Museo Franz MayerOpens 5 November
MDF Mexico Design Fair 2026
For the second year, the Franz Mayer shows work by the winner of the MDF Designer of the Year award, given to Mexican designers who challenge the status quo.
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9 November 2026
The Franz Mayer opens its MDF Mexico Design Fair show on 5 November. Richard Prince's first major Latin American survey fills Museo Jumex for free, like the Soumaya across the plaza: two Polanco museums without spending a peso. Alexandre Estrela's earthquake-reactive sentinels leave MUAC on the 22nd, Los Nahuas the Anthropology museum on the 30th.
Editor's picks for November 2026
Museo JumexFree
Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo
More than 140 works from the 1970s on, including the Cowboys, Girlfriends, Jokes and Cartoons series, in Richard Prince's first major show in Latin America. Entry is free.
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)Closes 22 November
Alexandre Estrela. RedSkyFalls: Réplica
Luminous sentinels, animated by animal movements, react in real time to seismic signals from around the world, a nod to the folk belief that animals sense earthquakes first.
Museo Nacional de AntropologíaCloses 30 November
Los Nahuas. Entre la Huasteca y la Sierra
Ritual dance, music, cut paper and textiles connecting Nahua communities from the Sierra Madre Oriental to the Gulf coast.
Museo Tamayo Arte ContemporáneoUntil 15 February
Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo. Los años en París
Three Oaxacan artists, Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Nieto and Francisco Toledo, and how their years in Paris fused pre-Hispanic and popular art with the avant-garde. Shown, fittingly, in the museum Tamayo gave his name to.
Museo Nacional de San CarlosUntil 10 January
La vida de las cosas. Naturaleza muerta y cultura material
About 140 still lifes, sculptures, photographs and objects from the 16th to the 21st century, read through material culture and the biography of objects. For anyone who has kept a mug long after it chipped.
Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)Until 14 February
México: ruta y destino
Miguel Covarrubias's 1947 map of Mexico's production and sea routes, rescued from the ruins of the Hotel del Prado, closes a show on how painters, photographers and posters sold Mexico to tourists. The Pueblo Mágico weekend trip has its origin story here.
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El Códice de Azcatitlanto 6 DecMuseo Nacional de Antropología
The Codex Azcatitlan, on loan from the Bibliothèque nationale de France, returns after nearly two centuries: the Mexica migration from Aztlan to Tenochtitlan, with codex facsimiles.
Julian Rosefeldt. Manifestoto 6 DecMuseo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
A 13-channel film installation re-staging artists' manifestos, from Futurism and Dada to Fluxus and Dogma 95, to question the artist's role today.
Entretejidas | Mextrópoli, 13o. Festival de Arquitectura y Ciudadto 6 DecAntiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
Exhibition ("Interwoven") presented with Mextrópoli, Mexico City's 13th Festival of Architecture and the City, on view at San Ildefonso through early December.
Desde el umbralto 11 DecMuseo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
"From the Threshold": artists, collectives and activists challenge the political split between nature and humanity, lending the natural world sentience and spirit.
El evento de un hilo. Narrativas globales en los textilesto 3 Jan 2027Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
"The Event of a Thread": 16 contemporary artists on the stories woven into textiles, an ifa touring show joined by 10 textile works from the Tamayo collection.
River Rouge — Yeni Maoto 3 Jan 2027Museo Anahuacalli
Yeni Mao's bronze and metal sculptures and architectural interventions link Ford's River Rouge plant, which shaped Rivera's Detroit murals, to the Anahuacalli's volcanic stone.
Museo Tamayo. Arquitectura y cosmotécnicato 3 Jan 2027Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
The museum's own brutalist building by González de León and Zabludovsky, read through Yuk Hui's idea of "cosmotechnics", for its 45th anniversary.
La vida de las cosas. Naturaleza muerta y cultura materialto 10 Jan 2027Museo Nacional de San Carlos
"The Life of Things": some 140 still lifes, sculptures, photos and objects from the 16th to 21st centuries, reread through material culture and the biography of objects.
Álvaro Urbano: Helento 7 Feb 2027Museo JumexFree
Álvaro Urbano's immersive homage to Helen Fowler O'Gorman and her botanical world, evoking Juan O'Gorman's Casa Cueva in the Pedregal de San Ángel.
Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todoto 7 Feb 2027Museo JumexFree
"Tell Me Everything": Richard Prince's first major Latin American show, 140+ works from the 1970s on, including his Cowboys, Girlfriends, Jokes and Cartoons series.
Raúl Silva: Gatewayto 7 Feb 2027Museo JumexFree
Peruvian artist Raúl Silva's first Mexican solo show: video, archives, painting and sculpture on undersea telecom cables and the rise of Cancún tourism.
México: ruta y destinoto 14 Feb 2027Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)
"Mexico: Route and Destination" traces how painters, photographers, maps and tourist posters built Mexico's image as a travel destination in the early 20th century.
Mockups before fuckups. Maquetas, prototipos y el oficio del diseñoto 14 Feb 2027Museo Franz Mayer
Models, prototypes and the craft of design: how error and correction drive design. Opens the new Design and Process gallery and Living Design Library.
Minia Biabiany. Nuestras escuchasto 14 Feb 2027Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
"Our Listenings": Guadeloupean artist Minia Biabiany explores the colonial legacy of chlordecone poisoning and ways of listening to land and water.
Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo. Los años en Parísto 15 Feb 2027Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
"The Paris Years": Oaxacan artists Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Nieto and Francisco Toledo, whose Paris stays fused pre-Hispanic and popular art with the avant-garde.
- Plaza y conjunto. Mathias Goeritzto 26 Feb 2027
AtlantisFree
Atlantis's opening show, curated by David Miranda: documents, photographs, models and plans on Goeritz's art, architecture and public space.
Alemania en la Colección Franz Mayerto 6 Jun 2027Museo Franz Mayer
Germany in the Franz Mayer Collection: for the museum's 40th anniversary, a selection of ~300 German pieces its founder gathered, from writing cabinets to silver and rare books.
Durero: El primer artista viralto 6 Jun 2027Museo Franz Mayer
Dürer: The First Viral Artist. The museum's 36 Dürer prints recast him as the first global image-maker, with interactive technology for a fresh look at the Renaissance.
Image credits
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- MDF Mexico Design Fair 2026Courtesy of Museo Franz Mayer
- Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todoCourtesy Richard Prince Studio © Richard Prince
- Alexandre Estrela. RedSkyFalls: RéplicaCourtesy of Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
- Los Nahuas. Entre la Huasteca y la SierraCourtesy of Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo. Los años en ParísFotos: Gerardo Landa y Eduardo López (GLR Estudio)
- La vida de las cosas. Naturaleza muerta y cultura materialCourtesy of Museo Nacional de San Carlos
- México: ruta y destinoCourtesy of Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)
- El Códice de AzcatitlanCourtesy of Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Julian Rosefeldt. ManifestoCourtesy of Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
- Entretejidas | Mextrópoli, 13o. Festival de Arquitectura y CiudadCourtesy of Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
- Desde el umbralCourtesy of Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
- El evento de un hilo. Narrativas globales en los textilesCourtesy of Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
- River Rouge — Yeni MaoCourtesy of Museo Anahuacalli
- Museo Tamayo. Arquitectura y cosmotécnicaCortesía de Sara Castillo
- Álvaro Urbano: HelenCourtesy of Museo Jumex
- Raúl Silva: GatewayCourtesy of the artist
- Mockups before fuckups. Maquetas, prototipos y el oficio del diseñoCourtesy of Museo Franz Mayer
- Minia Biabiany. Nuestras escuchasCourtesy of Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
- Alemania en la Colección Franz MayerCourtesy of Museo Franz Mayer
- Durero: El primer artista viralCourtesy of Museo Franz Mayer
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