José María Velasco: A View of Mexico, at the National Gallery

Cardón, State of Oaxaca, 1887.

By James Brewer

He is famed in his homeland for his monumental paintings of the Valley of Mexico. José María Velasco’s rigorously precise yet lyrical works pay homage to the magnificent scenery of the vast land expanse on which Mexico City grew. They were painted mainly in the 19th century during the decades of tremendous social change resulting from rapid industrialisation.

As one of Mexico’s most eminent artists, Velasco showed his work in Europe and the United...

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Trucks make January run for the border at railroads’ expense

North American transborder freight carried by railroads declined in January from the same month the previous year even as shipments hauled by trucks increased by double digits.

Overall transborder freight totaled $134.4 billion in January, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said, an increase of 8.2% from January 2024.

Railroads moved $15.2 billion of that, down 2.7% y/y, while trucks accounted for $87.6 billion, up 10.2%.

While January historically is a slack period for most freight,...

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