EventExhibitions
Julian Rosefeldt: Manifesto
Thirteen film channels and Cate Blanchett’s changing roles turn artists’ manifestos into a room-sized encounter at MUAC.
Mexico City / From the first coffee to the last record
Thursday 24 September
The local editMexico City
Make a day of the city
A museum morning. Lunch that runs late. A record that keeps you out. Follow your curiosity across the capital.
Less searching. More going.
Your day, your way.
Choose a mood. We’ll connect the good places.
The after-dark edit
CDMX, follow the next record.
High-energy circles in Roma. House music in Hipódromo. A small upstairs bar for the hours in between.
Explore after dark
01Mexico City / Condesa & Hipódromo
Fünk Club
House records and a room built around its sound system. Make Hipódromo the destination once dinner is over.
Find your nightEditorial artwork
02Mexico City / Roma Norte
Patrick Miller
High energy, Italo disco and dance circles in a Roma warehouse. A Friday plan for people who came to move.
Find your nightEditorial artwork
03Mexico City / Roma Norte
Salón Rosetta
A small bar upstairs from Rosetta, for a cocktail and a change of pace before the rest of the night.
Find your night
04Mexico City
Teatro Metropólitan
A former cinema gives live music a grand setting near the historic centre.
Find your night
Choose a dated event on the venue’s official programme. Admission and opening times vary.
Follow your curiosity
A few ways to do Mexico City.
015 stops, at your pace
Roma to Condesa, from coffee to the dance floor
Bread on Colima, a park loop, a seafood lunch and your choice of a bar or late dance floor. Take the whole route or keep just a few stops.
Open the itinerary
023 stops, at your pace
Chapultepec, art and a long lunch
One serious museum, a lakeside walk and a Roma table. A day with enough space between its three main appointments.
Open the itinerary033 stops, at your pace
A Centro day, from breakfast to Bellas Artes
A proper breakfast, two cultural stops and time on foot in between. A compact starting point for the historic centre.
Open the itineraryOn our radar
A few good reasons to change your plans.
Roma Norte
Rosetta
Granada
Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo
Chapultepec
El maíz en Mesoamérica: museum visit and crochet workshop
Out there, right now
The city is already in motion.
EventExhibitions
Minia Biabiany: Nuestras escuchas
Water, listening and the memory of Guadeloupe shape an exhibition that asks for a quieter pace at MUAC.
On the house
Close the tabs. Open the weekend.
Give the weekend some room.
A new show in Granada, a table in Roma, a dance floor in Hipódromo. Build around one good idea and leave space for the rest.
Make a weekend of itOn the house
EventExhibitions
Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo
A major Richard Prince exhibition opens Jumex’s autumn season. Make room for images that ask who gets to own a familiar picture.
EventActivities
El maíz en Mesoamérica: museum visit and crochet workshop
A Saturday session at Antropología connects the story of maize with a small crochet project. Beginners are welcome in the museum’s announcement.
The food edit
Lunch deserves the afternoon.
RestaurantMexican
Rosetta
A Roma table to plan ahead for. Leave the afternoon open and let the current menu decide what lands on it.
RestaurantSeafood
Contramar
Seafood and a long lunch on Durango. Bring an appetite and enough time to let the meal become the plan.
RestaurantMexican
El Cardenal: Palma
A Centro breakfast or lunch in a tall, stone-columned room. Give the first meal of your museum day a proper table.
RestaurantBakery
Panadería Rosetta: Colima
Bread, coffee and a small beginning to a Roma day. This is the bakery on Colima, across from the restaurant.
Art & culture
Big ideas. Rooms worth lingering in.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo
A major Richard Prince exhibition opens Jumex’s autumn season. Make room for images that ask who gets to own a familiar picture.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Álvaro Urbano: Helen
Architecture, plants and remembered lives meet in Álvaro Urbano’s exhibition at Jumex, opening in October.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Raúl Silva: Gateway
Undersea cables, tourism and the Caribbean meet in a new exhibition at Museo Jumex.
EventExhibitions
Julian Rosefeldt: Manifesto
Thirteen film channels and Cate Blanchett’s changing roles turn artists’ manifestos into a room-sized encounter at MUAC.
Big on discovery. Easy on the wallet.
More city, without the ticket.
A public library that makes you look up, a park that slows you down, and galleries with their doors open. Start with the free part.
Discover it for yourselfA city of little worlds
Change colonias. Change the afternoon.
Editor’s picks
A good route leaves room for a detour.
GuideCulture
Roma to Condesa, from coffee to the dance floor
Bread on Colima, a park loop, a seafood lunch and your choice of a bar or late dance floor. Take the whole route or keep just a few stops.
GuideCulture
A Centro day, from breakfast to Bellas Artes
A proper breakfast, two cultural stops and time on foot in between. A compact starting point for the historic centre.
GuideCulture
Chapultepec, art and a long lunch
One serious museum, a lakeside walk and a Roma table. A day with enough space between its three main appointments.
GuideCulture
Two museums, then the lake
Soumaya and Jumex share a neighbourhood. LagoAlgo adds a lakeside finish, with a deliberate transfer between the two parts.
A closer look