Don’t Leave Mexico City WIthout Seeing the Murals Of Diego Rivera
Palacio de Bellas Artes For the best of Diego Rivera To understand the modern Mexico, you have to look to the art of Diego Rivera. He was not only one of the main artists involved in the Government sponsored Mexican Mural Movement, he was invited to the USA in 1930 to paint a mural for the City Club of the San Francisco Stock Exchange which led to more American commissions, an exhibition of the MOMA and then his famous series of panels at the Detroit Institute of Arts. His leftist politics got him into some hot water in the States which brought him even more notoriety. At the time, his intriguing third wife certainly gained attention for her exotic looks and style of dress and her strong communist views. She was known mainly as Diego’s wife until the late 70’s when her work was rediscovered and by the 1990’s, the roles had been switched. Diego Rivera was now thought of as the husband of Friday Kahlo but in Mexico City, his stamp covers the city and his murals are glorious. ...