Cultural Trends Influence Mexican Architecture and Art in Mexico City
Cultural Trends Influence Mexican Architecture and Art in Mexico City
Mexico City has its finger on the pulse when it comes to cultural trends. From a super new, contemporary art gallery to innovative Mexican architecture - ultra-modern hotels, restaurants and museums - Mexico City is garnering plenty of attention as Latin America’s newfound ‘cultural Mecca’.
Bertha González, cofounder of Casa Dragones - a brand of joven, or young, artisan tequila - embodies the vibrant cultural landscape that is the Mexico City of today. An entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in the distilled spirits industry and the first woman certified as a Maestra Tequilera by the Academia Mexicana de Catadores de Tequila (Master Tequila Maker by the Mexican Academy of Tequila Tasters), González knows Mexico City’s cultural trends like the back of her hand. Describing it as a city “in constant transformation,” she shares what she considers are the up-and-coming hot spots in Mexico City.
First on her list is 'Chic By Accident’, an art gallery and store that offers unique designs and retro artifacts. For any foodie visiting Mexico City, Contramar, a lunch locale that offers laid-back elegance and amazing tuna tostados or tuna toasts, is a place to “see and be seen,” especially on a Friday evening. Emmanuel Picault, the same owner of ‘Chic By Accident’, recently opened a new nightclub in the Roma district named after the Indian revolutionary M.N.Roy, that boasts unbeatably modern Mexican architecture.
The art in Mexico City resides in the neighborhoods of Condesa and Polanco – listed as must-visit places for café and bistro lovers alike. Neighborhoods like these are the same that have seen the budding art scene spring up, hosts to Mexican artists like Gabriel Orozco and Miguel Calderón. As far as art in Mexico City goes, Mexico City’s recently inaugurated Soumaya Museum is the paradigm of the Mexican capital’s artistic vein and Mexican architecture. Since it’s opening in March 2011, the museum shows the largest display of Rodin sculptures in Latin America, including Rodin’s most celebrated works, “The Thinker” and “The Kiss.”
As a world-class city, Mexico City is starting to rival the cultural capitals of Europe, South America and the United States, proving highly attractive to cosmopolites around the globe. Contemporary trends combined with time-honored tradition encompass what Mexico City has represented for many years, yet even more today, “An enormous push by creative citizens makes the city a coveted, must-explore cultural destination of any world traveler.”