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  • Chicanarte-Chicano art | Prints - Posters | Siqueiros

    Siqueiros & The Graphic Arts

    ByMark Vallen August 18, 2010September 1, 2010

    On Saturday, September 18, 2010, I will be speaking about David Alfaro Siqueiros at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock California, during a panel discussion sponsored by the Autry National Center of Los Angeles and the José Vera Gallery of L.A. Titled A Print Dialogue: Siqueiros & The Graphic Arts, the round-table talk will be moderated by Cynthia…

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  • America Tropical | Siqueiros

    Siqueiros: L.A. Panel Discussion

    ByMark Vallen June 12, 2010June 19, 2010

    Since January 2005, this web log has been following the history of América Tropical – the famous 1932 mural painted by Mexican Muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. So it is my pleasure to announce the first of three important L.A. panel discussions regarding the mural and the legacy of Siqueiros. Organized by Amigos de…

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  • America Tropical | Chicanarte-Chicano art | Mexican Muralism | Olvera Street | Siqueiros

    Siqueiros: América Tropical Press Conference

    ByMark Vallen April 3, 2010April 13, 2010

    The Mexican Muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros completed his second Los Angeles mural, América Tropical, in 1932. Created on the rooftop of the Italian Hall building located on the city’s historic Olvera Street, the mural was formally presented to the public in an official unveiling that took place on the evening of October 9, 1932. Within six months the portion of…

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  • Mexican Muralism | Siqueiros | Social Realism

    In Memoriam Philip Stein, “Estaño”

    ByMark Vallen September 10, 2009

    I had the great pleasure of meeting Philip Stein and his wife Gertrude in October of 2003, when the two visited their daughter Anne in Silverlake, California. Last April I received the sad news that Philip died at his home in Manhattan on April 27, 2009, at the age of 90. A public memorial celebrating his life and legacy will…

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  • African American | Mexican Muralism | Modernism | Obama’s Arts Policy | Siqueiros

    Charles White: Let The Light Enter

    ByMark Vallen February 3, 2009June 14, 2009

    In April of 1967 the Heritage Gallery of Los Angeles published Images of Dignity, a monograph on the life and work of the great African American artist Charles White (1918-1979). I acquired a copy of the book just a year later when I was fifteen-years-old, the hardback volume providing one of my first insights into the works of White, American…

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  • Mexican Muralism | Photomontage | Siqueiros | Surrealism

    Josep Renau: Commitment and Culture

    ByMark Vallen December 2, 2008November 5, 2012

    The people of Spain have been celebrating the 100th birthday of the Spanish painter, poster designer, and muralist, Josep Renau, through a number of tributes, not the least of which has been a traveling exhibition; Josep Renau (1907-1982): Commitment and Culture. Organized by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the University of Valencia, Spain, the exhibit is now running at…

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  • Chicanarte-Chicano art | Mexican Muralism | Siqueiros

    Frida Kahlo’s 100th birthday

    ByMark Vallen June 13, 2007January 23, 2023

    To celebrate the 100th birthday of artist Frida Kahlo, which falls on July 6th, 2007, Mexico’s Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is exhibiting the largest body of Kahlo’s artworks ever to be put on public display anywhere in the world. Opening June 13th, 2007 and running until August 19th, 2007, the show is the first comprehensive exhibit…

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  • America Tropical | Mexican Muralism | Siqueiros

    Siqueiros Online Video Stream

    ByMark Vallen February 7, 2007April 24, 2025

    Online streaming videos are now available for Siqueiros: The Art of Censorship, a recent speakers forum about David Alfaro Siqueiros, his murals, Los Angeles history, and public art. Held November 9th, 2006, at the Los Angeles Times Harry Chandler Auditorium, the forum was produced by CauseConnect and attended by some 300 persons. Speakers included Luis Garza—the instigator behind the future…

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