Mexico 2018 part VI - From Frida Kahlo to aspiring Banksies

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January 6th 2019

Published: May 6th 2019

Art, statues, street art and something totally unexpected When we started this blog the main purpose was to get a platform to publish photos. In Mexico I took a lot of pictures of interesting street art. In the previous blogs I could at the most fit in one or two of these photos or else the blogs would have grown too large. I therefore decided to make a separate blog to publish them in. So in ... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Garden gnome

Garden gnome, Mexican style

Corset

Frida Kahlo had several issues with her health. Because of this she had to wear a corset to steady her back

Museo Soumaya

The building is very striking. Even though the photo due to the strong light and funny perspective isn't any good I think you still see that it is something special

All made from ivory

We ended up spending an hour in there looking at paintings, sculptures and other kinds of art. The details are amazing and it is all made from ivory

Furniture with many fine details

I know very little about art. But I sense that some of works that are on display in Museo Soumaya cost more to purchase than I am likely to earn in my entire life

Non-Violence sculpture

This Non-Violence sculpture is right outside a shopping mall

Non-Violence sculpture

The Non-Violence sculpture is near Museo Soumaya and was a bit difficult to find.

Alexander von Humboldt

Statue of Alexander von Humboldt. German scientist, explorer and human rights activist.

Che statue

Statue of Che Guevara in Parque Tabacalera, Mexico City

Adorable cat

I find cats adorable, even when they aren't real. You can see that its head is shining. I am not the only one who petted it

Wait a minute? What are they doing?

This statue is supposed to be of Beethoven. When I look carefully I see something totally unexpected...

6th May 2019

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

As you know, I love street arty!! Thanks for sharing!

7th May 2019

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Glad you enjoyed it
It makes me happy to hear that you enjoyed it. /Ake

7th May 2019

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Non-Violence sculpture
I have seen photos of (a version of) this sculpture, but didn't know there were many around the world. I love your on-going project to see and photograph them :) I loved the Blue House despite the crowds, so I'm glad you and your Mum could get in... and that's a cute story about skipping the line.

7th May 2019

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

On the Non-Violence project
The Non-Violence project we began a bit by chance. We realised that we easily could get quite a few of them with very little effort. Since then we have just kept on adding when we have come across them. I recently added one designed by Paul McCartney and one designed by Ringo Starr. /Ake

8th May 2019

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Terrific Wall art
Thanks for taking us along.

8th May 2019

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Some of them are really good
I've said it before and I sense that I will say it again. Quite ofter street art has a quality which is as good as or better than expensive art we have seen in galleries. It is quite true for some of what we saw in Mexico. /Ake

8th May 2019

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Museo Soumaya
There is something about way out architecture that makes one say, "WOW". Then there is the thought of how they got it through the development approval stage then the money to build it. But "wow" requires risk and foresight...so I say, "Good on them!"

8th May 2019

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

And it worked!
It surely worked in this case. If the building had been more traditional we would not have understood that one of the best art galleries in Mexico was housed in it. /Ake

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