Museo Anahuacalli
Museum
The Anahuacalli Museum hosts the impressive collection of 50,000 idols and pre-Hispanic figures that belonged to Diego Rivera, which he humorously called “el idolaje”. The painter originally used to store this collection in the Casa Azul in Coyoacán that he where he lived with Frida Kahlo. In 1941, Diego Rivera undertook the construction that we now know as the ANAHUACALLI MUSEUM to house his pieces and to create an habitable work of art. The museum was built with volcanic stone coming from the eruption of Xitle volcano and sought to combine modern art with pre-Columbian cosmogony and aesthetics. The beautiful flora and fauna that surround the site inspired the painter to create a temple for ancient, and at the same time, contemporary art.
Past exhibitions and events
y que le digo, y que me dice | Talk #3
Talk
-> Nov 29
Aquí nos hacemos bolas
Exhibition
-> Oct 29 2025 – Nov 30 2025
Aguas Frescas | Maternar la Lengua
Event
-> Mar 29 2025 – Apr 6 2025
Paloma Contreras Lomas & Carolina Fusilier
Exhibition
-> Feb 4 2025 – Jun 6 2025
Talks “El Gusto: An Encounter Between History, Philosophy, and Art”
Talk
-> Nov 20 2024 – Nov 27 2024
Altar de muertos
Exhibition
-> Oct 30 2024 – Dec 1 2024
Diego's Pedregal: Inspiration and Origin of the Anahuacalli and its Architectural Connection
Talk
-> Sep 18
Pedro Reyes
Exhibition
-> Sep 12 2024 – Jan 12 2025
Diego Rivera: Pasión Política
Talk
-> Aug 22
The Lost Mural: "Pesadilla de guerra, sueño de paz"
Talk
-> Jul 18
Ulrik López
Exhibition
-> Jul 6 2024 – Aug 31 2024
The relationship and rupture between Diego Rivera and Picasso
Talk
-> Jun 26 2024
Ecstatic Dance: free yourself in movement
Workshop
-> Apr 14 2024
El jardín del no-hacer
Workshop
-> Mar 31 2024 – Apr 7 2024
Wyatt Kahn
Exhibition
-> Feb 6 2024 – May 19 2024
Anahuacalli ceramic school: fire workshop
Workshop
-> Feb 4 2024 – Jun 30 2024
Agua que quema
Exhibition
-> Dec 9 2023 – Jan 21 2024
Sandra Pereznieto
Exhibition
-> Dec 9 2023 – Jan 28 2024
Ofrenda de Día de Muertos: Pico y Chapo
Exhibition
-> Oct 27 2023 – Dec 17 2023
La Casa Erosionada
Exhibition
-> Jul 29 2023 – Oct 8 2023
Iván Krassoievitch
Exhibition
-> Jul 1 2023 – Oct 1 2023
Workshop by Suena Barro
Workshop
-> Jun 3 2023
Ceramic School
Workshop
-> Apr 21 2023 – May 14 2023
Embroider Stories
Workshop
-> Mar 31 2023 – Dec 31 2023
Stage Research Laboratory: Cuerdas
Workshop
-> Mar 18 2023 – Mar 19 2023
Encounters of Affective Readings
Workshop
-> Mar 1 2023 – Dec 31 2023
Alma Allen
Exhibition
-> Feb 10 2023 – May 28 2023
Robert Janitz at the Anahuacalli
Performance
-> Jul 23 2022
Robert Janitz
Exhibition
-> Jun 10 2022 – Sep 10 2022