February is once again the favorite month for art lovers, and little by little, details are being revealed about Art Week 2026 CDMX, the week when the city transforms into a huge creative circuit.
During these days, artists, galleries, designers, architects, and photographers from around the world come to the capital to present new ideas, trends, and projects that set the tone for contemporary art.
The 2026 Art Week in Mexico City does not take place in just one location. Neighborhoods such as Roma, Condesa, Juárez, and Polanco are filled with exhibitions, openings, and special events.
Museums, galleries, and alternative spaces take advantage of the visit of international collectors and curators to launch unique exhibitions that can only be seen during this season.
With so much going on, it can be difficult to know what not to miss. That’s why we’ve put together this short guide so you don’t miss a thing. Take note!
If the wait seems long, the good news is that Mexico City always has exhibitions open throughout the year, perfect for warming up before the city is once again filled with art everywhere.
Free admission to Laguna. Exhibition with a recovery cost.
During Art Week 2026, the Laguna cultural space inaugurates Reúso: arquitecturas de casi nada(Reuse: architectures of almost nothing), an exhibition that brings together 15 international firms to rethink architecture from the perspective of reuse, low cost, and minimal intervention.
General admission per day $475 pesos
Zona Maco 2026 will be the event that kicks off the cultural calendar for the year and the main focus of Art Week in Mexico City.
In this edition, the fair will bring together more than 200 galleries from 27 countries and 3 continents, and among the new features is Zona Maco Forma, a new initiative located between contemporary art and design.
In addition to the fair, Zona Maco 2026 activates a broader Art Week than ever before, with the participation of more than 65 museums, galleries, and independent spaces in Mexico City.
Unfinished Garden by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
$170 pesos
This is one of the must-see exhibitions! The show consists of ninelarge-scale installationsthat will be displayed in different areas ofthe museum, such as the rotunda, the garden, and the Gamboa Room.
The works will be activated by sound, movement, and interaction with visitors, who will hear the pulse of heartbeats and enjoy a landscape of lights. It should be noted that two of the pieces are unpublished, so you will be in for some great visual and auditory surprises.
Cost: $350 pesos
BADA 2026 will be celebrating its sixth edition in Mexico and proposes a model that breaks with the traditional art market scheme: here there are no galleries or intermediaries.
The works are purchased directly from the artist, who presents and explains their work in person, generating a close dialogue that transforms the shopping experience into a human and accessible encounter.
The 2026 edition will bring together more than 200 artists selected from over 3,000 proposals from Mexico, Argentina, France, Spain, the United States, Colombia, and other countries.
The public will find original works in small and varied formats, with prices not exceeding $2,500 pesos, perfect for starting your art collection!
$450 before 4:00 p.m., $600 after that time (box office only)
Salón ACME will celebrate its 13th edition and bring together 82 selected artists and 224 participants in six sections, with Puebla as the guest state, as well as performances, music, and parallel activities.
Full access $750 pesos / General admission $320 pesos / Opening night $500 pesos
This 12th edition is committed to a more open and expansive format in a new venue that will allow the proposal to be redistributed across five exhibition halls, improving the visitor experience and the ways in which art can be approached and acquired.
The 2026 edition will bring together 78 exhibitors from 21 countries and 38 cities, with a strong Latin American presence.
Free admission
Adding to the program is TEXTIL x Teresa Olmedo, a textile art exhibition that will take place in a former yarn and fabric factory in the south of Mexico City.
This exhibition is part of Top10artistas, a contemporary art project that organizes collective exhibitions; the participating artists present a meticulous and splendid curation. On this occasion, the curator is textile artist Teresa Olmedo.
At the moment, the names of the artists present have not been announced; what we do know is that the pieces will give rise to reflection on bodily memory, healing, and awareness of the body-territory.
Félix González-Torres
Free admission for residents of the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza and national students. Access by appointment only here.
This space begins its journey as a cultural center with an exhibition curated by Pablo León de la Barra, which proposes a poetic dialogue and an imagined encounter between the work of artist Félix González-Torres and the architectural spaces of Luis Barragán.
La Cuadra was built in 1968 as private stables on the outskirts of Mexico City and is one of the architect’s most emblematic works.
Free admission
Although there is very little information available at the moment about the works by Leonora Carrington that will be on display, one of the confirmed pieces is the paintingEthiops.
Alongside the Leonora Carrington exhibition, this gallery in Mexico City will openI Am The Sun, I Am The New Year. This is an exhibition by artist Marcel Dzama that reflects on systems of oppression and authoritarianism through colorful canvases and elements that allude to play and fantasy.