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Mexico City, Mexico

I’ve been missing Mexico lately, maybe it’s the winter in the air in Montreal. Here’s an article about museums in the D.F. I wrote for onAir, Air Canada’s newsletter.

A few stolen moments contemplating Rivera’s splendid four-part Carnaval de la Vida Mexicana – a riot of colour and emotion that stretches across a north wall on the third floor of the museum – is a good place to begin any visit to Mexico City. Rivera’s maelstrom of human passion is a microcosm of the sprawling energy that expands outward from the city’s grand colonial avenues and crowded alleys. Read the article