Arts

Middle Ground

A look at Fernando Romero's book, Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S.-Mexico Border and Its Future (Princeton Architectural Press).

Singing the Veracruz Blues

By Catherine Dunn

A veteran bluesman and jarocho musicians teach to preserve Mexican musical traditions.

Melanie Smith: Interpreting Chaos

By Caroline MacKinnon

Over the last two decades, the British native has become one of Mexico City’s best-known contemporary artists.

A Painter's Life

By Catherine Dunn

Artist Phil Kelly muses on Mexico City's startlingness, reading the streets, and wonders why all the swimming pools in the world are blue.

Most Recent Articles

Art

A Shining Light

By Vivienne Stanton

A photography workshop for kids illuminates day-to-day life in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl.

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'Barb'-arians at the gate

By Michael Parker-Stainback

Independent "muck-curator" Ana Elen Mallet shows you how to stop worrying and learn to love the Museo Franz Mayer Barbie show. More >>

Obama, Mariachis, and Me

By Gabrielle Civil

Dancing in the street for Obama and MLK, Gabrielle Civil asks how black art can be shared in a different cultural context. More >>

Melanie Smith: Interpreting Chaos

By Caroline MacKinnon

Over the last two decades, the British native has become one of Mexico City’s best-known contemporary artists. More >>

The art of living

By Askari Mateos

A Japanese artist's life is transformed by Oaxaca. More >>

Film

Sin Nombre: Struggle is Anonymous

By Tara FitzGerald

Sundance film star Sin Nombre brings to life the perils of crossing two borders. More >>

Mexican-Jewish life through a lens

By Tara FitzGerald

Jewish filmmaking in Mexico sheds light on a traditionally insular community. More >>

In the 2007 film Bordertown, Jennifer Lopez plays a reporter from Chicago whose editor sends her on assignment to Ciudad Juárez to investigate the circumstances of the hundreds of deaths and disappearances. More >>

Books

A Traveler in Mexico

By C.M. Mayo

Author Rosemary Sullivan's book Villa Air-Bel traces artist exiles escaping to Mexico.

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Middle Ground

By Catherine Dunn

A look at Fernando Romero's book, Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S.-Mexico Border and Its Future (Princeton Architectural Press). More >>

Speaking la jerga loca

By Inside México

Inside México talks to Ilan Stavans, the author of Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language. More >>

Sleuthing the city with Paco Ignacio Taibo II

By Tara FitzGerald

An interview with award-winning Mexican detective novelist Paco Ignacio Taibo II. More >>

Multimedia

Video

TJ Remixed

Produced By Border Stories

San Diego radio stations, dodging the FCC's oversight and fees, sometimes put their radio towers along the Tijuana hillsides. This is how Pepe Mogt discovered his love of electronic music from Europe and the US. He learned to DJ himself, and eventually blended the accordion, bass, and snare of Norteño music with techno, creating a genre that could only exist in Tijuana: Nortec. More >>

Slideshow

Looking Back at México in Photos, by George Miller

Produced By Shauna Leff

George Miller, an American Photographer that has been living in México for more than 50 years, shares some of his favorite photographs from the 1950s and 60s. More >>