Tag: Artists
Artists on the Paseo
Artists set up shop every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the east side of the Paseo de Montejo.
Artists on the Paseo
Artists set up shop every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the east side of the Paseo de Montejo.
Artists on the Paseo
Artists set up shop every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the east side of the Paseo de Montejo.
Merida muralist paints a monumental tribute to health care heroes
Merida, Yucatan — Urban artist Arnold Daniel Cruz Cetina, better known as Datoer, has dedicated his latest project to doctors and nurses.
His mural comes...
Pedro Tec puts down the camera to focus on caring for...
The young photographer, whose haunting hometown portraits have been displayed in museums and art galleries, has returned to his birthplace to aid the community.
"I...
Merida offers public spaces to artists around the world
With the backing of consular officials, the Merida City Council cast a global net for its First International Public Art Contest in Roundabouts and...
3 artists’ unique approach to glass seen in 1 show at...
Three Merida artists will present three ways to look at glass at an upcoming art exhibit in Santiago.
A reception for “Sentimientos Cristalizados,” featuring work...
Yucatan inspires a dance-party ‘jungle’ in faraway Queens, N.Y.
A Yucatan-inspired jungle has been built in Queens, N.Y., by a pair of architects who returned from a year of living in Merida.
The installation...
Renowned muralista Juana Alicia in Yucatan: Tear down that wall!
Vulnerable to the weather, vandals and the wrecker's ball, public murals in public don't always get the respect they deserve.
To see a mural...
Cross-cultural perspectives at Amaro art show
Art that represents both Mérida and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean is focus of "The Eclectic Caimito," which opens today at El Foro Cultural Amaro.
Pedro Tec’s dreamlike photo exhibit heads to U.S.
Pedro Tec's exhibit of Mayan portraits is migrating north of the border.
Famous artist’s mural remains buried at Yucatan art school
The mural space belongs to all students, ESAY leader says; others feel an important mural is being suppressed
MEL Artist Studio Tour has gotten so big, it needs 2...
This year there are 40 artists in 32 studios. Sculptors, painters, printmakers, photographers and more are represented on the tour.
Loteria gets a millennial makeover
The card game Lotería, sometimes described as Mexican bingo, has been played by generations of Latino children. But one Angelino decided it was time...
‘Mérida in 5 Days’ watercolor artists to meet for 20th year
A dozen watercolor artists will gather for a week of plein air painting in various locations.
Architectural Digest celebrates artist’s ‘vibrant dream house’ in Mérida
Cuban-American artist Jorge Pardo and his colorful Centro home are featured in Architectural Digest, one of the most respected shelter magazines in the U.S.
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos’ late-career paintings exhibited at Casa Montejo
Bringing together 19 works created in the last decades his life, "Ricardo Martínez and the Human Figure" is now on view at the Museo Casa Montejo.
Spencer Tunick finds artistic inspiration in sargassum
The New York artist Spencer Tunick, who is known for his large-scale nude portraits, returned to Mexico. This time, his inspiration was the sargassum in Tulum.
Remembering Fernando García Ponce 31 years after his death
On the 31st anniversary of his untimely death, we remember Fernando García Ponce, after whom Mérida's Macay Museum was named.
Mérida artist Francisco Barajas explains the chaos on his canvases
"As the picture progresses, it asks you what color to add, what else to do, until you lose control. The work flows by itself," the Mérida artist says.
An explosion of color from a Yucatecan artist at 80
True to his style, the painter Gabriel Ramírez Aznar will present 27 abstract acrylics at the Fernando García Ponce-MACAY museum starting Friday, May 25.
La Plancha artists look at the ‘Aesthetics of Tourism’
A look at tourism from the standpoint of culture, art and aesthetics will guide a colloquium organized by the Higher School of Arts of Yucatán at La Plancha.
Gallery promotes young artists with special one-night sale
Young artists are holding a gallery sale Saturday night at an alternative space called Punto Rojo.
‘Mérida in 5 Days’ artists to sell a week’s work at...
A group of up to 12 watercolor artists will gather for a week of plein air painting in various locations.
