Monday 9 July 2007

Out of Storage

Diego Rivera - Juchitán River (1953-56)How do you move a mural? With difficulty, I suppose; but when entire houses can be moved, it isn't a problem. Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this charming water-resistant Venetian mosaic of a peon helping his son across the Juchitán River to decorate a pool in a movie mogul's garden. When house and garden were sold four years later, the mural went to a hotel which later closed. After 20 years in storage, the mural has been put on public display at the Centro Cultural Muros of Cuernavaca. If you're passing....

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