San Miguel de Allende Atención San Miguel, the best information in print and online! May 24
By Susan Page In his 4000-square-foot showroom of the best of Mexican popular art, Galeria Atotonilco owner Mayer Shacter has personally selected every single piece. He travels all over Mexico to find the best artists, and then he buys their best work. As I write, he and I (his wife) are in the middle of [...]
By Ibette Pearlman “I love painting the nude, but after painting the nude for a period of time, with the confinements of the figure itself and the related confinement of the artist/model relationship, I have to go to the subject of the landscape to free myself again, and to recover from the difficulties of dealing [...]
By Alan Redd As part of the 140th anniversary celebration of the Angela Peralta Theater, the Director of the Department of Education and Culture Acacio Martínez announced that Henry Vermillion will be the artist featured in the Theater gallery for the celebration festivities of the 140th anniversary of the local landmark in downtown San Miguel. [...]
By José Luis Arias Artist Jose Luis Arias is presenting new work today, May 17, at the Buena Vida gallery in an exhibit entitled “Fragmentos Poéticos” (“Poetic Fragments).” Art Opening “Fragmentos poéticos” by José Luis Arias Fri, May 17, 6pm Galería Buena Vida Aldama 42 152-4990 This large group of pieces comprises several different techniques. [...]
By Elsanne Barrows An evening of belly dance at the Teatro Santa Ana: —“Una Noche de la Danza del Vientre” — features dancers from Sonora, Queretaro, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi and the United States in a varied, sumptuous spectacle of dance as taught at Libelula dance studio in colonia San Antonio. Belly dance teachers and [...]
By Leonardo Rosen At its regular Monday meeting of April 29, 2013, the City Council of San Miguel de Allende voted unanimously to bestow a great honor on the Club de Danzón “Mercerina.” This legislation gives our group a special status as the official representative of our city to the danzón in all of the [...]
By Nick Hamblen Paola Uribe Gaudry and Luis Gaudry are sister and brother. Both artists work in the same interesting, though not well-known, medium of ink and resin, yet each very much in a style of their own. It is the great pleasure of Galería 6 to present their work together for the very first [...]
By Hannah Jarmain On Saturday, April 20, the sun was shining in San Miguel; we had a great day with 40 children from the campo of Palo Colorado who were bused to el Centro for their first art field trip. Most of them had never been out of their community. They dressed in their best [...]
By Margaret Failoni For the 10th anniversary of MACO, the Mexico City International Art Fair, the organizers went all the way, inviting over 350 special guests from all over the world, including collectors, museum directors and curators. There were 131 art galleries from 21 different countries presenting a wide range of what is loosely termed [...]
By Jim Corcoran Lucas Rise On a recent visit to the studio of Lucas Rise, I immediately realized this is a young man who is totally obsessed by his passion for art. Over the years he has excelled in graphic design, drawing, painting, photography and more. This is evidenced in the many awards bestowed on [...]
