Modern Mexico
Mexico City and Oaxaca with curator, lecturer and commentator Gina Fairley
9–21 March 2027
Modern Mexico: passion, colour and creativity
Frida and Diego may be household names, but who were the other Mexican modernists? Step back in time with tour leader Gina Fairley to the vibrant, cosmopolitan era of the 1920s-to-1940s, when the post-revolution government entrusted artists to tell the stories of a new nation.
Immerse yourself in the passion, colour and creativity of their lives and those who surrounded them, from Frida’s parents – photographer Guillermo Kahlo and her Oaxacan-born mother, Matilde Calderón – to a radical circle of artists including David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente Orozco, Lola Álvarez Bravo, María Izquierdo, and international photographers Tina Modotti and Edward Weston.
Explore Mexico City’s grand boulevards and iconic architecture which played a part in shaping modern Mexico, blending Indigenous heritage with the new modernist International Style of architecture.
Then dive head-on into contemporary Mexico City which now boasts more art museums than New York or Paris. We’ll visit private collections, major museums and artist studios.
Our final stop is Oaxaca, the Indigenous heart of the country, where we’ll find inspiration in the textile and pottery studios of Mexican artisans.
Zapotec weaver in an outdoor market in Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo: Alamy
Tour details
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán Catholic cathedral in Oaxaca, Mexico, photo: Getty Images
Zapotec weaver in an outdoor market in Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo: Alamy
The Casa de los Azulejos (House of Tiles) in Mexico City, photo: Getty Images
Museo de Soumaya, photo: Alamy
Coyoacan, Mexico City, photo: Getty Images
- To note:
The International Study tour program is presented by the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ members organisation, the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales. As well as providing a wonderful experience, your travel tour will also help to raise funds to support the Art Gallery.
International Study Tours are open to anyone who appreciates the best of travel, not only Art Gallery members.
- Top image:
Casa Gilardi, the final masterpiece of renowned Mexican architect Luis Barraga, photo: Carles Gil Pujals
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