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unusual facts about Mexican art


Daniela Rossell

Today, Rossell continues to make Mexican art in her home country and show through out both Latin America, Europe and the United States.


Joanna Drew

She helped organize Fernando Gamboa's 1953 exhibition of Mexican art at the Tate Gallery, and went on to organize the 1960 Picasso exhibition (where takings were too large to count at the end of the day), the 1964 Miró exhibition and the 1968 Henry Moore exhibition at the Tate.

Lionel Pries

Beginning in the late 1920s and continuing to 1942, Pries travelled to Mexico every summer and regularly interacted with leaders in Mexican art including William Spratling, Frederick W. Davis, Rene d'Harnoncourt, Juan O'Gorman, and others.

Metro Copilco

Above the station's platforms are murals depicting paintings and art from ancient pre-Hispanic cultures, works by famous artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, and Mexican art from José Guadalupe Posada, Diego Rivera and others.

Rene d'Harnoncourt

Davis was among the first to collect, display and sell the work of the emerging Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and Rufino Tamayo; others who frequented the shop included Miguel Covarrubias and Jean Charlot.

Rodolfo Escalera

Escalera also created a collectible plate for the 1986 World cup hosted in Mexico.


see also

Leopoldo Flores

His work has been featured in writings by notable Mexican art critics including Raquel Tibol, Antonio Rodriguez and Berta Taracena .

Scott Neri

2003 - Guadalajara en un Llano - Tomarte en Vigo, Spain - Collective, Exhibition of Mexican Art - Tomarte en Madrid, Spain - Collective, Obscure Journeys I - Jorge Martínez Gallery, GDL - Collective, Revolucionarte - Tomarte, Zapopan, Jalisco - Collective, Cinema Roxy Bar - GDL - Collective, Casa Arcos - GDL - Collective