Last Chance Today: 'Arte Vivo' Brings Casa de las Palomas Murals to Life with Augmented Reality — Closes 9 PM

Closing Today

"Arte Vivo" — an augmented-reality art experience built around the murals of the Casa de las Palomas in El Centro — closes tonight, Friday April 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM (source).

If you've been meaning to go, today is it. Hours are 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, entry is free.

What It Is

Students from the Instituto Superior Tecnológico Sudamericano developed the project. The first part is the physical murals at Casa de las Palomas. The second layer adds augmented reality on top — per the article, "las obras se activan mediante realidad aumentada" (the works activate through augmented reality).

The article doesn't specify exactly how the AR activates — whether it's an app, a QR code at the venue, or something else — so plan to ask on arrival.

What This Means for You

• It's today or never (for this edition). A handful of hours left.
• Casa de las Palomas is in El Centro, a short walk from Parque Calderón — easy to pair with the Virgilio Quinde sculpture exhibit at the Salón del Pueblo, also free, also nearby.
• Free and fast. If you've got 30 minutes before dinner, this is an easy cultural stop.
• Bring a phone with charge. AR experiences typically run on your device, and you don't want to run out halfway through.

A student-built AR project in a heritage building is exactly the kind of small, weird, smart thing that makes Cuenca's cultural scene interesting — and it's gone at 9 PM tonight.

Source: El Mercurio