When, in 1910, Mexicans began to revolt against the long, autocratic regime of President Porfirio Díaz, they also ignited a revolution in Mexican art. As rebels fought to create a more equitable ...

The 1920s-era Mexican Secretary of Public Education indirectly shaped L.A.'s role as "the mural capital of the world" and the city's large-scale New Deal-era civic commissions.

In the years following the bloodshed and turmoil of the 10-year Mexican Revolution, which ended in 1920, Mexican art flourished. "Artists sought to develop a creative language that could convey the… ...