MURALS UNDER THE STARS CONTINUES WITH DIEGO RIVERA "THE MAN AND HIS MURALS" THIS SATURDAY

By Tony Franco 

Come see DIEGO RIVERA’S murals like you've never seen them before - projected life-size on the walls of MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art- 
628 Alamitos Ave. Long Beach CA 90802.

DIEGO RIVERA THE MAN AND HIS MURALS

The evening of August 3rd will be a night of art, culture, good food and great discussion that you cannot miss this coming saturday.

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter and the husband of Frida Kahlo. His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Murals Under The Stars 2013 

Diego Rivera THE MAN AND HIS MURALS

This saturday August 3rd during the presentation, details of each of Diego Rivera´s murals will be revealed, and by popular demand, the presentation will include the MURALS OF THE RENAISSANCE that inspired Diego, set to beautiful baroque music and will show rare film clips of Diego and Frida.  The focus will be on the murals Diego painted in Detroit, that are now in danger because of the bankruptcy of the city. 

This great cultural event will be presented by Gregorio Luke, former director of MOLAA, the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach where this event will take place. Mr. Luke is also the former Consul of Cultural Affairs of Mexico in Los Angeles and the First Secretary of the Embassy of Mexico in Washington D.C. 

Gregorio Luke is an expert on Mexican and Latin American art and culture, he has presented over 1,000 lectures in museums and universities throughout Mexico, Europe and the United States in institutions such as the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian Institution, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, and Universities such as Harvard, Columbia, UNAM and Georgetown, among others.

On this special night, Gregorio Luke will also discuss new interpretations of Diego Rivera´s  life, for example, how the death of his twin brother when he was a child may have affected his life and his art.

Buy tickets at 562-437-1689 or online at www.molaa.org/programs-and-events.aspx

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