The Mexican Left’s Road to the Presidency
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The leftist parties in Mexico have followed a complicated and convoluted path to political power,..
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A Treasure Trove of Mexican Art
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City’s Museum of Modern Art (MAM) is offering a peek into its treasure trove of art with a special exhibit of some of its collections that are not usually on display. The exhibit, composed of paintings, lithographs and sculptures by 20 of the nation’s most important modern artists, includes rarely seen works by
Read moreFrida Kahlo, Up Close and Personal
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF An intimate portrayal of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo as seen through 54 pictures taken by Hungarian photographer Nickolas Muray is now on display inside the art gallery of the Palacio Municipal in Puebla. This extraordinary collection of black-and-white and color portraits of the artist, taken over a 10-year period between 1937 and
Read moreMexico’s Surrealism Through Feminine Eyes
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When the surrealist movement began in Europe in the early 1920s, it was a distinctly masculine style, led by the likes of André Breton, Salvador Dali and Joan Miró. But in 1930, the well-known Mexican painter and art historian José Miguel Covarrubias traveled to Europe with his new wife Rosa Rolanda, a U.S.-born photographer and choreographer he
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