Overview

• Fundación Casa de México en España inaugurated the first phase of La Mitad del Mundo in Madrid, with free admission confirmed through February 15, 2026.
• The show presents 98 works from Mexica, Maya, Zapotec, Huastec, Olmec, Teotihuacan, Totonac, Nahua, Tsotsil, Mixtec and Wixárika traditions, largely stone and ceramic pieces spanning preclassic to postclassic periods.
• Recent textiles, basketry and paintings from the 19th to 21st centuries appear alongside archaeological works, with Huichol beadwork highlighted.
• Curators structure the narrative around three themes—duality, the body and female sacrality—with Karina Romero noting that nude figurines relate to fertility and cosmology rather than eroticism.
• The Madrid circuit includes Casa de México, the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Instituto Cervantes, with officials crediting President Claudia Sheinbaum's initiative and linking the effort to Mexico's recent Princess of Asturias recognition.