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There is still a bit more than a week to see the striking series of large-format paintings that are the pandemic-era issue—done in 2020 and 2021—of Guadalajara-born artist Daniel Kent, which are showing at the University of Guadalajara’s Museo de las Artes until Sunday, August 22.
It is difficult to think of directing a program more special than a performance of “thrilling” music celebrating your orchestra’s 20th anniversary in an auditorium named after your grandfather.
Despite the rise in Covid-19 infections, the University of Guadalajara’s Conjunto de Artes Escenicas is pushing forward with a relatively ambitious program of live cultural events over the coming weeks and months.
For a generation of artists probably at the apex of their careers between 1967 and 1977, Jalisco was a good place to be, if a current exhibition at Instituto Cultural Cabañas is any indication.
Lourdes Ariadna González Pérez, Jalisco’s newly appointed secretary of culture, assumed office on June 16.
As expected, the first program of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer season sold out quickly, largely because of the reduced number of tickets on sale due to Covid restrictions.
In a long-awaited announcement appropriately trumpeted by a publicity image of a French horn and two bluebirds of happiness, the Jalisco Symphony Orchestra has announced a five-program season in June and July in its home, the acoustically excellent Teatro Degollado in the center of Guadalajara.
