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IMPORTANT TOURS NOTE – The deadline to purchase a ticket or get a refund for a cancelled tour is by end of day on Wednesday, April 12^th. Thank you for your understanding!

We are so excited to see you soon in Mexico City and provide an array of tours experiences! There are only a few tours with tickets left. See below for a wonderful review of the sites on the Mexican Muralist tour provided by ARLIS/NA Vice-President/President Elect, Rachel Resnik.

One of the most iconic features of Mexico City is its murals dating back to the 1920s. You will see them as a matter of course when in town for the ARLIS/NA 51^st annual conference at places like the Sanborn restaurant in Centro Historico (Orozco) and in the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Rivera and Orozco). But if you are interested in the murals of Mexico, you absolutely must visit the Secretaría de Educación Pública  and the Colegio de San Ildefonso.

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Diego Rivera mural at Secretaría de Educación Pública

The Secretaría is home to 120 Diego Rivera murals painted between 1923 and 1928. This mural cycle investigates the issues most important to post-revolutionary Mexico like socialism, indigenous cultures, agrarianism, and industrial revolution. You will find famous artists and politicians depicted throughout.  If you’ve seen the movie Frida, it is at the Secretaría that Frida first confronts Diego and asks him to assess her painting. (If you have not seen Frida, you should; it also includes impressive shots of Teotihuacan.) As it did in the 1920s, the building is home to the national Department of Education, so while there you will see office workers going about their day. The murals line three floors of hallways surrounding impressive courtyards. The murals themselves are thought-provoking and powerful, but to see them in situ as they were intended to be seen is a real experience.

I don’t want to oversell, but Tripadvisor ranks it #3 of 657 in the category “Points of Interest and Landmarks” in Mexico City.

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Courtyard at Secretaría de Educación Pública

 

The Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso was built as a Jesuit seminary in the sixteenth century and became a preparatory college in 1857. Today it is a museum and cultural center; home to murals by José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and others. Orozco really steals the show here; his work encircles the main courtyard. But for you Diego Rivera lovers, you’ll find his first mural commission aptly named La Creacion. When I visited last August I was particularly taken with the work of Louis Henri Jean Charlot and Fernando Leal.

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Jose Clemente Orozco’s Aristocrats at Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso

Go visit on your own (sites are a block apart and just a mile from the Hilton Reforma), or join the Mexican Muralists tour with a knowledgeable tour guide on Saturday April 22nd.
Click HERE to register for this tour.
If you go on your own, double check hours before heading out.

Secretaría de Educacion Publica
República de Brasil 31, Centro Histórico
CDMX, Mexico
Bring your passport which will be held while you are visiting
10 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday

Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
Justo Sierra 16, Centro Histórico
CDMX, Mexico
11 am to 6 pm Tuesday to Sunday

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Louis Henri Jean Charlot’s Massacre in the Templo Mayor at Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso

Best,

Kate Alleman

ARLIS/NA CDMX Tours Co-Coordinator