Solo show
Diego Rivera's America
16 Jul 2022 — 2 Jan 2023 at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
· San Francisco
Diego Rivera's America is a major retrospective exhibition presented at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in 2022–2023. The show offers a comprehensive look at the work of Diego Rivera, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, whose monumental murals and paintings reshaped the relationship between art and public life.
Drawing on works from collections across the United States and Mexico, the exhibition explores Rivera's lifelong engagement with the landscapes, peoples, and histories of the American continent — from pre-Columbian civilizations to the industrial age. Paintings, drawings, watercolors, and studies are brought together to illuminate the breadth of his vision and the depth of his political and humanist convictions.
SFMOMA holds a special place in Rivera's legacy: the artist created his celebrated fresco cycle for the museum's original home, the San Francisco Art Institute, and later worked in the city on several landmark commissions. This exhibition reaffirms Rivera's enduring connection to San Francisco and his central role in shaping a distinctly American modernism.
Drawing on works from collections across the United States and Mexico, the exhibition explores Rivera's lifelong engagement with the landscapes, peoples, and histories of the American continent — from pre-Columbian civilizations to the industrial age. Paintings, drawings, watercolors, and studies are brought together to illuminate the breadth of his vision and the depth of his political and humanist convictions.
SFMOMA holds a special place in Rivera's legacy: the artist created his celebrated fresco cycle for the museum's original home, the San Francisco Art Institute, and later worked in the city on several landmark commissions. This exhibition reaffirms Rivera's enduring connection to San Francisco and his central role in shaping a distinctly American modernism.
About the artist
Diego Rivera
1886–1957 · social realism
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
· San Francisco
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over…
