05/01/2026
We are pleased to present the Art talk
“Muralist Movement in the Americas
Crossing Borders Through Cultural Collaboration” by Belinda Flores Shinshillas. On May 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM at the Mexican Cultural Institute.
will discuss how Art crossed America’s borders once again after the Mexican Revolution. Through the vision of José Vasconcelos, Mexico’s Minister of Education in the early 1920s, the state-sponsored muralism movement was launched to promote a national identity, but the movement didn’t stay only in Mexico. Mexican muralism flourished in the USA during the 1930s, driven by “Los Tres Grandes”—Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, influencing artists like Jackson Po***ck. She will also talk about the movement going south to the Continent, promoting indigenous and nationalist themes, influencing art throughout the continent.
The presentation will show the Muralism movement as one of the most important art movements of modern Mexico, with a legacy that goes beyond its original intent. It was a movement intended to recreate a national identity, but later influenced modern art movements in the entire continent.
