Enterra Collections · Open call for artists

One house alone does 440 guests a year. We have two.

Enterra Travel runs two boutique villas, in La Condesa and Roma Norte. We want original work by Mexico City artists on the walls of both, on consignment, priced and ready to sell. It costs you nothing to hang, and you keep most of what sells.

What this actually is

Not a group show. Not a two-week pop-up where forty people come to the opening and nobody comes back.

Our guests rent an entire house for four nights. They eat breakfast under your painting. They notice it on day two. They ask about it. That is a different kind of looking than a gallery wall gets, and at our current pace it happens around 50 times a year in the Condesa house alone, with eight people in the group each time. The Roma Norte house adds its own on top.

Every piece carries a small label with a QR code. Guests scan it and land on a page with your name, your bio, the title, the medium, the price, and a way to buy. We handle the sale, the packing and the shipping. You get paid.

The honest version of the trade: we get walls that look considered without buying art, and you get sustained exposure to people who can afford to buy it. Both sides should say that out loud.

Where the work goes

Two houses, two neighbourhoods

Your work can hang in either house, or across both. We place pieces by room and by light, we tell you exactly where each one is going before anything moves, and we send you photographs once it is up.

Casa Atlixco

La Condesa

Six bedrooms, sleeps fourteen. A private garden and courtyard, a meditation corner, light-filled rooms, and walls in the living room, the garden room and every bedroom. This is our established house and the one with a full trading history — every number further down this page comes from it.

See the house

Casa Mérida

Roma Norte

Seven bedrooms, sleeps sixteen, with a private rooftop terrace. It opened this year, so it has months of history rather than years — which is exactly why we are not putting its numbers next to Casa Atlixco's. It is more wall space and more guests on top of what you see below, and we would rather you discover that than have us estimate it for you.

See the house

The audience

Who walks past your work

These are Casa Atlixco's numbers only

276Guests so far in 2026On pace for about 440 across the full year at current occupancy
8.3Guests per bookingGroups of 4 to 13. Families, friend trips, small retreats
4.1Nights per stayLong enough to live with a piece, not just glance at it
60%OccupancyMexico City's short-term rental average is 44%
$665Average nightThe city-wide average is $120. Our guests are at the top of the market
$2,801Average spend per stayOn lodging alone, before chef service, wellness sessions or dining out

Sources: Beyond Pricing (Casa Atlixco, booked data through 17 August 2026) and AirROI's Mexico City market report for July 2025 to June 2026. Casa Atlixco's revenue grew 450% year over year, so the annual figure is a pace at current occupancy rather than a completed track record. We would rather tell you that than round it up.

We could have blended both houses together and shown you a bigger number. We have not, because Casa Mérida opened this year and a few months of data is not evidence of anything yet. Treat everything above as the floor rather than the ceiling.

Why this audience buys art

They book 70 days ahead, which means they plan. They pay five times the city average per night, which means the budget exists. Across the Mexico City market roughly half of short-term rental guests are Mexican travellers and about a third arrive from the United States, so a piece bought here leaves with someone who hangs it somewhere and answers the question "where did you get that?" for years.

The process

From application to wall in about three weeks

  1. You apply

    A short form with images of five to ten available pieces, your prices, dimensions and a link to your Instagram or site. Fifteen minutes, no portfolio PDF required.

    Online form
  2. We review

    Every application gets an answer within ten days, yes or no. If it is no, we say why. We do not leave artists waiting.

    Reviewed weekly
  3. We talk

    A 20-minute call or a studio visit. We show you the rooms and the light, you tell us which pieces belong where, and we agree on prices together.

    Video call or studio visit
  4. You sign

    A two-page consignment agreement in plain Spanish and English. Nothing exclusive, nothing that touches your other work, and you can end it with 30 days' notice.

    Digital signature
  5. We install

    You deliver the work ready to hang, or we collect it within Mexico City. We photograph it, hang it, make the label and the QR code, build your artist page, and send you photos of it installed.

    Intake and install

The deal

Terms, in full, before you apply

Enterra Collections consignment terms, effective 2026
Your share70% of the sale price. The first ten artists accepted keep 80% for as long as they stay in the program.
Cost to hangNothing. No submission fee, no hanging fee, no commission until something sells.
Who sets the priceYou do. We will tell you what has sold at what price, but the number is yours and we do not discount without your written approval.
TermSix months, renewing automatically. Either side can end it with 30 days' notice. You can pull a piece early for a show or an outside sale with two weeks' notice.
Damage, theft or lossEnterra carries the risk while the work is in our care. Each piece gets an agreed value at intake, capped at $2,500 USD. If something happens, we pay you that value within 30 days, no argument.
Price range we can host$300 to $2,500 USD. Work above that belongs somewhere with a guard, not a guest bedroom.
PaymentWithin 10 business days of the funds clearing, by bank transfer or the method you prefer. We send you the sale record with it.
CopyrightEntirely yours. You give us permission to photograph the work and use those images to promote the program, always credited. No prints, no reproductions, no merchandise.
ExclusivityNone. Show and sell wherever else you like. Just tell us if a piece sells elsewhere so we can take it down.
Shipping and packingWe handle it and we pay for it on domestic sales. International shipping is quoted to the buyer at cost.
Getting the work to usYou deliver it ready to hang, or we collect within Mexico City at no cost to you.

Fit

Who this works for

We are looking for

  • Artists living and working in Mexico City, at any career stage
  • Painting, works on paper, photography, print, textile, small sculpture and ceramics
  • Work that holds up at $300 to $2,500 and is ready to hang or ready to place
  • Five or more available pieces, so we can group them coherently in a room
  • Artists without gallery representation, or with a gallery that permits sales outside its walls
  • People who will answer an email within a week when a piece sells

This is a bad fit if

  • Your work is priced above $2,500 — the risk profile of a rental house is wrong for it
  • You need the pieces back on short notice or on an unpredictable schedule
  • The work is fragile, unframed, unstretched, or needs specialist handling
  • You want a solo exhibition with an opening and a press list — that is a gallery's job, not ours
  • Your gallery contract gives them exclusive rights to sales in Mexico City
  • You are outside Mexico City and cannot get work here yourself

Questions

The things artists ask us first

How much does it cost me to participate?

Nothing. No submission fee, no hanging fee, no commission until a piece sells. You cover getting the work to us ready to hang, and we will collect it within Mexico City if that is easier. We pay for hardware, installation, photography, labels and your listing page.

What is the commission split?

You keep 70%, we keep 30%. The first ten artists accepted keep 80% for as long as they stay in the program.

For context: a brick-and-mortar gallery in a high-rent market typically takes 50%, sometimes 60%. Online art platforms take 20% to 40%. We are not doing a gallery's job — no openings, no art fair booth, no collector list — so we do not think we have earned a gallery's cut. Our real return is walls that look like someone thought about them.

What happens if a guest damages my work?

We carry the risk, not you. At intake we agree on a value for each piece. If it is damaged, stolen or lost while it is in our care, we pay you that value within 30 days. No claim process, no deductible, no argument about how it happened.

The cap is $2,500 USD per piece, which is exactly why we limit the program to work priced below that. Being straight about it: these are houses full of guests, and over enough years something will get knocked. We would rather price that risk in honestly than pretend it away.

Which house does my work go in?

Either, or both. Casa Atlixco in La Condesa has six bedrooms and a garden; Casa Mérida in Roma Norte has seven and a rooftop terrace. We decide together on the call — you know your work and we know which rooms have the light and the wall for it. Nothing moves before you have agreed to the placement, and if a piece is not working where it is, we move it.

Why do you only show numbers for one house?

Because Casa Atlixco is the one with a real trading history. Casa Mérida opened this year, and a few months of bookings is not evidence of anything yet.

We could have added the two together and shown you a bigger number. Blending a proven house with a new one to make an average look better is how these pitches usually work, and we would rather you had the figure you can actually check. Read the numbers on this page as the floor, not the ceiling.

How long does my work stay on the wall?

Six months, renewing automatically unless one of us gives 30 days' notice. If a piece needs to come back early for an exhibition or an outside sale, give us two weeks so we can fill the wall properly.

How do guests actually buy a piece?

A small card next to each work carries the title, your name, and a QR code. Scanning it opens that piece's page on our site with the full details, your bio, and a purchase button. Our concierge can also handle it in person for guests who prefer that.

We pay you within 10 business days of the funds clearing, and we handle packing and shipping.

Do I keep the rights to my work?

Completely. You retain copyright and every reproduction right. What you grant us is permission to photograph the work and use those images to promote Enterra Collections and the properties, always with your name attached. We do not print it, reproduce it, or put it on anything.

Do I need gallery representation to apply?

No, and most artists in the program do not have it. If you do have a gallery, read your contract first — some agreements claim exclusive rights over sales within a given city, and we do not want to put you in breach of anything.

Can I visit and see where my work is hanging?

Yes. We schedule artist visits between bookings, and within a week of installing we send you photographs of the work in the room so you have them for your own documentation.

Can I apply in Spanish?

Sí, por supuesto. The application form, the agreement and every conversation can happen entirely in Spanish. Esta página también existe en español.

Apply to Enterra Collections

Fifteen minutes, five to ten images, and an answer within ten days either way. The first ten artists accepted keep 80% of every sale, permanently.

Start the application

Questions first? Write to [email protected] or message us on Instagram. See the collection, or the houses it hangs in — Casa Atlixco and Casa Mérida.

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