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Maguey. The maguey—silent witness to Mexico’s transformations—holds the key to its own cultivation, the use of each of its parts, and how and where...

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

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

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

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

Metepec and its Art in Clay. When asked whether he is an artist or an artisan, one potter in Metepec responded that he is only a lover of clay. Thi...

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...

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...

Sacred Plants The story of Mexico’s indigenous communities is based on their unique worldview. An important facet is the ritual use of entheogens –...

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...

Rebozo. The path traced by the weft and warp united by the weaver’s rhythmic movements, the intertwining of threads by the women who make the fring...

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

The Crafts of Mexico. This book is the product of the Smithsonian Institute’s recognition of Artes de México’s fifteen-year publishing history and ...

Set of 2 books. Rituals of Corn. According to the Popol Vuh, people are made of corn. This may explain why cultures in many parts of Mexico observe...

Saltillo Sarapes. Despite being one of Mexico’s most emblematic garments, many enigmas still surround the origins of the sarape, its historic devel...

Set of 2 books. Seeds of Identity I. 31 Foods Mexico Gave the World. Over the centuries, Mexican cuisine has incorporated flavors that today form p...

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

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...

Tequila: a Traditional Mexican Art. Like the country that gave rise to it, tequila was the product of two cultures: the American agave and European...

Folk Treasures of Mexico: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection. One of the main advocates of the rebirth of Mexican folk art in the first half of t...

Textiles from Chiapas. The imaginary threads of the past and present are woven among the threads of a huipil. Weaving in Chiapas reveals an extraor...

Mazahua Textiles. When the Mazahua come on pilgrimage to Mexico City, the women look like tiny rainbows weaving their way down the road. Yet they b...