The artefact had been recovered from a US gallery in 2017, but since then its status was a mystery

Recent episodes of censorship at two of the city’s leading art museums have laid bare the rifts between artists, institutions and their publics

The house will be a research centre instead, allegedly due to a labour struggle at the university that owns it

Madonna may have tried on Kahlo's clothes during a previous visit to her family home

Visitors to the city during Zona Maco can also take in Museo Jumex’s anniversary group show, curated by New Museum director Lisa Philips

The biggest art fair in Latin America is marking a significant milestone while showcasing the booming local scene

After an earlier plan for a new sculpture by artist Pedro Reyes was roundly rejected, the municipal government said it had received activists’ blessing to replace the protest monument that stood in its place

An exhibition in Mexico City explores the artist’s years-long investigation of Oaxacan vessels made for the consumption of mezcal and pulque

Following a string of auction sales of ancient artefacts from Mexico, artist Pepx Romero is taking measures into his own lips

The ‘precious relics’ discovered at Templo Mayor link Aztec cosmology to the sea

The week’s calendar of events is chock-full of parties and openings, and features a new local mini-fair

La Colección Banamex, which numbers more than 6,000 works including pieces by Frida Kahlo and Clemente Orozco, belongs to a bank that Citigroup is offloading

The artist guest curated a collection exhibition at Museo Jumex dealing with nature and man-made environments, and explores related themes in a concurrent show of her own works

"We are trying to build a programme that will be very female and queer oriented... that might be difficult for a Mexican audience, but it has to happen,” founder says

Despite postponing the traditional art fair, organisers found a way to hold shows and create a sense of occasion

University-led project prepares artist's home of 65 years and its 8,000 objects for guided tours starting later this year

Legendary musician Tino Contreras says he looks forward to setting up his drum kit among pre-Colombian sculptures in the patio garden for live-streamed event

While local activists have long resisted the $440m project, especially at a time when the country’s existing museums are in crisis, the city’s governor recently rejected a design for ambitious pedestrian bridge that did not meet technical criteria

As top-tier dealers and collectors continue to flock to Zona Maco, Material Art Fair nurtures a needed mid-level market

The artist’s interactive exhibition at Mexico City’s Museo Tamayo encourages visitors to explore, take drugs and dream, but is it more than just another “art experience”?

Spaces like Salón ACME and Cinco Pisos en el Quinto offer a more ‘empathetic model’ as the region’s art market grows