Mexican Art Museum Honors COVID-19 Victims In Virtual ‘Day Of The Dead’ Exhibition

The museum is honoring the dead through a series of installations, paintings and prints by Mexican and local artists.

By Nereida Moreno
A lavish Día de los Muertos altar is on display at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Day of the Dead.
A lavish Día de los Muertos altar is on display at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Day of the Dead.
A lavish Día de los Muertos altar is on display at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Day of the Dead.
A lavish Día de los Muertos altar is on display at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Day of the Dead.

Mexican Art Museum Honors COVID-19 Victims In Virtual ‘Day Of The Dead’ Exhibition

The museum is honoring the dead through a series of installations, paintings and prints by Mexican and local artists.

By Nereida Moreno
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Reset talks to the chief curator of the National Museum of Mexican Art to discuss this year’s Dia De Los Muertos celebration, “Solo un poco aqui: Day of the Dead.” The virtual exhibition pays tribute the victims of COVID-19 through a series of paintings, installations and prints by Mexican and local artists.

GUEST: Cesareo Moreno, chief curator at the National Museum of Mexican Art