Monterrey’s MARCO Brings Together Music and Art This Summer

Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey during Noches de Verano

Photo: MARCO

Since its opening in 1991, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey (MARCO) has brought the work of innovative creatives to the largest city in Northern Mexico. Fast-forward three and a half decades, and it has cemented its status as the top art institution in this industrial hub. Hoping to welcome new audiences and spark conversations across artistic endeavors, the museum has launched Noches de Verano MARCO 2026, bringing together music and visual arts with weekly nightly events through the summer.

The Noches de Verano MARCO were originally launched in 2023 but have been revamped for 2026. This year, the event series has become embedded with the reverie surrounding the FIFA World Cup, in which Monterrey is a host city. This inspired the museum to book Japanese act DJ GINTA, who is headlining a show ahead of Japan’s match against Tunisia at Monterrey Stadium. To spotlight the best in the local music scene to visitors from around the world, MARCO has tasked music producer Toy Selectah and singer Gil Cerezo, long regarded as Monterrey music royalty, with curating the music program.

Among the other acts performing in Noches de Verano are BoomBox Cartel, Debit, Cherry Boys Club, and Mexico City’s legendary Sonido La Changa. As firm believers that music enriches the visual arts, the museum will simultaneously offer guided tours of its current exhibitions, spotlighting the work of Gabriel de la Mora, Wendy Cabrera Rubio, and Charles and Ray Eames.

Of all the exhibits, the sprawling Constelaciones y derivas: arte de América Latina desde la Colección FEMSA (Constellations and Drifts: Latin American Art from the FEMSA Collection) may benefit the most from the multidisciplinary spirit of the Noches de Verano. The show, featuring works from one of the most important corporate collections in Latin America, rejects a linear narrative in favor of an eclectic approach, regarding diverse media and artworks from the multifaceted Latin American art scene in the same way.

Divided around five themes—territories, colonial structures, identities, alchemy, abstraction, and geometrism—the show presents art created during the 20th and 21st centuries. The curatorial work rallies the audience to explore the regional identity beyond the lines on a map, prompting a conversation about what brings us together and what sets us apart. “These connections bring to light a web of relationships, tensions, and debates that artists have transformed into sensitive and critical insights into their environment,” says the museum.

To stay up to date with the museum, follow MARCO on Instagram. You can also plan your visit on the museum’s website.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey (MARCO) has launched its Noches de Verano MARCO 2026.

Photo: Arthur Mora for MARCO

The event brings together music and visual arts with weekly nightly events through the summer.

Photo: Yaneth Hernández for MARCO

This year, the event has become embedded with the reverie surrounding the World Cup, in which Monterrey is a host city.

Photo: MARCO

As firm believers that music enriches the visual arts, the museum will simultaneously offer guided tours of its current exhibitions.

Constellations and Drifts: Latin American Art from the FEMSA Collection at Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art

Exhibition view: “Constelaciones y derivas: arte de América Latina desde la Colección FEMSA.” Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, 2026. Courtesy of the FEMSA Collection. Photo: Michelle Lartigue