The famous Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade sings to the Virgin of Guadalupe her song “Mexican beautiful” in the Prado Museum in Madrid and affirms that the Morenita del Tepeyac “is our mother.”
“Beautiful Mexican, precious Maria, never forget that you are powerful, that your colorful passion mantle, I sing to him for a lifetime. How are you? I am Natalia Lafourcade, I am here at the Prado Museum, in the exhibition so far so close, of our beautiful Guadalupana Virgin, ”says the singer in a video published on the social networks of the Prado Museum.
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“It makes me very nice that this space is given to such an important figure for us Mexicans, for us Latinos too, and that this brotherhood feels,” he adds.
Lafourcade, interpreter of topics such as In it 2000 and lo that we buildalso emphasizes that the Empress of America “gives that look to the road, regardless of whether one is a Catholic or the religion you have, I believe that the Guadalupana because it is our mother.”
On the subject, the singer explains that she composed it “with Gustavo Guerrero. We wanted to make a song that spoke of Mexico and to honor our Mexican root, and especially the woman, the Mexican María. Then, over time, we realized, through the verses that were interwoven, that the Guadalupana was present in this song.”
Natalia Lafourcade continues to sing part of her song at the foot of the Virgin of Guadalupe: “Hermosa Mexican, Latin flag, do not get sad, just look at the sky, if the night is covered with stars, we already spend the duel, if the night is covered with stars, we already calm the penalty. Do not get sad, just look at the sky, that the night is good to reconcile dreams, do not get sad, that your black eyes are the restless flame, sweet burning in my comfort”.
The exhibition of the Virgin of Guadalupe at the Prado Museum
From June 10 to September 14, 2025, in the C and D Rooms of the Jerónimos Building, the National Museum of the Prado presents the exhibition “so far. (INAH), ”says the website of the Prado Museum.
The exhibition has the collaboration of the Viceroyalty Art Commission of the Friends of the Prado Museum and the sponsorship of Rassini; And it brings together almost 70 works from mostly Spanish heritage and “has had outstanding novohispanas pieces to narrate the importance of the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.”
The exhibition includes masterpieces of artists such as José Juárez, Juan Correa, Manuel de Arellano, Miguel Cabrera, Velázquez, Zurbarán or Francisco Antonio Vallejo, among others.
In addition to the exhibition, the Casa de México Foundation in Spain offers “an intense cultural program that deepens the symbolic and artistic dimension of the Virgin of Guadalupe”.