These murals were painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Rivera was already well known as the leader of the Mexican muralist movement when he started the work, and he considered Detroit Industry ...

Diego Rivera's "Detroit Industry Murals" are a treasure. But when they were unveiled in the 1930s, they ignited a ferocious debate.

The Detroit Institute of Arts stages an excellent exhibit on the making of Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals and the artistic and emotional fallout in his marriage to artist Frida Kahlo.

Famed Mexican artist Diego Rivera's prominent murals in Detroit will not be sold to help the city pay its $18 billion debt. Rivera's "Detroit Industry" fresco is the centerpiece at the Detroit ...

WASHINGTON — Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts was designated a National Historic Landmark on Wednesday by U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.. The ...

On July 25, 1932, renowned artist Diego Rivera began painting one of his most complex artworks – the Detroit Industry Murals. The murals consist of 27 panels across four walls in what is now ...

An atheist, womanizing, 316-pound communist spy brought controversy to Detroit when he painted murals on the walls of the newly constructed Detroit Institute of Arts in 1931. Workers in gas masks ...

It’s one of the most iconic places in Detroit: The fantastic Diego Rivera Detroit Industry mural covering all four walls in the Garden Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. When the 27 ...

The "Detroit Industry" murals, based primarily on the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge plant, were conceived by Rivera as a tribute to the city's manufacturing base and labor force of the 1930s.

Feature Diego Rivera's Murals. ... Roosevelt was drawn to Rivera’s murals, such as “Detroit Industry”, which featured images from American life on the walls of public buildings.

It is said that Frida Khalo despised gringolandia, otherwise known as the United States.She was deeply discomforted by what she called the frivolous gringo culture, and passed most of her time in the ...

Diego Rivera, born in 1886, was one of the leaders of the Mexican Mural Movement of the 1920s. A member of the Communist party, he created popular political murals throughout Mexico that often ...