Books

From Red to Mexican Pink. If countries were colors, one might say that Mexico glows in purples, pinks and reds, including the shade we all know as ...

China Poblana. The history of the china poblana lies somewhere between Oriental legends and Mexican folk tales. Who is this woman that has captivat...

Ocumicho: A Fabled Craft. The residents and artisans of San Pedro Ocumicho in Michoacán have long used clay to shape the life of their community, t...

Masks: Faces of Otherness. This issue of Artes de México explores the history, meaning and uses of masks among indigenous communities in Mexico. In...

Ancient Cora and Huichol Art. A tribute to the German anthropologist and pioneer of Mexican ethnology, Konrad Theodor Preuss. During his travels, h...

Set of 2 books. Day of the Dead I: Ritual Serenity. The indigenous celebration of the Day of the Dead is neither mournful nor whimsical. Rather, pa...

The Aztecs-Mexica and Death: A Rebirth of Gods and Men. Mexica representations of death can take our breath away by facing us with the aesthetic as...

Serpents in Pre-Hispanic Art. There are few motifs in Mexican art that are as charged with meaning as the snake. It’s associated with life and deat...

Snakes: Folk Representations. The third installment of a four-part series on serpents deals with the worldview of different indigenous cultures, th...

Ex-Votos. Miracles exist, as confirmed by Mexico’s rich tradition of ex-votos. With this look at their different forms, we get a clear sense of the...

The Traditional Art of the Nativity Scene. Made of wood, pottery, flowers, basketry, glass, wax or tinplate, Mexican nativity scenes attest to the ...

Ancestral Rituals of Guerrero: The Renewal of Cohesion. The indigenous communities of Mexico and their ritual practices constitute the culture’s fo...

Pre-Hispanic Codices. Ancient Mesoamerican books were painted by tlacuilos, whose hearts were said to have been touched by gods since they could co...

Carlos Mijares Bracho, Architect. Carlos Mijares Bracho reinterprets the relationship between construction materials, space and geometry. His work ...

Tiles. Tiles are Arabic in origin but have become emblematic of the Mexican aesthetic. They are the skin of Mexican architecture, and feature a var...

The Postcard. Postcards came into being in an era when, for most people, the mail was the only source of information about “far-off lands.” Now the...

Manuel Parra: Architect. Manuel Parra was one of the greatest Mexican architects of the twentieth century. His work was unique in that he recycled ...

Sign Painting: The ‘Other’ Muralism. Mexican cityscapes feature ingenious drawings whose aim is to sell products, advertise their benefits or quite...

Mathias Goeritz: Obsessive Creativity. 2015 marks the hundredth anniversary of Mathias Goeritz’s birth and a quarter century since his death. As a ...

Mathias Goeritz II: A Passion for Space. The concept of “emotional architecture” was central to the life and work of Mathias Goeritz: its holistic ...

A Zoo of Crafts. This issue spotlights handicrafts that feature in fascinating stories told about animals in indigenous communities around Mexico. ...

Guanajuato’s Renewed Splendor. The adventure of recovering the state of Guanajuato’s historical heritage began twenty years ago, when Guanajuato an...

Mathias Goeritz: Echoes and Labyrinths. The echo and the labyrinth were two fundamental components of Mathias Goeritz’s aesthetic project. Here we ...

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