There are 8 REAL ALEBRIJES and NAHUALES Sculptures 20 feet tall in downtown Albuquerque, near 8th and Central Avenue -- officially showing from June 1st to July 17th, 2026. The public opening was on May 26, 2026:
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Half REAL, Half FAKE Fantasy
REAL! REAL! REAL!
Classic cars in front of the ALEBRIJE sculpture
FAKE! FAKE! FAKE!
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FAKE! FAKE! FAKE!
Midjourney remixes of the REAL Alebrijes below
HECHO with AI
- ALEBRIJES were first realized in 1936 by Pedro Linares in Mexico City, after he had fantastic dreams during a sickness. However this folk art has since been embraced and identified with Oaxaca
THE 8 SCULPTURES
REAL! REAL! REAL!
UPDATE (June 15, 2026): Below is a video of the making of the Alebrijes:
Other POSTS:
- ALEBRIJES at NIGHT
- May 22, 2026 -- ALEBRIJES
- By The New Mexico Show -- (YouTube): Fantastic Animals From Mexico: Alebrijes and Nahuales | Route 66 Centennial Celebration
ALBUQUERQUE
(Taken on May 29th, 2026,
before it was tagged)
"TAG US!"
someone interpreted the sign incorrectly
The security camera system
next to the alebrije
The irony of the extinct Oaxaca Cafe restaurant
right across the street from the Coyote Alebrije
SECRET GALLERY
- This exhibition started in Lille, France in 2019, and will go to Houston next.
CITY HALL
City Hall was also displaying smaller traditional ALEBRIJE sculptures on the 1st, 6th, 7th, 9th and 11th floors:
FIRST FLOOR
6TH FLOOR
7TH FLOOR
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AI Animation
9TH FLOOR
11TH FLOOR
View of Albuquerque
from the top of City Hall
OTHER VIEWS DOWNTOWN
"I Survived!
Lindy's Diner Collapse"
2020 VISION
Downtown Albuquerque was very different six years ago, during the Summer of Covid, when all the ART was the outside murals:
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