Arts & Entertainment

One of the biggest fashion trade shows on the American continent takes place at Expo Guadalajara Tuesday, July 18 to Friday, July 21.

Some of Jose Clemente Orozco’s fabled murals are gleaming once again.  

Guadalajara’s stately Museo de las Artes (Musa) is showing a fascinating exhibit of works by German painter and printmaker Otto Dix (1891-1969), who is noted for his harshly realistic depictions of Weimar society and the brutality of war.

Monday music

Concerts are held each Monday at this classy and relatively new cultural complex to the north of the city.

Are there any longtime expats in Guadalajara and its environs who have never visited its largest and prettiest public building and best art museum, which also happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Surprisingly, yes. The opening of an enormous exhibit at the Instituto Cultural Cabañas showcasing local artistic luminaries from the 19th to 21st centuries could change that.

Monday music

Concerts are held each Monday at this classy and relatively new cultural complex to the north of the city.  June 26: Two giants of jazz guitar present an homage to the past greats of jazz guitar whose pioneering efforts inspired them as young musicians. Larry Carlton and John Scofield, both in their late-sixties, are among the most revered exponents of their instrument in the field of jazz today.  July 3: Classical guitarist Hugo Gracian, a Gudalalajara native,  shows off his impeccable tecnique and depth of feeling with a program of pieces by J.S. Bach and Hector Villa-Lobos, among others. 

Palcco, Monday, 8 p.m. 100 pesos.