Works of art that you can only see in Guadalajara

Art and culture with one of the main attractions that Guadalajara has to offer. Important characters emerge from this city in different creative disciplines, since The architect Luis Barragán to the muralist José Clemente Orozcothis city stands out as a creative incubator for characters that to date impact its industries internationally.

This creative environment causes art expressions such as sculptures, murals and facilities in public spaces available to everyone. From great sculptures in the main avenues to historical interventions in walls of important cultural enclosures, Guadalajara becomes an outdoor museum.

If you visit the Jalisco capital, these are some of the sculptures and murals that you can only see in this city.

Murals at the Cabañas Museum

He Cabañas Museum is within the Hospicio Cabañasin the heart of Guadalajara. This receives his name from Bishop Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo, who commissioned the legendary Manuel Tolsá The building of an enclosure to welcome orphans, elders and people with need. While this cultural enclosure is an attraction for its neoclassical architecture, the Major Chapel This building houses its most valuable work. In walls, vaults and drums of this space we can find a total of 57 fresh prepared by the muralist José Clemente Orozcowhich narrate an important part of the history of Mexican national life, from their pre -Hispanic inheritance to their modern life.

Murals in the Paraninfo Enrique Díaz de León of the University of Guadalajara

He Juarez building It is located in two of the main roads of the Jalisco capital: Av. Vallarta and Enrique Díaz de León. This enclosure houses the Arts Museum from the University of Guadalajara, and the Paraninfo Enrique Díaz de Leónheadquarters of the maximum governing body of the University General Council of the University of Guadalajara. In addition to being able to appreciate the works that are presented there in a itinerant, this space also houses murals of the Jalisco José Clemente Orozco. In the dome you can see The creative and rebel man and on the walls of the stand The people and their false leaders.