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The Last Dream exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art #art #FridaKahlo #DiegoRivera

http://offtheleash.net/2026/09/06/frida-and-diego-paint-themselves-and-others/

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Fortunately, an assistant had secretly taken black-and-white photos of it beforehand, which allowed Rivera to recreate and expand it a year later as Man, Controller of the Universe at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City—adding a few extra satirical jabs at the capitalist elite just for good measure.

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#LatinAmerica
#DiegoRivera

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Rivera refused, famously stating he’d rather see the entire piece destroyed than compromise his artistic integrity. True to his word, Rockefeller paid him in full, had security march him off the scaffolding, and ordered workers to smash and chip the fresco straight off the wall.

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#LatinAmerica
#DiegoRivera

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When the press caught wind of it and published headlines accusing the Rockefeller family of footing the bill for communist propaganda in the heart of corporate America, Nelson Rockefeller asked Rivera to politely paint over Lenin and replace him with someone neutral.

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#LatinAmerica
#DiegoRivera

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The original version—titled Man at the Crossroads—was commissioned in 1933 for the lobby of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in New York.

Rivera, a committed socialist, decided to sneak a clear, recognizable portrait of Vladimir Lenin right into the middle of the mural as a political statement about the struggles between capitalism and socialism.

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#LatinAmerica
#DiegoRivera

Diego Rivera, “Man, Controller of the Universe” (detail) (1934)

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#DiegoRivera

‘I’m used to doing the impossible’: George Lucas unveils new LA museum – what’s its story? https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/04/george-lucas-art-museum-los-angeles #Museums #LosAngeles #Art #GeorgeLucas #StarWars #Culture #UsNews #Film #California #Banksy #FridaKahlo #ArtAndDesign #WestCoast #NormanRockwell #DiegoRivera #Superman #Tintin #Jr

‘I’m used to doing the impossible’: George Lucas unveils new LA museum – what’s its story?
By Matthew Cantor in Los Angeles

Spaceship-shaped gallery, featuring works from Banksy, Norman Rockwell and Frida Kahlo, is devoted to ‘visual storytelling’ – and is finally ready to open

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/04/george-lucas-art-museum-los-angeles

#Museums #LosAngeles #Art #GeorgeLucas #StarWars #Culture #USnews #Film #California #Banksy #FridaKahlo #Artanddesign #WestCoast #NormanRockwell #DiegoRivera #Superman #Tintin #JR #TheGuardian #MatthewCantorinLosAngeles

#fridakahlo #fridathemakingofanicon #diegorivera #autorretrato #art #painting  #arts #arte #tatemodern #london

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Beyond uncovering hidden histories in iconic artworks, the study offers a chemical reference point for preserving Rivera's murals and the work of his contemporaries. Future studies could dig deeper into how these ingredients are distributed across the mural and how they interact with the heat used in encaustic painting.

#Art #DiegoRivera #Mexico
#Science

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-diego-rivera-mural-creation-wax.html

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/art/features/frida-kahlo-movie-salma-hayek-harvey-weinstein-b3002863.html

I saw the film when it first came out and remember enjoying it then. I haven't watched it since then, and I wonder how I would feel about it now.

Kahlo the artist? Hmmm...interesting, but currently overvalued? I'm not sure. I get distracted less by the kitsch merchandise than by the drama both personal and political filling her life and those of Diego Rivera, Tina Modotti, and Leon Trotsky.

Sometimes I worry that the Kahlo cult has so overshadowed Rivera and the other Mexican muralists that their achievement and its continuing importance does not receive all the attention it should.

I rather like Salma Hayek, so can't bear it when people call her "Selma".

#FridaKahlo #DiegoRivera #SalmaHayek

Mexican art world protests over plan to send Frida Kahlo masterpieces to Spain https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/mexican-art-world-protests-over-plan-to-send-frida-kahlo-masterpieces-to-spain #Mexico #Spain #FridaKahlo #DiegoRivera #Art #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Americas #WorldNews #BancoSantander

Diego Rivera💫
#art #diegorivera #cubism #mastoart

Netflix Developing Frida Kahlo Drama Series; Patricia Riggen & Gabriel Ripstein To Direct
#News #DiegoRivera #FridaKahlo #GabrielRipstein #Netflix #PatriciaRiggen

https://deadline.com/2026/03/netflix-frida-kahlo-drama-series-diego-rivera-mexico-1236751116/

Detención alcalde de Tequila revela presencia de 13 grupos criminales en Jalisco

Tras la detención del alcalde de Tequila, Jalisco, Diego Rivera Navarro, las investigaciones de la Fiscalía General de la República detallan que se logró obtener información de que en la entidad se tiene la presencia de 13 agrupaciones criminales #FGR #DiegoRivera #CJNG #Tequila ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MÁS…

https://fllics.com/en/video/detencion-alcalde-de-tequila-revela-presencia-de-13-grupos-criminales-en-jalisco/

Diego Rivera💫
#art #diegorivera #cubism #mastoart

City Beautiful blog examines the Time mural at Rockefeller Center by Spanish artist Jose Maria Sert which replaced Diego Rivera's destroyed "Man at the Crossroads." The piece analyzes how the Sert mural reflects different political and artistic values, offering insights into art, patronage, and ideological conflicts in 1930s America.
#RockefellerCenter #ArtHistory #PublicArt #Murals #NYCHistory #DiegoRivera #CityBeautiful
https://citybeautifulblog.com/the-rockefeller-center-artworks-time-mural/

8 grudnia przypada rocznica urodzin Diego Rivery (1886–1957), meksykańskiego malarza i muralisty, którego dzieła na trwałe wpisały się w krajobraz społeczny XX wieku. Tworzył w Meksyku i USA, przedstawiając w swoich freskach m. in. historię, walkę klas i codzienne życie ludu. (fot. Wikipedia) #DiegoRivera #muralizm #sztukaspołeczna #FridaKahlo

Frida Kahlo's face is everywhere, but her radical truth remains hidden. Beyond the merch: a communist who painted miscarriage, colonial resistance & chronic pain without redemption. Her $54.7M auction record vs. missing Casa Azul works tells everything.
https://theurb.co/frida-kahlo

#FridaKahlo #MexicanArt #FineArt #ArtHistory #FemaleArtists #ContemporaryArt #ArtEducation #CasaAzul #DiegoRivera #SelfPortrait #MexicanCulture #CulturalHistory #Fridamania #MexicanRevolution

#Epica #epic #épique #epique #EPOS #kentmonkman #monkman #misschiefeagletestikle #muralistasmexicanos #Rivera #Orozco #alfarosiqueiros #Siqueiros #diegorivera #joseclementeorozco #DavidAlfaroSiqueiros #neocolonialismo #colonialismo
https://www.lavozdelsur.es/opinion/miss-chief-eagle-testikle_345236_102.html

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#art #diegorivera #cubism #mastoart

🟡 Creation Popol Vuh K?iche? Maya 1931 Diego Rivera⁣
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#Guanjuato
(2/2) A mining city in a valley that forces creative solutions like alleys and underground streets, the birthplace of #DiegoRivera

Another colonial city/town, in the #Bajio region, I think I like it better than Querétaro because its geographic restriction kept it smaller

#Mexico #Photography

#Guanjuato
A mining city in a valley that forces creative solutions like alleys and underground streets, the birthplace of #DiegoRivera

Another colonial city/town, in the #Bajio region, I think I like it better than Querétaro because its geographic restriction kept it smaller (1/2)

#Mexico #Photography

TIL Frida Kahlo had an affair with Trotsky while he was staying with her and Diego Rivera...

and around the same time, Andre Breton came to Mexico City, where they composed a manifesto for #art against fascism, capitalism, and Stalinism : https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/lit_crit/works/rivera/manifesto.htm

(and neither Frida nor Trotsky signed it; it's attributed to Trotsky and Breton, but it was Rivera and Breton whose names are on it)

and it's a glorious document that Breton took back to Europe to open chapters of the International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifesto_for_an_Independent_Revolutionary_Art>

but it didn't last very long.

In the spirit of continuous revolution, is it time for the Next International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art ?

#surrealism #revolution #Mexico
#FridaKahlo #Trotsky #AndreBreton #DiegoRivera