Overview
- Officials formally presented the program on Tuesday, July 14, announcing a nationwide festival of about 200 events across 21 Mexican cities running from September to late November 2026.
- The program confirms a politically sensitive temporary swap of two Mesoamerican manuscripts—the Códice Azcatitlán from France and Mexico’s Códice Boturini—plus an international symposium on codices at the Museo Nacional de Antropología.
- Major French institutions and creators are slated to appear in Mexico, including the Centre Pompidou, La Comédie‑Française, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, J.M.G. Le Clézio and Emmanuel Carrère.
- Mexico’s Lotería Nacional unveiled a commemorative ticket at the embassy for the bicentennial, with Sorteo No. 4023 scheduled for August 4, 2026, carrying a top prize of 21 million pesos.
- Organizers frame the season as a long‑term platform linked to the May 2026 Plan de Acción Modernizado, with economic ties, academic cooperation and coproductions aimed at producing follow‑on projects in 2027–2028.