Capitoline Museums · Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio)
Diego Rivera and the Construction of Modern Art in 20th-Century Mexico
A retrospective at Villa Caffarelli of over 140 works showing how Diego Rivera and his contemporaries forged modern Mexican art from pre-Columbian heritage and post-revolution ideals.
In 1920 Diego Rivera drew the marble bust of Epicurus that belongs to the Capitoline Museums. The charcoal sheet itself lives in Philadelphia, so a facsimile hangs in the section on Rivera in Italy, in the same museum as the bust.
Thirty of the 140-plus works are Rivera's. The rest comes from Frida Kahlo, Orozco, Siqueiros, Tamayo, María Izquierdo and others, in four sections. The first covers Mexico City's Academia de San Carlos, which sent its best students to Rome on grants: the 19th-century Erasmus, minus the landlord in San Lorenzo who wants six months upfront. The last covers the Surrealist and fantastic art that ran against official Muralism. The murals themselves can't travel, so Rivera's wall work arrives as lithographs and Tina Modotti's photographs.
Per the museum's press note, the exhibition ticket is €15 (€13 reduced), and weekend guided visits in Italian cost €7 more. The show is in Villa Caffarelli, open daily 9:30 to 19:30, until 13 December.
Wybór redakcji
Ponad 140 dzieł w Villa Caffarelli ukazuje, jak Diego Rivera i jego współcześni budowali nowoczesną sztukę Meksyku, czerpiąc z dziedzictwa prekolumbijskiego i ideałów porewolucyjnych.
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The Epicurus drawing (1920)
A facsimile of Rivera's charcoal study of the Epicurus bust, which is part of this museum's own collection.
Tina Modotti's photographs of Rivera
Small silver prints of Rivera at work on the mural La Creación (about 1922) and at the Secretaría de Educación Pública (about 1923).
Zapata con caballo blanco (1932)
A lithograph of Emiliano Zapata with his white horse, lent by the Fundación Robert Brady in Cuernavaca.
Kahlo's still life with parrot and flag (1951)
A small oil on masonite, 28 by 40 cm, from a private collection in Mexico City.
Mujer sentada con flores (1944)
Rivera's seated woman with flowers, an oil of 118 by 150 cm lent by the BBVA México art collection.
Dla kogo
- Pierwsza wizyta
- Pasjonaci
- Goście spoza miasta
Odpuść, jeśli
You want a guided visit in English: the weekend guided tours run in Italian only.
Z dziećmi
The family ticket is €22 for two adults plus children under 18, or €11 for one adult. The €7 guided tour is for ages 6 and up.
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