First Wednesday Art Talk – Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire

Posted on 02 August 2017

Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire

Docent Speaker: Gretchen Turner

Experience the ancient, mysterious city of Teotihuacan, the most visited archeological site in Mexico and home to the largest pyramids in the Americas.  Monumental and ritual objects from Teotihuacan’s three pyramids will be shown alongside mural paintings, ceramics, and stone sculptures from the city’s meticulously planned apartment compounds. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, will feature recent, never-before-seen archaeological discoveries.

On view September 30, 2017 to February 11, 2018  at the  de Young