For one week each February, the whole of the art world tilts toward México City.
One of the most dynamic weeks on the global cultural calendar — and beyond the fairs themselves, the city comes alive through private dinners, gallery openings, artist studios, architecture, music, fashion, and spontaneous encounters.
Having participated in México City Art Week for a decade, the Morenita Experience team and I have witnessed its transformation from an insider event into one of the world's most dynamic cultural weeks. Over the years, we have cultivated the relationships and local perspective that make the experience meaningful.
The Week at a Glance
The fairs. Private artists studios. Collectors' homes and a penthouse dinner. Landmark museums. And throughout, the best tables in the city.
Zona Maco
Latin America's largest fair — contemporary art, design, antiques and photography under one roof.
Material
The bold, experimental counterpart — cutting-edge galleries and artists before the anointing.
Salón ACME
A cornerstone that breaks the mould — curated, dialogue-driven and gloriously independent.
Alcova
The nomadic design platform from Milan lands in Mexico City, staged in spaces as compelling as the works.
Alcova has not announced dates yet
The Galleries
LABOR
A considered program in an intimate setting — one of the addresses collectors trade quietly among themselves.
Saenger Galería
A serious voice in the city's contemporary scene, championing material experimentation and conceptual depth. One evening — a guided walk of the current show, two onsite studios and a fascinating warehouse.
Espacio Báltico
A collective studio in a former electrical-devices factory — residencies, workshops and a raw, working energy. Art, architecture and design in conversation, still in the making.
The Studios
The rarest access of the week: an hour inside a working studio, in the company of the artist who works there.
Perla Krauze
Sculpture, stone and wax; memory, place and the passage of time. We spend a private hour in her Roma studio, in conversation with the artist herself.
Chavis Mármol
Stone with a sense of humor — monumental, irreverent, unmistakably of this city. Chavis is the one to watch right now.
Pedro Reyes & Carla Fernández
The sculptor and the fashion designer receive us in the concrete house-studio they share — his stone and bronze, her textile ateliers, a marriage of two practices under one roof.
Casa Pedregal by Luis Barragán
"A real home, not a museum." A lived-in Modernist masterpiece — the scent of tortillas from the kitchen, a bottle of wine on the table — exactly as the architect intended.
Private Collector's Penthouse
Dinner in the home of one of Mexico's most discerning collectors — a penthouse hung like a museum, and a table set, for one night, for us.
Museo Nacional de Antropología
A private walk through of our great anthropology museum — the Aztec and Maya halls, with the museum director as our guide.
Anahuacalli
Diego Rivera's own museum, built from volcanic stone to house his collection of pre-Hispanic art — part temple, part fortress, entirely his.
Dinners
Collector Penthouse
The HighlightA collector's home in Polanco, hung like a museum, with a table set for us alone.
Taverna
A restored 1905 hacienda, mostly by candlelight — Mediterranean plates from the wood oven, and a gin-and-giant-olive Pin Tonic.
Voraz
A room the city has been talking about — confident cooking, a crowd worth watching.
Campobaja
Baja by way of the capital — the Pacific, unfussed, at a counter you won't want to leave.
Le Tachinomi Desu
The industry-favorite Japanese wine bar and bistrot.
Lunches
Los Atarantados
Tacos taken seriously — al pastor, arrachera, suadero, tortillas by hand. The coldest beer.
Lago / Algo
A Brutalist pavilion over Chapultepec's lake — part gallery, part long lunch, unrushed.
Tetetlán
Designed by Luis Barragán over volcanic rock floor — farm-to-table Mexican cuisine.
Mi Compa Chava
The Coyoacán location transports us straight to the Mexican Pacific with seafood tostadas and Sinaloa-style fish cocktails.
Catered lunch inside gallery
We are keeping this one a surprise.
Beyond the Program
The hours between the art and the table — for those who want them. Nothing obligatory; everything considered.
Soho House Mexico City
Drinks by the pool, open to SH global members.
Sauna & Cold Plunge
Sweat, cold, repeat, to recover from altitude, food, drink and daily steps.
Additional access to be confirmed
Where You'll Stay
Xoma
An architectural marvel perfectly located in leafy Roma Norte. The group under one roof.
Expect friendly front desk and concierge, continental breakfast, double height ceilings, marble bathrooms, deep tubs, rooms that start at 600 sq. ft, suites with balconies, a rooftop pool and restaurant onsite.
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