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Museo Rufino Tamayo : Mexico City

Museo Rufino Tamayo Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a popular modern Mexican painter. He was a Zapotec Indian and was born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Tamayo was an outsider in post Revolutionary Mexico, politically neutral and opposing the muralists' commitment to a public, popular art. His own paintings draw on Mexican folk art and ceramics for their themes and in their rich use of colour and texture, but their sophisticated compositions are more closely indebted to Cubism. In his paintings, Tamayo expressed what he believed was the traditional Mexico and did not follow the more politically based paintings

Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Hispanic Art (Rufino Tamayo Museo de Arte Prehispanico de Mexico): Oaxaca City

Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Hispanic Art (Rufino Tamayo Museo de Arte Prehispanico de Mexico): Oaxaca City Rufino Tamayo was born in the City of Oaxaca, on August 26, 1899. His real name is Rufino Arellanes Tamayo. He does not come from an artistic background since his father was an employee, his mother, homemaker. He was acolyte at the church where he directed choirs, leading some people to notice a slight religious vocation in him. In this environment, his fondness and interest focused toward music, and his parents wished for him to become a priest and a musician. Of his musical inclination,

Alfa Cultural Center (Centro Cultural (Planetario) Alfa) : Monterrey

Alfa Cultural Center (Centro Cultural (Planetario) Alfa) : Monterrey Known for its Planetarium, Alfa's cultural center encompasses a museum of science, art and technology. The planetarium is equipped with a state of the art Omnimax system with an 85% surround capability on its 24 square meter screen. The museum itself is made up of five levels which hold permanent exhibits with different themes, including the company's history and mexican prehistoric art. It is one of Monterrey's most powerful industrial conglomerates, Grupo Alfa, is architect and sponsor of the Centro Cultural Alfa. The center is open to the public and sponsors

Museo de Arte Moderno (National Museum of Modern Art) : Mexico City

Museo de Arte Moderno (National Museum of Modern Art) Mexico City's national Museum of Modern Art, located just slightly northeast of Chapultapec Castle in Chapultapec Park. The main building is a round, two-story structure with a central staircase. Two of the museum's four spaces showcase the permanent collection, which also contains works by Mexico's other modern masters. Artists Raul Anguiano, Lilia Carrillo, Leonora Carrington , Julio Castellanos, Pedro Coronel, Fernando García Ponce, Gilberto Aceves Navarro, Lilia Carrillo, Manuel Felguerez, Jesus Guerrero Galvan, Alberto Gironella, María Izquierdo, Frida Kahlo , Manuel Rodriguez Lozano, Roberto Montenegro, Gerardo Murillo, Juan O'Gorman, Gilberto Aceves

Palacio de Bellas Artes : Mexico City

Palacio de Bellas Artes The Palacio de Bellas Artes ("Palace of Fine Arts") is an opera house in Mexico City. It was designed by the Italian architect Adamo Boari in 1901 but construction was not completed until 1934. The building is famous for both its extravagant Art Nouveau exterior in imported Italian white marble as well as its murals by Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco (Rivera's "Man in Control of the Universe" (or "Man at the Crossroads") mural was originally painted for the Rockefeller Center in New York City but Rockefeller ordered it destroyed for being too

Museo Nacional de la Revolución : Mexico City

Museo Nacional de la Revolución The Museum of the Revolution offers an excellent opportunity to us to approach to us up to one of the more important historical times of this country. By means of objects and biographies of its main protagonists, one of the most violent and bloody times recreates to which the country must some of the most important profits of its last time. A visit to the museum can be an excellent departure point to enter to us in the study of this important political event. The videos that project in several spaces of the museum constitute very

Museo Nacional de Arte (National Art Museum) : Mexico City

Museo Nacional de Arte (National Art Museum) This museum is located opposite to the Palacio de Mineria, near the main post office. It was built in 1904 and designed by Italian Architect, Silvio Contri, as the Palacio de Comunicaciones. The building has a magnificent staircase made by the Florentine firm Pignone. It houses and great collection of Mexican paintings, drawings, sculptures and ceramics, during the 16th century to 1950. It has the largest number of paintings (more than 100) by Jose Maria Velasco in Mexico City.

Museo Nacional de la Estampa (Museum of Engraving) : Mexico City

Museo Nacional de la Estampa (Museum of Engraving) Displays include those from pre-Hispanic times, when clay seals were used for designs on fabrics, ceramics, and other surfaces. But the most famous works here are probably those of José Guadalupe Posada, Mexico's famous printmaker, who poked fun at death and politicians through his skeleton figure drawings.

Wax Museum (Museo de Cera): Guadalajara

Wax Museum (Museo de Cera): Guadalajara We are in process of collecting information about this sight....

Oaxaca Regional Museum (Museo Regional de Oaxaca): Oaxaca

Oaxaca Regional Museum (Museo Regional de Oaxaca): Oaxaca The Oaxaca Regional Museum is located inside the enchanting exconvent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Some of its recently redesigned rooms contain important samples of prehispanic and colonial history and culture. It is housed in a beautiful green stone building attached to Santo Domingo Church. It contains the Zapotec treasures from Tomb Seven at Monte Albán. This and other archaeological sections make the most sense if you visit them after seeing some sites in the Central Valleys. Hours: The museum is generally open from 10 am. to 8 pm., Tuesday to Sunday. Entry