(7/3/22)
On our last visit to Mexico City, the line to get into the fine arts museum (Palacio de Bellas Artes) was wrapped around the corner and we never made it in. This time we got there bright & early! Each gallery was part of larger exhibition on surrealism, with works by Dali, Man Ray, Duchamp, Rivera & Kahlo. The building itself was beautiful – a white marble art-deco palace built between 1910-1930. The top 2 floors are wrapped with works by famous Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Orozco and Siqueiros.
Bellas Artes
Dali (1936) Couple with Their Heads Full of Clouds
Frida Kahlo (1933) My Dress Hangs There
Man Ray (1936) Venus Restored
We also visited the Museo Mural Diego Rivera, which is a small museum custom-built to hold Rivera’s “Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central” (the park in front of Bellas Artes) – a mural 50 ft-long mural painted in 1947 that was nearly destroyed when the hotel it was painted in (Hotel del Prado) collapsed during an earthquake in 1985.
We returned to Bellas Artes that night to see the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico which was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I cannot express enough how stunning and impressive the whole thing was – in addition to the different regional dances throughout Mexican history, the live music performances were beyond impressive and the color and life of the costuming was spectacular. If you are ever in Mexico City or the Ballet Folklorico comes to your town, I HIGHLY recommend going to see it!
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