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A new exhibition at the Whitney Museum demonstrates the “seismic influence” murals by Diego Rivera and other Mexican painters had on the development of post-war art in America.
Collector Jeff Bridgman — whose 13-star American flags are on exhibit through July 21 — on why pre-20th-century Stars and Stripes are the real pinnacle of U.S. vexillography.
Mexican Muralists Changed the Course of 20th-Century American Art. A New Exhibit Explores Their Influence 12 minute read María Izquierdo, My Nieces , 1940 Artists Rights Society (ARS)/SOMAAP ...
The art show of 2020 and how it unearthed the Mexican influences in American art A detail from Alfredo Ramos Martínez’s “The Protector,” 1932, a tempera and chalk drawing on a page from the ...
So, if waving a Confederate flag—a symbol of treason and racial subjugation—is considered “freedom of speech,” why should the Mexican flag be seen as a threat to American identity?
Last week, the Whitney opened “ Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945, ” a show dedicated to outlining the influence of the Mexican Muralists—Diego Rivera, José ...
Elizabeth Torres, 36, held a Mexican flag outside the detention center in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday morning. “I am a very proud American,” said Ms. Torres, whose grandparents immigrated ...
Anyone looking at images of the Los Angeles immigration protests has almost certainly seen the Mexican flag flying somewhere in the frame. Demonstrators have hoisted the red, white and green banner ...