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In the first of a video series inspired by the Royal Academy exhibition 'Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940', we take a look at the Mexican mural programme of the early 20th century, and the huge impact it had on the art of the period.
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José Guadalupe Posada was an illustrator and printmaker who produced a huge amount of work throughout the period of the Mexican revolution. His iconic images - especially the skeletal calaveras or calacas - are firmly embedded in Mexican popular culture. In the second of our video series inspired by the Royal Academy exhibition Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940 curator Adrian Locke and UK...
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What brought the English watercolour artist Edward Burra to Mexico in the 1930s? In this video, the third in a series inspired by the Royal Academy exhibition 'Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940' we visit the picturesque town of Cuernavaca, subject of Burra's painting 'El Paseo' which features in the exhibition.
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