Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950

June 25 - October 01,2017

An exhibition chronicling "the development of modern art in Mexico and the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped it over the course of nearly half a century." The show features approximately 175 works by Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo, Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Miguel Covarrubias, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Carlos Mérida, Roberto Montenegro, and Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo), among others.

Opening: June 25, 2017 | 12-7 pm

Lecture: August 22, 2017 | 6-7 pm
Mexican Muralism in the United States in the Early 1930s: The Social, the Real, and The Modern

Lecture: September 07, 2017 | 6-8 pm
Muralism Then and Now

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