Museo Hilario Mendivil Review

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Museo Hilario Mendívil

  • Address: Plazoleta San Blas 634, Cusco
  • Phone: 084/232-231

Fodor's Review:

As San Blas's most famous son, the former home of 20th-century Peruvian religious artist Hilario Mendívil (1929-77), makes a good stop if you have an interest in Cusqeñan art and iconography. Legend has it that Mendívil saw llamas parading in the Corpus Christi procession as a child and later infused this image into his religious art, depicting all his figures with long, llamalike necks. In the small gallery are the maguey-wood and rice-plaster sculptures of the Virgin with the elongated necks that were the artist's trademark. There's also a shop selling Mendívil style work.

  • Cost: Free
  • Open: Mon.—Sat. 9-1 and 2-6
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