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1 day agoWhat's the Future of the Many Cesar Chavez Murals in San Francisco? | KQED
Public sentiment is shifting against murals of Cesar Chavez due to recent abuse allegations, leading to calls for their removal.
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1 month ago20 Best Things to Do in Oaxaca, Mexico-From Savoring Mole and Mezcal to Exploring Indigenous Art
Oaxaca offers Indigenous heritage, world-class cuisine featuring mole and mezcal, colonial architecture, traditional crafts, and legendary street food experiences.
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2 months agoFeuding heirs, weak institutions and a mysterious will: Why didn't the Gelman collection stay in Mexico?
The Gelman Mexican art collection left Mexico for a loan in Spain amid unverified wishes, heirs' legal battles, and government intervention over heritage protections.
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1 month agoThe many faces and identities Frida Kahlo are explored in exhibition catalogue
Frida Kahlo evolved from obscurity to global icon through posthumous appropriation by diverse movements that identified with her multifaceted persona and art across social, political, and commercial sectors.
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2 months agoMexico City's art scene gravitates to Santa Maria la Ribera neighbourhood
Santa María la Ribera has become a growing hub for contemporary Mexican artists, offering affordable studios, large Porfirian-era spaces, and new exhibition venues.
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2 months agoJuxtapoz Magazine - Oscar Murillo: "el pozo de agua" @ kurimanzutto, Mexico City
OSCAR MURILLO (b. 1986, La Paila, Colombia) has developed a multifaceted and challenging practice that spans painting, collaborative projects, video, sound and installation. Through each body of work, the artist probes ideas of collectivity and shared culture, demonstrating a commitment to the power of material presence alongside complex meditations on contemporary society. A focus on the social dimension that sits on the border between performance and events is also central to Murillo's practice.
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2 months agoThe Cuban House of Spirits
The artists José Parlá and Claudia Hilda, his wife, live in a former fire station in Fort Greene surrounded by memories of Cuba, which Parlá's ­family fled in 1970 and where ­Hilda lived until recently. "There's a lot of magical realism here, a big mix of Cuban traditions and religion," says Parlá, pointing to an icon of la Caridad del Cobre, the island's patron saint, in the kitchen. "We cannot move her!"
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