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 Vallarta Living | Art Talk
Where Others See a Tortilla, Artist Sees Images
 William Booth
Behold the humble tortilla! Home for beans, room for cheese, the welcome mat for all grilled meats. You or I? We see a tortilla and we think, yum, burrito night. But not Joe Bravo. No, amigos míos, Bravo looks at a toasted tortilla and he sees the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Mexican Photographs a Study in Contrasting Depth, Vision
 Jeremy D. Bonfiglio
There's no greater artistic tool than a photographer's eye. It's part vision, part timing, part life experience, and all instinct. Those who pick up a camera either have a good eye or they don't. It's often the difference between a work of art and a snapshot.
Frida Kahlo's Last Secret Finally Revealed
 Javier Espinoza
The artist's confessions to her doctor were locked up for 50 years. Now the details of her misery at not being able to bear children have been exposed.
Diego Rivera - Mexican Hero
 Betty Botis
Born in Mexico, Diego Rivera is considered one of the greatest Mexican painters of the twentieth century due to the profound effect he had on the international art world.
Mexican Artist Creates Clay Migrants
 Jose Maria Alvarez
For decades, Alejandro Santiago's picturesque hometown in southern Mexico has said goodbye to its youth as they left to seek work in the United States. Now the Oaxacan artist is trying to repopulate his town — at least metaphorically.
On Her 100th Birthday, Mexico Embraces Kahlo
 John Timpane
Frida Kahlo is a superwoman for anyone who favors gender-bending, subversion, free art and sexuality, modernist and postmodern painting, and fearless emotional and philosophical trailblazing.
The Frida Kahlo Exhibition in Mexico City is a Success
 artLine.ro
As most art specialists predicted, the Frida Kahlo exhibition hosted at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City has proven to be a great success.
Galería Papillón Grand Opening to Benefit Make a Wish Mexico
 PVNN
To celebrate the opening of their new Puerto Vallarta art gallery, Galería Papillón owners Mac and Lou MacTavish will be hosting an Art Benefit on August 4th from 8 to 11 pm, and donating 40% of all proceeds to Make a Wish Mexico.
Pablo Luzardo Gives Korea a Taste of Mexican Art
 Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Pablo Luzardo, one of Mexico's young contemporary artists, is giving Koreans a chance to see what Mexican art is all about with his exhibition "The Privilege of Color" at Gallery PICI in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul.
Mexico Meets Tex-Mex at Galeria Octavio
 PVNN
On July 28th, renowned local sculptor Octavio Gonzalez welcomes abstract Mexican painter Jose Alvarez C. and Tex-Mex rocker Joe King Carrasco to his alternative art gallery in downtown Puerto Vallarta, Galeria Octavio.
Recalling Frida Kahlo, Myth and Reality
 Elisabeth Malkin
This year, as Mexico celebrates the centenary of her birth, the largest retrospective ever of her work attempts to look beyond what Mexicans call Fridamania. The result is a rich view of her art and her life, one that broadens the perspective on her career.
ICON Vallarta to Showcase Philippe Starck
 Lisa Ianucci
Yoo by Philippe Starck will lend its design artistry to ICON Vallarta, a new $200-million luxury condominium development by Related International, located on four acres of oceanfront property in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Art and History at the Vallarta Naval Museum
 Adriana Romero
Since its opening the Puerto Vallarta Navy Museum and Naval Historical Center has been dedicated to exhibiting and preserving Mexico's history and culture. This month, the museum is featuring a special art exhibition, Seduction, Figure and Color.
Mexico Art Show Reveals Secrets of Frida and Diego
 Anahi Rama
A collection of letters, photos and personal effects belonging to Mexican artistic couple Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo will go on display in Mexico City this Friday after 50 years hidden from view.
Mexico's Rightwing Tries to Claim Leftist Painter's Soul
 John Ross
The battle for the possession of Frida Kahlo's soul erupted this June 13th on the alabaster esplanade of Mexico's maximum house of culture, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, a rococo wedding cake of a palace that is slowly sinking into this mega-city's subsoil.
Critics Paint Kahlo's Family As Greedy
 Oscar Avila
Fans don't need to visit a museum to see this version of Frida Kahlo's classic "Self-Portrait With Monkeys." They travel instead to an upscale boutique in Mexico City's version of Beverly Hills, just past the Bentley dealership.
Art Workshop Exhibit at Corsica Gallery
 Adriana Romero
Works created by the twenty three local artists who participated in the Fine Arts Workshop, directed by Mexico City artist Agustín Castro López at Los Mangos Public Library earlier this month, will be on display at Corsica Gallery through June 27th.
Mexico City: Converted Fire Station Houses Art of the People
 Laurence Iliff
Many a Mexican museum can be called interesting or impressive, with their extensive collections of giant stone Olmeca heads and pre-Hispanic hand tools. But how about whimsical? How about magical? How about fun?
Mexico's Violent Drug War Inspires Bloody Art
 Reuters
Mexico's gruesome drug war and its hundreds of executions a year are the inspiration for an art exhibit of red-splattered blankets meant to represent shrouds used by hitmen to dispose of their victims.
New Exhibitions Open at National Museum of Mexican Art
 The Times
"Women Artists of Modern Mexico: Frida's Contemporaries/Mujeres artistas en el México de la modernidad: Las contemporáneas de Frida" is an exhibition that showcases the artistic works of 26 women who have produced art since the beginning of the 20th century.
Painters' Daily Lives Come to Light in Show
 Istra Pacheco
To commemorate 100 years since her birth, Frida Kahlo's Mexico City family home-turned-museum will display clothing, drawings, photographs and tidbits of the eccentric artist's daily life.
Summer Art Shows at Galeria Octavio
 PVNN
As the only gallery in Puerto Vallarta that hosts year-round cocktail receptions for the opening of new art exhibitions, Galeria Octavio Arte en Bronce welcomes Humberto Otero Segura on Saturday, June 30th from 8-10 pm.
Mexico City Hosts Largest Ever Frida Kahlo Exhibit
 Hugh Collins
The Mexican capital will host the largest ever exhibition of Frida Kahlo's works this week to mark 100 years since the birth of the artist, who has become a feminist icon in the past decade as her fame blooms.
Over 100 Unknown Drawings by Kahlo, Rivera Found in Mexico
 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Scientists in Mexico City have found over 100 unknown drawings by the well-known artist couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The works were found in a secret room of the Casa Azul, the house that both Mexican painters once shared, which is now a museum.
A Troubled Artist's Gift Triumphs
 Susan Ferriss
Martín Ramírez's wife was filled with dread the day in 1925 when he left Mexico for California and the promise of work on the railroads and in mines. It was Aug. 24, the feast day of St. Bartholomew, and the hard wind was whistling so fiercely that Ramírez's wife took it as an omen that "the devil was on the loose."
Largest-Ever Exhibit of Frida Kahlo Work to Open in Mexico
 Reuters
The 100th birthday of artist and feminist icon Frida Kahlo will be honored with the largest-ever exhibit of her paintings, the Museum of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico said Tuesday.
At 12,000 Feet, Andean Culture Meets Pop Art
 Joshua Hammer
The founder of a gallery and nonprofit foundation, esART, in the affluent Zona Sur section, Patricia Tordoir has assembled what may be one of the largest contemporary Bolivian modern art collections in the world.
Alleged Mexican Murderer of Elderly Featured in Exhibit
 Associated Press
A Mexican woman who allegedly murdered numerous elderly residents of Mexico City will be featured in a cultural exhibit on serial killers from around the world. Juana Barraza, a 49-year-old former female wrestler dubbed the "Little Old Lady Killer," was arrested in January of last year after allegedly terrorizing elderly residents for two years.
Father Kino's Memory Politicized
 Lourdes Medrano
In a Tucson artist's painting of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, the Jesuit missionary forcefully emerges from the past to confront modern-day maladies of an international border that didn't exist in his day.
Paris Hilton 'Dead' in Provocative NYC Sculpture
 Associated Press
How did Paris Hilton end up in a former Brooklyn garage - naked, provocatively posed and seemingly very, very dead? Of course, it's just a sculpture - one that graphically depicts an autopsy on the jail-bound, socialite celeb for a show warning teens about underage drinking.
Escultura Social: A New Generation Art From Mexico City
 artdaily.com
Over the last ten years, Mexico City has become a thriving hub of artistic activity. A daring young generation of artists has developed a new vocabulary that embraces non-traditional materials as well as video, photography, and performance, with a love of conceptual art.
Spencer Tunick’s Project
 Joseph Stedul
At the Zocalo square in Mexico City, Spencer Tunick gathered 18,000 people, breaking his own record set in 2003 in Barcelona when 7,000 people posed for him. Take a look at the Photo Gallery from the Zocalo square.
A Day After Big Mexican Nude Scene, Photographer Shoots 105 Naked 'Fridas'
 Associated Press
Frida Kahlo surely would have approved. A day after his biggest nude shoot ever, U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick on Monday photographed a group of 105 naked women resembling Kahlo, the eccentric artist known for her intensely personal paintings and often outrageous style.
18,000 Mexicans Strip for Artist's Photo
 Istra Pacheco
A record 18,000 people took off their clothes to pose for U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick on Sunday in Mexico City's Zocalo square, the heart of the ancient Aztec empire.
Steve Fischer at Galeria Octavio
 PVNN
As the only gallery in Puerto Vallarta that hosts year-round cocktail receptions for the opening of their art exhibitions, Galeria Octavio Arte en Bronce welcomes Steve Fischer this Saturday, April 28th from 8-10 pm.
Passion, Art and Politics
 Jessica Ravitz
The works and images of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo can be found in museums and gift shops across Mexico City. But in one day, a tourist can get to the heart of their story.
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