While some see alebrijes as Mexican spirit animals, similar to a Native American totem, others say these famous Oaxacan wood carvings are little more than decorative Mexican folk art. This article ...

Few artists pack in as much as contemporary artist Gabriel Orozco. His works range from carefully poised geometric paintings of circles, to a car missing its middle third, and even a human skull ...

A new exhibition at the Whitney Museum demonstrates the “seismic influence” murals by Diego Rivera and other Mexican painters had on the development of post-war art in America.

Two of the world's most iconic painters called Mexico City home. ... A man stands next to murals by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in the Education Secretariat in Mexico City on April, 6, 2017.

Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait With Monkeys, 1943 Gerardo Suter / 2020 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York In early 20th ...

A portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe by Todd Webb titled Georgia Making Stew, Ghost Ranch (1962) is seen behind a re-creation of the artist’s desk in the Making a Life exhibit.

A new show at the Whitney Museum, 'Vida Americana,' explores how the themes and techniques of artists like Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros changed the course of American art.

For generations, the story of 20th-century American art began in Europe. You know how it goes: Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp laid the path for a new breed of artists across the Atlantic.

The art and architecture of Mexico City can take your breath away, and not only because you are 7,350 feet above sea level; let me point you to five sites, some landmark-famous and some fairly ...