An amazing artist, political activist, and eccentric spirit of his time, Diego Rivera played a leading role in a prominent period of Mexican history, which made him a controversial figure beyond the borders of his homeland, but also perhaps the most famous artist of Latin America.
A painter, designer, graphic artist, sculptor, book illustrator, costume designer, set designer, and architect, Rivera was also one of the first private collectors of pre-Columbian Mexican art.
He was connected to personalities such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Leon Trotsky, Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, and Frida Kahlo, and became an object of love and hate, admiration and loathing, myth and abuse.
The myths that surrounded him, even during his lifetime, were rooted not only in his work but also in his active participation in the events of his time, in his friendships and conflicts with leading figures of his era, in his imposing physical presence, and his revolutionary temperament.
