May 2026
May 2026 at a glance: 3 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 4 more were on view across the city.

Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
Design and the avant-garde in Frida Kahlo's home: Bauhaus-style furniture by Gastón Chaussat's Studio Evolución, which Kahlo kept, with objects, models and photos.

Museo 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.

Museo Franz Mayer
Mexico's first biodesign exhibition: emerging designers working with living systems to show design that is conscious of the interdependence of all living beings.

Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
"Aztlán, Time Tunnel": the palace's first big survey of Chicano art, with 70+ works by 33 mostly Los Angeles-based artists and collectives. Final days.

Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
A MUAC-commissioned sound piece in the Espacio de Experimentación Sonora blending ambient noise with field recordings from devastated US ecosystems.

Museo Franz Mayer
Crafts of Ink: video works by Turkish artist Ali Kazma on the creative process of writing, featuring Alberto Manguel and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk.
![[Des]ordenar la colección desde el género exhibition image](https://stjzqvtsmrdsnxjcolnn.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/martin-and-lewis/registry/exhibitions/406666faecd3417e9c3418453d9487b5.webp?width=96&quality=75)
Museo Nacional de San Carlos
"(Dis)ordering the Collection through Gender": paintings, sculpture and prints from the collection reread for the nude, women in religious art, power and violence.
A short note now and then when something new opens worth your time.