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1.	Diego Rivera. The Uprising. 1931. Fresco on reinforced cement in a galvanized-steel framework, 74 x 94 1/8” (188 x 239 cm). Private collection, Mexico © 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México,

Diego Rivera at MoMA

With the exhibition Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA (New York, USA) reunites five "portable murals"-freestanding frescoes with bold images commemorating events in Mexican history -that were made for a monographic exhibition of the artist's work at the Museum in 1931.

The exhibition features three eight-foot working drawings, a prototype "portable mural" made in 1930, as well as smaller working drawings, watercolors, and prints by Rivera. It also includes design drawings for his infamous Rockefeller Center mural, a project Rivera began to discuss with the Rockefellers while in residence at the Museum.

Working around the clock with three assistants, Rivera produced five "portable murals" -large blocks of frescoed plaster, concrete, and steel that feature bold images commemorating Mexican history and addressing themes of revolution and class inequity. After the exhibition's opening, Rivera added three more murals, now taking on New York subjects through monumental images of the urban working class and the social stratification of the city during the Great Depression. All eight were on display for the duration of the exhibition's run; the first of these panels, Agrarian Leader Zapata, later joined MoMA's collection, and is now a familiar icon on the Museum's walls.

The five murals from the 1931 retrospective that will be on view in Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art are: Agrarian Leader Zapata (1931), Indian Warrior (1931), The Uprising (1931), Frozen Assets (1932), and Electric Power (1932). The three remaining murals in the series are Liberation of the Peon (1931), Sugar Cane (1931), and Pneumatic Drilling (1932). 

Date: until May 14.
Location: Museo of Modern Art (MoMA), 11 West 53 Street. New York, NY 10019. USA.
Opening hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10.30 to 5.30pm. Fridays from 10.30 to 8pm.

See some of the murals in the following slideshow:


France
Retrato de Arlete Boucard, por Tamara de Lempicka, 1928

Tamara de Lempicka, the artist as femme fatale

Until September 8th, 2013

United Kingdom

Summer arrives to the Royal Academy

From June 10th to August 18th

Italy
Lara Almárcequi, Venice Biennale

Art (and Biennale) in Venice

Until Novemberl 24th

Holland
Autorretrato como artista,  por Van Gogh, 1887, Museo Van Gogh, Ámsterdam.

Van Gogh: radiograph of an innovator

Until January 12th, 2014

USA
Rain Room, by Random International, 2012

Instructions for controlling the rain

Until July 28th, 2013

Spain
Autorretrato, por Dennis Hopper, 1963, Los Angeles.The Dennis Hopper Art Trust

Through the lens of Dennis Hopper

Until September 29th 2013

Spain

Dalí: All his faces

From April 27th to September 2nd, 2013

México

Retrospective devoted to Rafael Coronel

from September 21 to January 13

Germany

Frank Stella. The Retrospective. Works 1958-2012

from September 8 to January 20

Spain

Zaha Hadid at Ivorypress

from September 4 to November 3

United Kingdom

Renaissance to Goya: Prints and drawings from Spain

from September 20 to January 6

Germany

Olympia: Myth - Cult - Games

through January 7

Sweden

Picasso, enemy of Duchamp

through March 3

Germany

Dark Romanticism. From Goya to Max Ernst

from September 26 to January 20

The Netherlands

'The Last Supper' (pink) by Andy Warhol

from October 6 to November 11

Australia

The Museo del Prado in Australia

until November 4

Spain

Antoni Tàpies. Head arms legs body

through November 4

Spain

William Blake. Visions in British Art

through October 21

Spain

The Mexican suitcase at the Fine Arts Circle in Madrid

from July 19 to September 30.

Spain

Luis Claramunt. The Vertical Journey

from July 13 to October 21

Spain

Picasso viewed by Otero

until September 23

United Kingdom

Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910

from July 14 to October 14.

United Kingdom

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

from July 11 to September 23

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