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Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Posted 05.05.2013 | Arts

Whether you are celebrating Cinco De Mayo by brushing up on your history, whipping up some guacamole or getting slurry with the help of some stiff mar...

Must-Have Cinco de Mayo Accessory: A Real-Life Mexican

El Guapo | Posted 05.02.2013 | Comedy
El Guapo

We wish you a happy and prosperous Cinco de Mayo. It is strongly recommended that you do not try to proceed with any celebration without a Mexican present.

Hugo ChƔvez and Victor Hugo

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.08.2013 | World
Norman MacAfee

I knew that Gore had seen the musical of Les MisƩrables with his sister, who was dying of cancer. I knew that ChƔvez's favorite book was Les MisƩrables. So I put the two men together.

Face Off! A Frida And Diego Quiz

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.20.2013 | Arts

This month, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta launched the largest ever joint exhibition of Frida Kahlo's and Diego Rivera's work. According to early ...

Epic Exhibition Honors Art's Golden Couple

AP | By KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 02.13.2013 | Arts

ATLANTA -- A major exhibition opening in Atlanta explores the work of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, the famed 20th century couple who shared influence...

Nashville Rising: Carrie Mae Weems at The Frist Center for the Visual Arts

D. Dominick Lombardi | Posted 12.02.2012 | Arts
D. Dominick Lombardi

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Art Runs in the Family

MutualArt | Posted 09.25.2012 | Arts
MutualArt

Artistic genes ran in the family of many iconic artists, although we hardly speak of the artwork of the lesser-known relatives who often provided great influence.

Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo!

Posted 07.06.2012 | Arts

Today marks the birth of Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist celebrated for her dedication to indigenous tradition and female expression. The painter, whose...

Rivera Work Poised To Set New Auction Record In NY

AP | SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS | Posted 07.22.2012 | Arts

NEW YORK — Mexican artist Diego Rivera's 1939 oil painting "Girl in Blue and White" is headlining Sotheby's Latin American art auction in New Yo...

Modern Mexican Painting From the Blaisten Collection at the Meadows

Jenny Block | Posted 07.15.2012 | Arts
Jenny Block

2012-05-15-pullquote.jpgEuropean art always seems to get top billing. The good news is that a show in Dallas has the strength to change all of that.

Mexican Artists We Love, In Honor Of Cinco de Mayo

Posted 05.05.2012 | Arts

As you celebrate this Cinco de Mayo, we'd like to go back and put a spotlight on some great posts about Mexican artists we love. Going through the arc...

A Look Into Frida Kahlo's Personal Life (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Laura Steiner | Posted 03.22.2012 | Latino Voices

Frida Kahlo is best known for her painted self-portraits, but an exhibit titled "Frida Kahlo: Her Photos", which showcases photographs from the artist...

They Wrote Too??!

Posted 03.12.2012 | Arts

We know that you've probably read an artist's biography or two, but have you ever read artists' own account of their lives? Let us provide you with th...

In Memory of Frida Kahlo: Her Photos

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 05.05.2012 | Arts
Evelyne Politanoff

These photographs also expose her connections with friends and the people she admired such as Russian Marxist Leon Trotsky, American artists Georgia O'Keefe and photographers Edward Weston, Alfred Stieglitz and Tina Modotti among others.

'David Park: A Painter's Life'

John Seed | Posted 04.29.2012 | Arts
John Seed

David Park: A Painter's Life is the first full biography of a postwar California artist. Boas' book also seems to signal an increasing enthusiasm for American postwar representational art. It's about time.

Women Surrealists Rule 'In Wonderland'

Posted 02.07.2012 | Arts

Not since Alice lost her way down the rabbit hole have we seen a wonderland so strange and delightful. In the first ever survey of women surrealists i...

Surrealism at LACMA, Gingrich to the Moon

Edward Goldman | Posted 04.02.2012 | Arts
Edward Goldman

So, here she was: one female artist versus three super-macho colleagues. And you know who won the battle? Yes, you guessed it right: Frida left the boys in the dust.

Manhattan on My Mind

Edward Goldman | Posted 02.14.2012 | Arts
Edward Goldman

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Diego Rivera Occupies MOMA

Bernard Starr | Posted 02.11.2012 | Arts
Bernard Starr

If you saw Diego Rivera's mural, Frozen Assets, on a poster at Zuccotti Park, you might have been tempted to see if the paint had dried, since the mural speaks so specifically to the moment and graphically grasps the heart and soul of Occupy Wall Street.

Happy Birthday, Diego Rivera!!!!!

Posted 12.08.2011 | Arts

Today is the birthday of legendary muralist Diego Rivera. And it's a big one; he would be 125 years old today! Rivera was a key founder of the Mex...

Revolutionary Artist Gets His Own Google Doodle

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 12.08.2011 | Technology

Google transformed its homepage logo on December 8 to honor what would have been the 125th birthday of Mexican artist Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 ...

Diego Rivera Murals Together Again At MoMA After 80 Years

Posted 11.28.2011 | Latino Voices

"Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art," at MoMA through May, is impeccably timed to coincide with the Occupy Wall Street movement that or...

Diego Rivera at MoMA Makes Us Ask, What Happened to the Radical Left in Art?

G. Roger Denson | Posted 01.18.2012 | Arts
G. Roger Denson

Should Rivera be considered a patron saint of the Occupation movements, as some have alluded? Not quite.

What To Do In NYC This Weekend

Posted 01.11.2012 | New York

It's not every weekend the holy grail of Harry Potter events AND 11.11.11 come to New York, so go out and enjoy the following events happening in the ...

Rivera Murals Reunited At MoMA

nytimes.com | CAROL VOGEL | Posted 01.11.2012 | Arts

When Diego Rivera came to New York from Mexico City in 1931 to paint murals for the Museum of Modern Art, The New Yorker wrote that he liked "the Ghet...