Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera
In art as in life, Diego Rivera was a man constantly in rebellion. At 16, he left the prestigious San Carlos Academy in Mexico City in protest against the academy's emphasis on representational art. He...
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The artist as activist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)
With the possible exception of André Malraux, no individual associated with the arts has been involved in direct political action more than David Alfaro Siqueiros. Student agitator, soldier, leader of...
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Embryography of a jeweler Raúl Ybarra
It is perhaps only in the "advanced" civilizations that artists are elevated above craftsmen, with the former thought to be leading the cultural vanguard while the latter are only practicing traditiona...
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Out of the past, speaking volumes
Anyone out there on the information highway heard of an American photographer named North? Worked in Mexico, made dozens of daguerreotypes of the cities, churches and countryside circa mid-1800s? Gina ...
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