An Art Walk in San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico City
A walk through San Miguel Chapultepec: RGR’s Detrás de la pantalla, Design Week Mexico’s Hecho en Recuerdo and PRINT 2025, Le Laboratoire’s FÉNIX, and Fervor’s gold-leaf studio.
Some neighborhoods reward walking with a sequence of ideas. In San Miguel Chapultepec, a few blocks carried me from questions of perception and color, to design shaped by memory, and finally to painting as renewal—with a luminous detour into gold leaf craft. Here are the stops that framed the afternoon.
RGR GALLERY
Detrás de la pantalla. Vol. 1: El Espacio Intermedio
A sharp meditation on the “in-between”—where color, space, movement and the act of seeing refuse easy definitions. Curated by Gabriela Rangel (with Ricardo González), the show proposes looking as material: transparency vs. depth, intuition vs. order, experience over mere representation.
Where: Gral. Antonio León 48, San Miguel Chapultepec, CDMX · IG: @RGRART
Design Week Mexico - Territorio:
Hecho en Recuerdo
(C·Cubica)
“What is Mexican design when it’s shaped not by place, but by memory?” Curated by Of Threads (Alma Jiménez López & Sergio Mondragón), the exhibition gathers Mexican and Mexican-American creators living in the “in-between.” These are not souvenirs; they’re artifacts of adaptation—rituals, languages and materials carried across borders, kitchens, workshops, and living rooms. Design as inheritance, remade in the present.
PRINT 2025 — Diseñado en México
An open-call snapshot of current practice grounded in territory, symbols and the collective dynamics of the cityvery Design Week Mexico in spirit, with invited guests widening the lens.
Le Laboratoire
FÉNIX
by María José Romero
From the conceptual to the visceral. Romero’s new series leans into gesture, body and vegetal motifs; the phoenix appears less as myth than as method—painting as rebirth. Pinks and crimsons open the space, while large canvases register movement like choreography across the picture plane.
Fervor
(Gold Leaf Studio)
A small, luminous detour: Fervor (Euri Lorenzo & Arantxa Solís) specializes in contemporary gold-leaf application for objects, art and interior surfaces. Heritage technique, modern intent—subtle enough for signage and custom details, bold enough for statement walls and hospitality features.
Postscript — kurimanzuto
A cornerstone of Mexico City’s contemporary art ecosystem, kurimanzuto keeps San Miguel Chapultepec plugged into global conversations. The gallery’s program is built for risk and range—large-scale gestures, precise installations, and timely dialogues that reward slow looking. Depending on the exhibition, the architecture is often reconfigured to fit the work, turning each visit into a new spatial reading. Check the current show before you go; the rhythm changes, but the bar stays high.
If You Go Mini Guide
Do it on foot; cafés and taquerías are close by.
Start at RGR → cross to C·Cubica (Territorio / PRINT) → end at Le Laboratoire; add Fervor by appointment.
Golden hour = best photos. Comfortable shoes, always.
