Because the owner of the Hotel Reforma, Alberto J. Pani, onetime Mexico’s Secretary of Finance, was a friend, Artist Rivera agreed to decorate his hotel for 4,000 pesos, just enough to pay his ...

Rivera believed that painting murals on the walls of public buildings made art accessible to the everyday man. His murals focused on telling stories that dealt with Mexican society and referenced ...

Sculptor Jose de Rivera's imprint on the RIT campus is immediately noticeable – he created the “Infinity Loop” sculpture in the main academic quad (officially titled “Construction #105”), which was ...