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CHIC BY ACCIDENT
This flashy 20th-century design boutique, housed in a four-story, 1920s mansion, was founded by the French ex-pat Emmanuel Picault. It has garnered a reputation for its inspired mélange of objects — rustic stoneware jugs from Cuernavaca mixed with Don Shoemaker furniture from the 1960s.
Colima 180
52-55/5514-5723
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SAN CRISTOBAL ANTIGUIDADES
This is another 20th-century design stop not found in any tour guide, and it features objects and furniture from Mexico’s most celebrated designers. "Even Gabriel Orozco buys things there," says Toluca Éditions publisher Alexis Fabry, whose limited-edition art books will be on view during Zona Maco at the Museo de Arte Moderno.
Durango 87 06700 Mexico D.F.
52-55/5207-8821
GRAFICA LA ESTAMPA
Fabry also recommends this rarity-filled bookstore to serious bibliophiles only. "It’s a marvelous bookshop of only very old first editions and prints," he says. Visit on Saturday, for the nearby open-air market.
Londres 161 Local 1-A
52-55/5514-6930
"When in Mexico City for… Zona Maco" originally appeared in the April 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's April 2009 Table of Contents.
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