An altar to the sky, made by Mexican artist Paloma Vianey
By Whitehot Magazine | November 3, 2025
This past Saturday, the Mexican Cultural Institute opened to the public for one of the largest Day of the Dead celebrations in Washington, DC. The festivities, featuring mariachi music, folk dancing, and foods of home, welcomed over a thousand people into a house that once quartered White House guests. This year, the centerpiece of this year’s festivities was a traditional altar, or ofrenda, surrounded by oil paintings by Mexican interdisciplinary artist Paloma Vianey.