Wow. Constanza Ontiveros Valdés — an art writer and cultural project leader – has done it again, but bigger and better.
For the second citywide Slow Art Day in Mexico City on April 11, 2026, Ontiveros Valdés has organized more than 50 museums, galleries, artist studios, and independent cultural spaces. She and her volunteer team have also created a website just for their citywide. Photos below are part of their impressive site.
Participating institutions include museums such as Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Vivo del Muralismo and Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, as well as galleries, artist studios, and cultural spaces across the city. Each venue will organize its own program — ranging from guided slow-looking sessions and conversations to workshops and informal gatherings.
As noted, the Mexico City initiative continues to be led by Ontiveros Valdés. This year, she is supported by three enthusiastic and talented volunteers: Alejandra Sánchez Catalán, Shalom Hernández Espinosa, and Rebeca Rosales Reyes, whose collaboration has been key to the project’s expansion.
The initiative is further strengthened by the support of GAMA (Galerías de Arte Mexicanas Asociadas), a network of leading contemporary art galleries in Mexico, and by the cultural platform Artists’ Container, founded by curator and producer Gabriela Andrade Gorab, which fosters collaboration and visibility across artistic communities.
Ontiveros Valdés in Mexico City was first inspired to launch a citywide Slow Art Day in Mexico City by Pamala Eaton and the BN Artists in Illinois who were the first anywhere to launch a coordinated Slow Art Day. Their momentum continues to build. Their original citywide has now expanded into a celebration across Central Illinois — making that the first region-wide Slow Art Day in the world. Meanwhile, the 2025 Mexico City effort proved so successful that Ontiveros Valdés has expanded and, as noted, built a volunteer team and custom website – not to mention inspire others around the world.
This is a remarkable initiative and is definitely one path for the future of Slow Art Day. We now have four committed citywide organizers – Illinois, Mexico City, Saltillo, Mexico, and Bogotá, Colombia. We hope that more emerge.
Hope you have a happy Slow Art Day 2026!
With love and sequins,
Phyl, Ashley, Jessica Jane, Johanna, and Maggie (the Slow Art Day core volunteer team)
P.S. Below are the participating venues:
· ALDO ISLAS ESTUDIO
· ALEJANDRA TOPETE GALLERY
· ALMANAQUE
· AMPLIA GALERIA
· ARRÓNIZ ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO
· ARTE ABIERTO
· CAM GALERÍA
· CASA ENNEA
· ENCARTE
· ETHRA GALERÍA
· ESTUDIO LA DALIA
· ESTUDIO MARTE
· FIERA ARTE NO DOMESTICADO
· FUNDACION TTAMAYO
· GALERÍA ANDREA POZZO, IBERO
· GALERÍA CAMPECHE
· GALERIA CLAROSCURO
· GALERÍA HILARIO GALGUERA
· GALERIA KAREN HUBER
· ICONOS GALERÍA
· KURIMANZUTTO
· LAGO ALGO
· LE LABORATOIRE
· LUAN MUSEO EMOCIONAL
· LS GALERÍA
· MARIANE IBRAHIM GALLERY
· MISFIT ART ALLIANCE
· MUSEO ARCHIVO DE LA FOTOGRAFÍA
· MUSEO CASA DE CARRANZA
· MUSEO DEL PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES
· MUSEO SOUMAYA
· MUSEO TAMAYO ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO
· MUSEO VIVO DEL MURALISMO
· OMR
· PAPALOTE MUSEO DEL NIÑO
· PATRICIA CONDE GALERÍA
· PEANA
· PLAYA ESCANDÓN
· PROYECTO PARALELO
· PROYECTO N.A.S.A.L
· SAENGER GALERÍA
· STUDIO MITOTE
· TALLER CRISTINA TORRES
· TERRENO BALDÍO
· ART TRIGGERIA (HAAB PROJECT CONDESA)
· TTAMAYO
· TINTA NARANJA GALERÍA
· YUNQUE FÁBRICA DE ARTE
· ZONA DE RIESGO