perfect morning to stroll through Colonia Condesa. Happy Easter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEXICO CITY'S MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE

The Museo Nacional de Arquitectura is an often overlooked treasure inside the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

Googling Museum of Architecture Mexico City produces no information.
There is no sign in the lobby or on the elevator you must take up to the third floor exhibition space.
But even those without an interest in architecture will be impressed by the views of the lobby offered from this hidden upper perch. 

The current show follows the career of Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, whose organic architecture harks back to the 1960's with its alluring forms, joining the aesthetics of the Flinstones with that of the Jetsons. The show has original drawings, scale models, plans and photos of various projects, mostly in and around Mexico City.

By chance the architect himself was present that day, being interviewd about the tomb he had created for the great Mexican composer José Alfredo Jiménez (his father-in-law as it turns out).

The museum is open every day except Monday from 10am to 5:30pm. Entry costs 45 pesos.
For Google map location, click HERE.