Sculptures in Mexico

A small square that sheds its troubled recent history with its surrounding artworks, some of which are not without controversy.

A red steel coyote towering over one of Mexico City’s largest suburbs.

The Vietcong leader isn’t the only symbol of late 20th-century counterculture represented in this statue.

A 26-foot tall roadside concrete pillar recalls a yet-unresolved 1997 political massacre.

After several moves across Mexico City, these two statues found a home in Mestizaje Park.

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

Legends, sculptures, and unique tombs can be seen lurking in these connected cemeteries.

A "gateway" into Mexico's northern border, represented by an abstract red tower.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.

This park's art collection includes a clock made of flowers, siblings in a tree's roots, and a dove made out of weapons.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

A wooden sculpture sits rather out of place in this Mexican beach town.