The History of Mexico: From Conquest to the Future 1935

Diego Rivera painted this entire history of Mexico, from the Conquest to the Future, right on the walls of the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City. Imagine him up there, perched on scaffolding, brush in hand, figuring out how to fit so many faces and events into this giant space. Rivera’s really going for it, you know? Cramming in every detail, every character he can think of. It's like he’s saying, "I’m going to tell you everything!" There’s this incredible sense of movement, figures swirling around each other, a real dynamic push and pull. I bet he just kept layering and layering, working and reworking it until it burst into life. And look at how he uses color – those earthy reds and browns mixed with vibrant blues and greens – it’s like he’s pulling the colors right out of the Mexican landscape. Rivera's got this grand, sweeping vision, but it's also full of intimate moments. All these artists, ourselves included, we're just trying to figure things out, one brushstroke at a time. It's an ongoing conversation through paint.