When Carlos Tortolero was starting what is now known as the National Museum of Mexican Art, “there were three things people told me I was crazy for,” he said. “One, doing a museum in a ...

More than 30 years ago, when Carlos Tortolero, along with fellow Chicago Public Schools teacher Helen Valdez, came up with the idea of establishing a museum filled just with Mexican art, many peopl… ...

Salvador Jiménez-Flores, La Resistencia de los Nopales Híbridos (The Resistance of the Hybrid Cacti), 2017 Credit: Courtesy National Museum of Mexican Art Local artist Alberto Aguilar often uses ...

Carlos Tortolero opened the National Museum of Mexican Art’s doors in Pilsen in 1987 with the guiding principles that it should be free and accessible.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For 30 years, the National Museum of Mexican Art has showcased 3,000 years of creativity on both sides of the border. To mark this milestone, the museum invites everyone to a new ...

The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) originated and still resides in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, where the Mexican-American community began to grow in the 1960s as more Mexican ...

Going through 3,000 years of Mexican culture and immersing oneself in the richness of its art isn’t hard to do in Chicago. Thanks to the National Museum of Mexican Art.

The National Museum of Mexican Art opened its doors 30 years ago. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs South Suburbs NW Indiana Welcome, Mickey ...

Nuestras Hisorias taps the National Museum of Mexican Art’s impressive permanent collection, including Rubén Ortiz-Torres’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, right. Photo: Michael Tropea ...

On May 2, the Imperial Ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel Chicago felt like Cinco de Mayo a few days early. The occasion: the National Museum of Mexican Art's Gala de Arte 2014, “Dreams and Hopes ...

it's now called the national museum of mexican art becoming a community hub in the pilsen neighborhood, bringing in more than 150,000 visitors a year. AND NOW THE FOUNDER AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE ...

The National Museum of Mexican Art's Día de los Muertos exhibition, “Solo un poco aqui: Day of the Dead,” pays tribute to those who have died from Covid-19. The unrestricted grant is the ...