In the 1920s, the Mexican government, newly formed after the recent revolution, started to employ painters for public art ...

Jean Charlot was the friend and peer of Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and other now-renowned Mexican muralists. But in one important way, he was not one of them.

Michelle Gialanze, 56, Artist ...

Discover the ten most influential South American artists of all time and their impact on world art. From Frida Kahlo, famous for her emotional self-portraits, to Diego Rivera and his monumental murals ...

He was 83. Grooms was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, where he studied art under one of Diego Rivera’s students; one of Grooms’ murals still graces the wall of a junior high school in Des Moines, Iowa, said ...

Filmmaker and Star Wars creator George Lucas is planning to open a museum dedicated to narrative art. But what is narrative ...

The Great Migration is now history, but the lessons learned from a study of its pioneers can accelerate Detroit’s future ...

Many of the best tamales in the South Bay are found at food trucks — like the wonderful Tamales Juanita and Tamales Cassandra ...

Becoming Frida explores the life of celebrated artist Frida Kahlo in a three-part docuseries. The series delves into major personal and political events of her life, including her stormy and devoted ...

T he MS -13 gang member who cuts my hair knows all the best used-book shops in Mexico City. His most recent recommendation was a cavernous, two-floor store just down the street from the Coyoacán ...