Press

http://www.amigosdesiqueiros.org/wp-content/uploads/LATIMES-Sept.30.pdf

Associated Press (Spanish): http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/09/10/1297530_siqueiros-volvera-a-brillar-en.html#storylink=twtuser

LA Observed
KPCC – blogdowntown
Fox LA (Broadcast)
Art for a Change
Latin Heat
Terra (Spanish)
Siglo21 (Guatemala)

Censored Olvera Street mural to get visitor center (Southern California Public Radio)

Art review: ‘Siqueiros: Landscape Painter’ at Museum of Latin American Art and ‘Siqueiros in L.A.: Censorship Defied’ at Autry National Center (Los Angeles Times)

How a young revolutionary fooled the city elders (The Economist)

Once reviled artist David Alfaro Siqueiros stars at Autry (LA Daily News)

Olvera Street mural ‘America Tropical’ may see the light of day (LAtimes.com)

David Alfaro Siqueiros and Los Angeles, an Indelible Connection (The Autry)

David Alfaro Siqueiros

David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) was a Mexican muralist who along with Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco, were collectively known as Los Tres Grandes. Siqueiros fought in the Mexican Revolution and against Franco’s fascists during the Spanish Civil War, and remained a political activist throughout his life.
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América Tropical

The title América Tropical conjures images of a romantic paradise replete with lush foliage and exotic birds, yet the mural’s content defies such conventional expectations. Unveiled on the night of October 9, 1932, the expansive (18’ x 82’) mural depicted, among the foliage and birds, a sym bolic central figure – a crucified indigenous man.
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Pictures from the Founders’ Circle VIP Reception Honoring Gloria Molina

Pictures from the Founders’ Circle VIP Reception Honoring Gloria Molina

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