The mayor of Cuauhtémoc, Sandra Cuevas, continues to promote her art gallery, and this time she surprised by announcing the sale of one of her most iconic pieces: a replica of 'El Caballito' from Paseo de la Reforma for the 'modest' amount of 350 thousand dollars (around 7 million pesos). The famous sculpture by Mexican artist Enrique Carbajal 'Sebastian' is available at Sandra Cuevas' gallery, although it is not advertised on her official page. You can find it at @SandraCuevasGA; valued at 350,000 dollars, titled: 'El Caballito', by Master Sebastian. In addition to the 'El Caballito' replica, Sandra Cuevas Galería de Arte also exhibits and offers works by national and international artists. Notably, it features lithographs by Rufino Tamayo; acrylics by Rafael Coronel, Gilberto Aceves Navarro, and Roger Von Gunten; sculptures by Fernando Andriacci and Sebastian; as well as watercolors by Rocío Kaplés and oils by Martha Chapa. She even has a Salvador Dalí serigraph for sale, titled 'The Wild Tristan', valued at 2,450 dollars. Sandra Cuevas' Million-Dollar Art Collection The politician and businesswoman is also the owner of her own exclusive art collection, a set of paintings and sculptures included in her asset declaration, public since 2022 on the government platform of Mexico City. Among the most outstanding pieces in her collection are works by Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg, who passed away this year, and by painter and sculptor Fernando Andriacci, some of which she paid for in cash. 'You can find it at @SandraCuevasGA; valued at 350,000 dollars, titled: 'El Caballito', by Master Sebastian,' Cuevas posted on her X account along with a video showing her with the replica in the background. 'Wow, it's incredible... For money laundering. I hope the UIF doesn't find out,' some users commented. The original sculpture, officially called 'Horse's Head', is a monumental figure installed on Paseo de la Reforma since 1992 and has become one of the most emblematic monuments in Mexico City. It stands about 28 meters tall, is made of steel plates covered with yellow enamel, and not only serves an aesthetic purpose: it was also designed as part of the urban infrastructure to ventilate gases from the deep drainage system in the area. This sculpture replaced the historic 'El Caballito' by Manuel Tolsá, an equestrian statue of Charles IV that occupied the same spot for over a century before being moved to the Historic Center. Do you like this great work of art? Its high cost — initially estimated at 50 thousand dollars (around 950 thousand pesos) — generated reactions from users, who even accused her of money laundering. 'Do you like this great work of art? While she was mayor of Cuauhtémoc, she earned a salary of 112,213 pesos a month. What a deal! What a way to launder money.' Conceived with a modern, dynamic design in an innovative setting that highlights works by renowned, emerging, and artists with disabilities. According to her asset declaration, her million-dollar collection is part of a patrimony that also includes properties: for example, a 66-square-meter apartment acquired on March 1, 2012, for 564 thousand pesos, paid in cash. The rest of her artistic heritage is detailed as follows: An oil painting by Francisco Toledo, bought on January 1, 2016, for 250 thousand pesos in cash. An acrylic work by Leonardo Nierman, acquired on January 1, 2016, for 30 thousand pesos in cash. A lithograph by Gustavo Montoya, acquired on January 13, 2016, for 50 thousand pesos in cash. A package of sculptures by Pedro Friedeberg, as well as 3 lithographs and 3 oils by Fernando Andriacci, acquired on January 1, 2016, for 1 million 200 thousand pesos in cash. In total, the sum of these assets amounts to 1 million 530 thousand pesos, despite Cuevas not reporting any other source of income other than her salary as a public official. Her collection includes everything from oil paintings to lithographs and sculptures.
