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AtlantisSan Miguel Chapultepec

Plaza y conjunto. Mathias Goeritz

Now showing18 October 2026 – 26 February 2027Free

Atlantis's opening show, curated by David Miranda: documents, photographs, models and plans on Goeritz's art, architecture and public space.

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Among the drawings is the sketch of two lovers that Goeritz showed the poet Olivia Zúñiga in 1953, which she turned into a book of poems. Five years later it became an eight-tonne concrete sculpture outside Acapulco's Hotel Presidente. Since October it has stood in the plaza above you, back in Goeritz's favourite salmon orange.

You go down to a 226-square-metre basement room laid out, the curator says, like the Torres de Satélite. His argument is that Goeritz worked best in teams, so the plans, models and photographs come from projects with Barragán, Pani, Legorreta and Sordo Madaleno, plus sketches for a children's park that was never built. Goeritz's lovers have moved before: another pair, Tú y yo, stood at a Renault dealership before reaching Ciudad Universitaria.

It's mostly paper, so pair it with the real sculpture outside. Entry is free, Tuesday to Friday 11:00 to 18:00 and weekends 11:00 to 14:00. In January the show moves to the second floor.

Look for

  • The lovers sketch

    The original 1953 drawing of two lovers behind Los amantes, which the curator says is shown here for the first time.

  • The park that never happened

    Goeritz's sketches for a children's park that was never built, among several drawings never exhibited before.

  • La Osa Mayor

    One of Goeritz's first large-scale metal sculptures, standing among the plans and models.

  • La ciudad sin fin

    A wood carving Goeritz made in homage to the architect and stage designer Frederick Kiesler.

  • The crane video

    Footage of cranes lowering the eight-tonne Los amantes into its new plaza upstairs.

Good for

  • Cheap Culture
  • Locals Who've Seen It All
  • Nerding Out

Skip if

You want sculpture over paperwork: apart from two pieces, it's plans, documents, models and photographs.

With kids

The plaza outside has a sunken children's area with a climbing wall, sandpit and exercise bars, all free.

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