Exhibition examines the works of Rivera and Kahlo
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THE Detroit Institute of Arts, renowned for its Diego Rivera murals, has opened a public exhibition of his works and those of his wife, Frida Kahlo, through this month, the biggest since the museum’s collection was threatened in the city’s bankruptcy.
“Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit” will feature nearly 70 works by the Mexican artists and is the first to focus on the 11 months they spent in Detroit in 1932 and 1933, when Rivera worked mainly on the “Detroit Industry” murals, whose revolutionary themes often met with controversy in the US.
Rivera’s preparatory drawings for the 27-panel “Detroit Industry” frescoes, which have not been shown in nearly 30 years, will be part of the exhibit.
Curator Mark Rosenthal teamed with experts in labor, medicine and the city’s Mexican-American community to give visitors a sense of what life was like for the artists in Depression-era Detroit.
Rivera’s grandson Juan Coronel Rivera told reporters it was daunting to research his grandfather but that the project helped him better understand his contributions to modern art. “When the mural was finished, it was the most important piece of modern art in the United States,” Rivera said.
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