Katherine Du Tiel
“The Flower Carrier” by Diego Rivera

DIEGO RIVERA’S AMERICA
SATURDAY 3/11-MONDAY 7/31. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville. $12.

Known most for his ornate, densely populated murals that portray the hectic bustle of working-class strife and Mexican history, Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was a massively influential artist. Crystal Bridges will soon host the first major exhibition focused exclusively on his work in over two decades. “Diego Rivera’s America,” last housed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is also significant because of its expansiveness: Over 150 drawings, easel paintings, frescoes and more from the early 1920s through the early 1940s will be featured, as well as large-scale digitally projected recreations of his massive public art pieces.

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Scott Cramer
“Woman with Calla Lillies” by Diego Rivera

Culled from public and private collections across the United States and Mexico, it’s the largest body of Rivera’s art from that period to be displayed all at once since he was alive. The permanent collection at Crystal Bridges is always free, so make sure to explore the rest of the museum, especially if you’re driving up from Central Arkansas.

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“La ofrenda” by Diego Rivera