Heading to “Ser Agua,” a sophisticated and well-publicized exhibition just opened at the University of Guadalajara’s Museo de Artes (MUSA), I was waylaid by two apparently lesser shows there, one on lucha libre and the other a collection of mostly painting by Jalisco artists. I came away pondering which was my favorite among three very different shows and saturated by the abundance of displays on the museum’s two sumptuous floors surrounding the Jose Clemente Orozco fresco on the ceiling of its ground-floor auditorium.
Lucha Libre
If you’re even slightly interested in Mexican theatrical wrestling, the show “Katharis—Imagenes de Lucha Libre en Mexico” could tip you over the edge into fandom. Then you’d be one among the fans thronging the exhibition, which lasts until September 14.
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