From September 24 to 28, Art Week was held in Guadalajara, where galleries, museums and exhibitions celebrated the work of emerging and established artists. This is the first edition to be held in Guadalajara independently and on a different date from other art events in the country such as Art Week in Mexico City.

Guadalajara is definitely positioning itself as a creative capital in the country, perhaps threatening to steal the spotlight from Mexico City. According to the Cultural Information System (SIC), in Guadalajara alone there are 34 registered galleries and 81 in Jalisco, and the presence of world-class galleries and artists during the past art week is proof of the city's relevance as an artistic forum. Of the artists who were in attendance, we'll tell you our 3 favorites that we think are worth keeping on your radar.

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1. Gala Berger

Gala Berger (Villa Gesell, Argentina, 1983) is an independent artist and curator currently living in Lima, Peru. Her work focuses on the Latin American diaspora, femininity and the dissemination of creative community practices. For Estación Material, he presented unpublished works. His work juxtaposes shapes and textures working with textiles, ink and various “applied” techniques. In Diasporic Landscapes of Longing (2025), humanoid—or even ghostly— figures, come together looking at the spectator with whatever seems curious, almost inviting you to enter. Some figures carry objects such as masks, keys, or even a hat, recalling the surreal feeling characteristic of Latin American magical realism. Berger's works are not only mesmerizing, but through his technique they echo ancient artisanal practices and recall the essence of magical thinking that characterizes Latin communities.

2. Patricio Tejedo

Patricio Tejedo (Mexico City, 1995) is an artist with a degree in architecture who lives and works in Mexico City. In his works, we can appreciate a special attention to materials and to the stories that each one tells, as well as the careful projection of lines and geometric figures. In her career, she has participated in curatorial and artistic practices both in Mexico and abroad. His work investigates concepts such as nature, materials and waste or waste. It is interesting to think that it invites us to question how we perceive materials when we relate them to different contexts. Is land more valuable when we find it in nature than when we find it in the rubble of a construction site? In a context where materials are wasted or converted into pollution by industry, Tejedo's work is relevant in terms of how we transform our perception of the materials that surround us.

3. Santiago Evans Canales

Santiago Evans Canales (1996, Mexico) is an artist working through different mediums such as painting, drawing and ceramics. With numerous appearances both in Solo Shows and in group presentations, Canales is currently completing his artistic residency at Plataforma. Among the objects and references displayed next to his work, you can find notebooks full of drawings, books with works by William Blake, small ceramic paintings and various objects. Some of the paintings on display show figures with crude geometries, reminiscent of pre-Columbian figures, vivid colors, and that seem to tell modern-day stories; a person gets up from an armchair, a person embraces another holding a cup or a glass, a woman asleep on the bus, probably on her way to work. The interesting thing about Evans is that he seems to tell contemporary stories, but he is not completely clear, reviving dynamic colors and forms that seem to take inspiration from the Mexican muralist movement of the 60s.