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MND Local Guadalajara: Easter week activities and upcoming events
Easter week is a special time in Mexico, and Guadalajara, in particular, offers spectacular events throughout the months of March and April.
A Mexican artist could be the one to put the finishing...
Michoacán-born sculptor Javier Marín is one of three contemporary sculptors invited to propose designs for the basilica's main entrance and final façade as construction nears completion, more than 140 years after it began.
The ‘Healing Words Project’: The Querétaro exhibition by artist Kate Van...
Kate Van Doren's "Healing Words Project" has documented the journeys of over 2,000 women, and is currently being exhibited at the Museo de Arte de Querétaro.
Casa Holtz: The obsessive Art Nouveau dream hidden in Lomas de Chapultepec
Casa Holtz, an Art Nouveau architectural masterpiece in Mexico City, is almost as fascinating as the couple for whom it was built.
President proposes free BTS concert at Mexico City’s Zócalo
Could the K-pop global icons be the next Zócalo headliner? President Sheinbaum hopes so, and she's reaching out to the president of South Korea to make it happen.
Who is Carín León, the Mexican voice of the World Cup theme song?
It's no coincidence that both Carín León and Mexican regional music have soared in popularity internationally. They both have given a lot to each other.
Made in Mexico: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez designed Estadio Azteca, Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology, and the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in a long and amazing career.
Official World Cup song features Mexican Grammy winner Carín León, with Jelly Roll
With one of its singers from Mexico, the other from the United States, and its producer born in Canada, the official 2026 song "Lighter" is being touted by FIFA as "reflecting the shared cultural energy of North America."
Why is there always a full moon during Easter in Mexico?
There's a full moon over Mexico for Easter each year. Why does this happen? It has to do with a decision by Christian leaders over 1,700 years ago, before they even knew there was a Mexico.
Mexico’s ‘hot’ cop is the latest merch sensation
Security Minister Omar García Harfuch is the new face of miniature dolls, plush toys nicknamed “Harfuchitos” and blankets, as Mexico's "crush" gains even more admirers after orchestrating the high-stakes killing of cartel boss "El Mencho."
With 9,500 participants, Mexico City holds world’s largest-ever soccer class
Mexico City established a Guinness World Record for the largest soccer class ever on Sunday as 9,500 futbolistas filled the Zócalo as part of a series of promotional events ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
Meet TONO Festival: Time-based performance, video, music and dance
TONO Festival introduces a general audience to experimental contemporary art through major museums in Mexico City and Puebla.
A history of the Maya: The myth of ‘collapse’
Maya culture never collapsed. It simply adapted to changing circumstances in the centuries leading up to the Spanish colonization of Mexico.
San Pedro Cajonos: The silk sanctuary of Oaxaca
The Silk Sanctuary of San Pedro Cajonos in Oaxaca turns out some of the world's most beautiful silk, courtesy of Indigenous Zapotec artisans and of course native silkworms.
Netflix will develop another Frida-Diego offering, this time as a streamed series
Frida has had her commercial Hollywood moment with Salma Hayek and her contemplative and challenging Mexican cinematic exploration with Ofelia Medina. Soon it will be TV streaming's turn.
How Mexico reshaped Hollywood — and then outgrew it
Mexican directors like Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu were lauded with Oscars, but a new generation of Mexican fillmmakers may have a greater impact.
