Rivera celebrates Indigenous culture, but also points to poverty in this melancholy painting of a flower seller.
Rivera
Why was the original version of this mural at New York’s Rockefeller Center destroyed within months of its creation?
Diego Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe
Rivera includes 400 years of history here, and guarantees that the stories normally edited out are included.
Diego Rivera, Dream of a Sunday Afternoon ...
Why was the original version of this mural at New York’s Rockefeller Center destroyed within months of its creation?
Diego Rivera, Man at the Crossroads
Rivera’s controversial murals were made at the height of Depression-era instability in auto-manufacturing Detroit.
Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry Murals
Epic murals in highly visible, public buildings were commissioned by the Mexican government to teach history.
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