Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Felipe Calderon and Cristina Fernandez Inaugurate Rescued David Alfaro Siqueiros Mural

December 6, 2010 by  
Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured

BUENOS AIRES (AP).- Submerged in obscurity and perilous conditions for most of its nearly 70-year history, a mural by painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, now carefully restored, was inaugurated Friday by the presidents of Mexico and Argentina in a place of honor just steps from the presidential palace. Moments after Felipe Calderon and Cristina Fernandez honored the work Siqueiros created in 1933, titled “Ejercicio Plastico” or “Plastic Army,” hundreds of people rushed in to see what Siqueiros created in 1933 during [...]