The Mexican tenor Hector Sandoval, makes his debut with the Welsh National Opera (WNO) starring in “La Tosca” by renowned Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.

     Born in Mexico City, Hector was trained at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico and at the Hochschule für darstellende Kunst in Vienna. He won the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinberg International Singing Competition in 2011.

     Sandoval has twice sung the title role of Don Carlos at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and has performed at some of the most important stages in the world including: Austria, Italy, Russia, the United States, Holland and Belgium.

 

Más detalles de las presentaciones, en los siguientes enlaces:

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

9 - 23 Feb

Birmingham Hippodrome

8 Mar

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

22 - 24 Mar

Theatre Royal Plymouth

29 – 31 Mar

Milton Keynes Theatre

4 - 6 Apr

The Bristol Hippodrome

11 - 13 Apr

Venue Cymru, Llandudno

18 - 20 Apr

 

     The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Natalia Lafourcade makes her London debut performing at Koko, Camden. Natalia’s music weaves sounds from her native Mexico with elements of jazz, rock, bossa nova and folk. Born in Veracruz to musical parents, she studied guitar and piano, and began writing songs at an early age.

     Her first major album of original songs Natalia LaFourcade (2002) was released at age 17 to critical acclaim. In her latest project, she pays tribute to Latin American folk music in Musas (2017), through recordings and videos that exemplify her maturity as a collaborative artist.}

     Over her 15-year career, she has made several albums, among them the award-winning Casa (2005), Mujer divina, Homenaje a Agustín Lara (2013), and Hasta la Raíz (2015), which received a Grammy and five Latin Grammys.

     She has performed with great interpreters such as Juan Gabriel, Caetano Veloso, Simón Díaz, José Alfredo Jiménez, Luis Eduardo Aute, Chavela Vargas, Pepe Aguilar, José José y Gilberto Santa Rosa, and with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. In addition, Natalia has produced music for Carla Morrison, Ximena Sariñana and others.

     On this occasion, Natalia will be joined by Gizmo Varillas as support artist.

Where?
Koko
1A Camden High Street
London NW1 7JE

When?
Monday, 12 February
*Doors open at7pm

Website?
http://www.koko.uk.com/listings/natalia-lafourcade-12-02-2018

 

     The Embassy of Mexico in association with Latino Life present a unique opportunity to see one of the best Mariachi bands in Mexico, the Mariachi of the Mexican Navy.

    The prestigious 15 piece outfit will present a 'flashmob' style outdoor performance at Camden Stables Market on November 24th at 5 pm, followed by a free concert at the terrace of Gabeto restaurant.

     Formed in 1989 by Captain Eduardo Navarro Graciano, Mariachi of the Mexican Navy is one of Mexico's most prestigious Mariachi bands. Over the years, the band has received several awards for their performances, thanks to their quality, delivery and discipline.

     From their first international performance in 1990 in the now extinct Soviet Union, the band has gone on to play all over the world including in Cuba, Chile, Guatemala, the US, Canada, Spain and China.

     During the visit of Pope John Paul II to Mexico in 2002, the band participated in the farewell event from the Presidential Hangar and in 2006 the band performed again to Pope Francis. The Mariachi has accompanied great musicians, such as the Mexican tenor Fernando de la Mora or the great Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, and in 2011 in the city of Tlaxcala, it accompanied the international tenor Plácido Domingo.

     Don't miss the opportunity to see this amazing experience!

When?
Friday 24th November
at 5pm

Where?
Camden Stables Market,
Chalk Farm Rd,
London NW1 8AH
(Gabeto restaurant)

 

Following the success of its previous four editions, the Embassy of Mexico is proud to present “Camaradas: UK – Mexico Art Competition 2017”, a fantastic opportunity for emerging artists, from both countries, to work and learn from each other and to discover unsuspected coincidences they might share.

The winning partners will showcase their work at the Espacio Gallery from the 27 February to 4 March 2018.

  • Rafael Morales Cendejas
  • Martin Slidel


  • Alan Parker Lopez
  • Shelley Pestaina


  • Naim Juárez
  • O´doherty


  • Eva Lis
  • Verónica Toscano Palma


  • Fernando Holguín Cereceres
  • Sarah Garrod


  • Jennifer López Rateike
  • James Green


  • Odette Farrell Gonzalez
  • Benjamin Keir Gooch


  • Adela Murillo
  • Isela Aguilar


  • Miguel Ferráez
  • Megan Marsh


  • Rogelio Alarcon Garcia
  • Claire Heafford


  • Giuseppe Marasco
  • Mike Quirke


  • Marisa Polin
  • Vanya Balogh


  • Judith Bieletto Trejo
  • Stephen Harvey


  • Verónica Córdova de la Rosa
  • Hugh Pryor


  • Beatriz Creel Garza Ríos
  • Rory Beard


  • Pilar Cortes
  • Marcus Dyer


*Special Participation
Elisa Iannacone / Jody Medland

Catherine Petitgas

Catherine Petitgas (MA, History of Modern Art, Courtauld Institute, London) is a lecturer of Modern and Contemporary Art. Collector, patron and benefactor of several institutions in the UK and France, she is a trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and of Gasworks/Triangle Arts Trust.

In addition, she has been a member of the Tate Latin American Acquisitions Committee since 2004 as well as of Pompidou America Latina. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Tate International Council.

She started collecting art in 1997 and have supported several shows by Latin American artists in London since then, including exhibitions by Abraham Cruz Villegas (2012 at Modern Art Oxford); Gabriel Kuri and Rivane Neuenschwander (2011 and 2010 at South London Gallery); Amalia Pica (2012 at Chisenhale Gallery) among others.

George Blacklock

George Blacklock is a painter, musician and former Dean of Chelsea College of Arts. He has shown extensively in Europe and in North America and has been represented by Flowers Galleries since 1996. He has received various awards from the Arts Council, the Greater London Arts Association and was a prize-winner at the John Moores contemporary painting competition.

He has worked in many collections including the Arts Council of Great Britain. He is a musician within a band called Country Dirt (latest CD release, ‘Rodeo Free Europe’ - can be found on iTunes and Amazon).

Javier Calderon

Javier has curated several exhibitions of Contemporary Mexican and British Art both in Mexico and in the UK. In 2015 he opened Chalton Gallery, where he showcases Mexican and British Art. He also curated the exhibition “Immersive Frames” in Mexico City with the support of the British Council and Bancomer Foundation, this exhibition included Turner Prize winner 2012 Elizabeth Price.

Some of the Mexican Artists he has shown in the UK include: Tania Candiani, Manuel Rocha, Arcangel Constantini, Yoshua Okón, Hector Falcón, Luis Felipe Ortega, Israel Martinez, Mario de Vega, Pola Weiss among many others.

His projects have been founded by The Arts Council of England, CONACULTA and Bancomer Foundation. He has worked for various institutions including; Tate Modern and Tate Britain, Royal Academy of Arts, Victoria & Albert Museum, National Gallery and Royal Palaces.

Pablo Lugo

Pablo Angel Lugo has a B.A. in Visual Arts from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a MA in Public Art from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), MPhil in Public Art, from the same university and currently he is a PhD Candidate in Public Art at UPV, sponsored by the Fundación/Colección Jumex scholarship.

Pablo is member of the Mexican Engravers Association for Plastic Research (Asociación Mexicana de Grabadores y de Investigación Plástica A.C.), is member of the Circular Workshop of Graphic Production (Taller Circular de Producción Gráfica), at the Autonomous Gallery in the National School of Plastic Arts (ENAP) UNAM, and is also member of the self-managed cultural centre The Three, Cultural Parenthesis in Valencia, Spain.

His wide artistic production includes paintings, drawings, engravings, sculptures, videos, performances, illustrations, graphic designs, and collaborations in cinema as Curator he has exhibitions in Mexico and UK. He is specialized in public art. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, Cuba, USA, UK, Spain, Colombia, France and Portugal, Argentina, Indonesia among other countries.

Pablo was the winner of “Camaradas Art Competition 2016”.


1st Stage: Entering the competition

  • One British and one Mexican artist must become comrades and form a partnership. Each partnership must submit a proposal (200-700 words) of a piece by each artist, or a joint proposal. The art piece must engage in a dialogue on a subject or idea of their choosing.

  • Works can range across painting, photography, video, sculpture, performance or any other visual art form (example: A partnership chooses the subject of “time” and presents a proposal in which the Mexican artist will make a sculpture on the subject, whilst the British artist will do a painting on it.)

  • Each partnership must fill in a registration form and submit a selection from their portfolio of work. Click here to download the registration form.

  • The proposal, registration form and portfolio must be sent to the following email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

  • The closing date for submissions is the 19 February 2018.

  • By submitting your proposal, the Embassy of Mexico assume you accept the terms and conditions.

2nd Stage: The first elimination round

  • A panel of judges comprised by leading figures in the art world will select the best partnership proposals, who will be notified on the 21 February if they made it through to the next round.

  • Upon notification, those who are selected must make and complete the art piece with which they will take part in Camaradas and deliver it to the Espacio Gallery on the 26 February 2018 for installation.

3rd Stage: The final elimination round and the glory

  • The art works will be presented in the Camaradas Exhibition 2017 at the Espacio Gallery from the 27 February to 4 March 2018.
  1. This competition is open exclusively for British artists and Mexican artists.

  2. All information detailing how to enter this competition forms part of these terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions.

  3. All entries are to be submitted no later than 11:59pm on 19 February 2018

  4. Submitted artwork must be your original creation. All art work must be the work of the individual summiting it and must not have been published elsewhere or have won any prize in any other competition. However this does not apply for pieces comprising the portfolio.

  5. Your entry must not be otherwise be obscene, defamatory or in breach of any applicable legislation or regulations.

  6. All contestants must register for this contest by entering their name, email, age, and mailing address, and agreeing to the terms and conditions of the contest.

  7. The winners will be chosen by a panel of judges appointed by The Embassy of Mexico and it reserves the right to add or substitute any of the given members of the panel without previous notification.

  8. By submitting their portfolio of work and any art piece the contestant accepts that he/she has the rights over said portfolio and or piece. By entering this Contest, each contestant consents to the use of his/her name, artwork and portfolio in any merchandise, advertisements, educational materials, or publicity carried out or produced by The Embassy of Mexico as well as to be published in the Embassy’s website, social networks and newsletter without further notice or compensation. The Embassy of Mexico can publish or decline to publish, or use or decline to use, any submitted artwork at sole discretion. In turn, the contestant still retains the all property rights as well as rights to use and publish their artwork.

  9. The contestants must cover any cost related to the transportation of their work and themselves. The Embassy of Mexico will not be responsible for any damage and/or loss that the art pieces might suffer throughout the entire duration of the competition.

  10. The Embassy of Mexico’s rulings is final and without appeal in all matters related to this Contest and the awarding of the Prizes.

  11. The Embassy of Mexico assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, illegible, incomplete, postage-due, garbled or misdirected entries or entries that have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the Contest Rules or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the contest.

  12. The personal data collected for this Contest will not be used for any other purposes unless entrants provide explicit permission as indicated on the entry form. The Embassy of Mexico collects your personal information for the purposes of registration, program evaluation and to keep you informed about The Contest.

  13. By entering this Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless The Embassy of Mexico and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, from any liability for any loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person in connection with this Contest or participation in any Contest related activities, including but not limited to the use or misuse of a prize or any portion of a prize including personal injury, death or property damage.

  14. The Embassy of Mexico reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should an external circumstances arise which are beyond the reasonable control of the Embassy of Mexico. Moreover, The Embassy of Mexico is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest. This Contest will run in accordance with these Contest Rules, subject to amendment by The Embassy of Mexico who reserves the right to cancel, amend, modify or terminate this Contest or the Rules at any time in its sole discretion and without notice.

  15. Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules if they participate in the Contest.

  16. If you have any questions not answered here, or suggestions, please send a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

Fernanda Cortes’ first solo exhibition brings Mexican Magical Realism to London from the 30th of October to the 4th of November.

Cortes’ exhibit, is a fresh and modern reimagining of a 3,000 year old observance, Día de Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead.

     67 York Street Gallery, will showcase MITLA, Cortes’ New Collection 17/18 of ceramics, drawings and prints, in an installation that offers an original interpretation of this Mexican iconic tradition. The themes that inform and emerge from Cortes’ work will be discussed and debated in a parallel programme of events at Regent’s University ,the same week.

Cortes also forms key creative cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaborations:

  • Japanese Butoh master, Marie-Gabrielle Rotie has choreographed a curated response to MITLA, debuting on 30 October.

  • On 3 November, Cortes and archaeologist Kathleen Faccia will address, “Bone and Stone”.

  • These events are part of a series at Regent’s University, Making Meaning which centres on themes that both inform and arise from Cortes’ work.

     Industrial designer and ceramicist Fernanda Cortes says: “I’m pleased to share my new collection, to have the opportunity to celebrate Mexican Day of the Dead here. London’s diversity inspires me to appreciate my roots more, and to honour this unique Mexican tradition that brings me identity far from home.”

     To register your interest in the programme of events at Regent’s University or for further information about MITLA This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone extension 1 on +44(0)208 340 8700.

 

When?
1st Nov to 4th Nov
10am – 6pm
*Open to General Public

Where?
67a York Street,
London
W1H 1QB

WEB PAGE
https://www.artsy.net/show/medesthai-mitla-place-of-the-dead