The guide to the most interesting exhibitions in Mexico City this November is here!
On this list, you’ll find exhibitions that will blow your mind and leave you pondering for days. Best of all, there are free admission options.
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Without further ado, here are the exhibitions opening this month, followed by other shows you can already visit in the city.
Artificial intelligence comes to a Mexico City museum! AI: More Than Human is an interactive exhibition that explores how artificial intelligence is transforming our lives, creativity, and the relationship between humans and machines. Through immersive installations, digital experiences, and works by international artists, you’ll discover how this technology works and get to experiment with it.
Ofrenda at the Frida Kahlo Museum: Guillermo Kahlo
The Blue House pays tribute to Frida Kahlo’s father! The Day of the Dead offering at the Frida Kahlo Museum 2026 is dedicated to Guillermo Kahlo, a photographer whose story is brought to life through family portraits, vintage cameras, letters, and personal items.
The Anahuacalli Museum presents its Day of the Dead 2026 offering! This year, the altar is dedicated to Saturnino Herrán, a Mexican painter considered a pioneer of muralism and a classmate of Diego Rivera at the San Carlos Academy. The installation combines traditional Day of the Dead elements with references to his work and to the figure of Coatlicue, a deity from the Mexica worldview.
The calacas are back in Xochimilco! The Dolores Olmedo Museum’s traditional 2026 offering returns after six years with *Calacas al Museo!*, a Day of the Dead exhibition featuring over 100 pieces, including papier-mâché figures by the Linares family and traditional elements such as cempasúchil, candles, and skulls.
Kimonos, samurai armor, and Japanese treasures are coming to Mexico City! The National Museum of Anthropology is preparing an exhibition on Japan that will bring together more than 100 pieces from the Tokyo National Museum. The exhibition will trace 14,000 years of Japanese history through Jōmon-period pottery, Buddhist sculptures, 18th-century kimonos, Edo-period armor, and contemporary works. The exhibition will be divided into six thematic sections that will showcase Japan’s artistic and cultural richness.
Carlos Amorales: Anteparaíso
Fantastic creatures and artificial intelligence are coming to a Mexico City gallery! Carlos Amorales: Anteparaíso presents a universe of imaginary beings, hybrid figures, and fictional faces that explore our relationship with technology. The exhibition brings together drawings, animations created with artificial intelligence, and a monumental installation.
A selection of works from the Centre Pompidou in Paris is coming to Bellas Artes! “The Forms of Energy” brings together 41 pieces linked to kinetic art and Op Art—movements that experiment with movement, light, and visual perception. This international exhibition in Mexico City will allow you to discover different ways of representing energy through art.
Not every traveler hits the road
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The São Paulo Biennial is coming to Mexico for the first time! Not Every Traveler Travels Roads — Humanity as Practice presents a selection of works from the 36th edition of this international contemporary art event. The exhibition at the Tamayo Museum brings together diverse artistic perspectives that explore humanity, history, and ways of living together.
An obsession with flowers
This exhibition brings together seventeen international artists to explore the floral motif through an imaginary dialogue between the writers Marcel Proust and Mario Bellatin. Far from being a mere ornamental element, the exhibition analyzes how both authors have used the flower in their literary works as a complex symbol laden with eroticism, nostalgia, social satire, and transgression of established norms or bodies.
Following this same premise, the works on display—which include paintings, installations, ceramics, and videos—use the apparent delicacy of flowers to weave powerful political messages. The artists transform this natural element into a tool of contemporary resistance that challenges systems of colonial domination, reflects on identity, deconstructs digital images, and champions beauty and ambiguity in a world of simplified narratives.
Ring of Fire
Volcanoes take center stage in this exhibition by Julian Charrière, the Franco-Swiss artist’s first solo show at OMR. The works explore geological time, technology, and our relationship with the Earth. One of his starting points is the birth of the Parícutin volcano in Michoacán.
Vol. II — Body of Work
Contemporary art and collectible design come together in *Vol. II — Body of Work*, a group exhibition at Galería Consigna featuring 16 artists and studios. The exhibition takes the concept of volume as its starting point to explore the processes, materials, and techniques behind works of sculpture, painting, furniture, design, and sound.
Among the participants, you’ll find Ricardo Luévanos, Andrea Sotelo, Otto Martín Moreno, Rio Estudio, Estebanez Estudio, Interlude Audio, and Ojo Vintage Studio, as well as a selection from the Pedro Ramírez Vázquez Archive.
Throughout October, there will also be a schedule of activities featuring listening sessions, workshops, and panel discussions. Admission to the exhibition is free, and all the pieces on display are for sale.
More than 100 artifacts, life-size recreations of rooms, 3D projections, and animations are all part of this immersive experience dedicated to the Titanic.
The tour traces the ship’s history from its creation to the collision with the iceberg. VIP tickets also include a virtual reality experience that recreates a visit to the shipwreck site.
Álvaro Urbano: Helen
This new exhibition at the Jumex Museum draws on the story of Helen Fowler O’Gorman and the Casa Cueva she shared with Juan O’Gorman in El Pedregal.
Álvaro Urbano creates an atmosphere where architecture, memory, and vegetation intersect. The exhibition also draws inspiration from *Plants and Flowers of Mexico*, a book by Fowler O’Gorman.
Kati Horna: The Unusual Is the Everyday
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Surrealist photography comes to the Palacio de Bellas Artes! “Kati Horna: The Unusual Is the Everyday” brings together around 205 works that trace this photographer’s career, from her documentary images to her most imaginative compositions. You’ll also discover her creative connections to Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo.
Art Nouveau comes to the Kaluz Museum! For the first time in Mexico, an exhibition dedicated to Alphonse Mucha—one of the movement’s most recognizable figures—is being presented. You’ll see around 130 works from the Mucha Foundation, including posters, lithographs, drawings, and illustrations.
The exhibition also explores Mucha’s influence on design, advertising, comics, and manga. The tour is complemented by *The Magic of Art Nouveau*, an immersive experience inspired by his creative universe.
Tamayo, Nieto, Toledo: The Years in Paris
This exhibition brings together the work of three prominent Oaxacan artists: Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Nieto, and Francisco Toledo. The exhibition focuses on the periods these artists spent in Paris during the second half of the 20th century—a pivotal time when they succeeded in fusing pre-Hispanic aesthetics and Mexican folk art with international avant-garde movements.
Following their successful formative and creative periods in Europe, the return of Tamayo, Nieto, and Toledo to their homeland cemented their immense prestige and definitively marked the end of the nationalist canon that had dominated Mexico’s art scene for more than half a century.
Free Admission on Sundays!
This exhibition at the Franz Mayer Museum’s Pinacoteca invites us to analyze German Renaissance art from a contemporary perspective. Through 36 pieces from the museum’s collection, the exhibition explores how this artist was able to harness the printing press to understand the dynamics of virality long before the internet and its algorithms existed.
The exhibition aims to introduce this pioneer of modern culture to younger audiences. To achieve this, it incorporates innovative technological tools that demonstrate how he transformed the dissemination of images and why he’s considered the first artist with a truly global impact.
Because now I think of you more than yesterday—much more. A Tribute to Carlos Monsiváis
Sixteen years after the death of the renowned Mexican chronicler, the Museo del Estanquillo—a venue he himself founded in 2006—is hosting this commemorative exhibition. Created by artist Betsabeé Romero, the exhibition seeks to pay a heartfelt tribute to Monsiváis’s life and great legacy within the Museo del Estanquillo’s facilities.
The exhibition consists of five environments or installations created from the artist’s visual perspective. Note that the opening event will take place on August 29 on the venue’s terrace, with limited capacity for a maximum of 70 attendees.
If you’re a cat lover, this new venue—entirely dedicated to their history and their relationship with humans—awaits you with open doors. Across three rooms, Sissi (a kitten inspired by the founders’ pet) guides you through a 45-minute interactive experience. Admission is in small groups of 15 people, ensuring you can enjoy the tour without large crowds.
The space features various activities, such as a virtual reality walkthrough, an arcade, and incredible projections created by a Mexican studio—without the use of artificial intelligence. It also includes photo spots designed for taking pictures and a special area where you can share photos of your own kittens.
