Ten Mexican artists, 10 new murals, and an 18-day calendar shape the second edition of Horizontes Mexicanos, the Tulum mural festival running from November 4 to 21 at sites across the city.
The 2026 program doubles the five murals painted in 2025 and, for the first time, adds an international artist and a guest country. The festival's website does not yet name either one. Every wall is meant to stay, documented and mapped, as part of a public art collection that residents and visitors can continue to find after the festival closes.
Five women artists chosen from 56 proposals opened the first block
The first block ran from November 4 to 11 and brought together five women selected from 56 proposals submitted to the festival's open call.
The artists are Ale Poiré from Guadalajara; Erika Fredelle from Puebla; Janín Nuz from San Luis Potosí; Maga Rey from Chihuahua; and Mont Ventura from San Luis Potosí. Each was assigned one wall in Tulum. Maga Rey also designed the festival's official poster.
The selection was made by Tina Ziegler, Artery, and Tulum Art Club, in collaboration with Moniker. Ziegler, who directs Moniker, is accompanying the first-block artists through the curatorial and creative process.
Five more murals are scheduled through November 21
The second block runs from November 11 to 21 and is set to complete the 10 murals planned for this edition. As of November 13, the festival's website had not published the names of the second-block artists.
The program also includes a photography call, 100 Miradas de Horizontes, open through November 21 with a prize of 5,000 pesos.
How the Tulum mural festival plans to outlast its own calendar
Horizontes Mexicanos is designed to leave a permanent record in the city. The plan calls for documentation and archives of every work, informational plaques with QR codes, maps, and walking routes, so each mural can be located and read about long after the closing date.
According to the official Horizontes Mexicanos website, the initiative is developed by Tulum Art Club and Artery to promote Mexican art and expand the municipality's cultural infrastructure.
The two organizations split the work. Tulum Art Club, a platform based in Tulum, handles production and execution. Artery, a founding partner since the first edition, leads curation and supports the artists.
Sponsors listed on the site include Parques Tulum, Bacab La Veleta, Distrito Panamera, YachtVibes, OSSA, Latino Group, and World By Hand, alongside Moniker.
Colectivo Cherani, Rasmteko, Secreto, and Bache painted the 2025 walls
The first edition, held in 2025, brought eight Mexican artists to Tulum to create five murals. Works by Colectivo Cherani, Rasmteko, Secreto, and Bache are among those kept in the project's archive.
Going from five murals to 10 in a single year doubles the festival's footprint. The guest country and the international artist add a new layer to a program that, in its first year, featured only Mexican artists.
The second block closes on November 21. If the schedule holds, Tulum will end the month with 15 Horizontes Mexicanos murals on its walls, five from 2025 and 10 from this year, with the new ones marked and mapped for anyone who goes looking.
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