Modern Art Museum: Rivera, Frida, Siqueiros Art Tour

Highlights

• Discover the stories behind the art at the Museum of Modern Art
• Learn about the lives of Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Frida Kahlo
• See Rivera's provocative works and learn about his life and affairs
• Explore Siqueiros' experimental techniques and his political activism
• View Kahlo's self-portraits and hear about her struggles and resilience

Description

Forget the quiet museum tour. This is the story of love, betrayal, communism, and murals that almost started a war. Inside the Museum of Modern Art in Chapultepec Park, follow the Big Three who put Mexico on the world art map — and almost killed each other doing it. Start with Rivera's most provocative works at the MAM. Not the pretty murals for tourists, but his nudes, his cubist period in Paris, and the paintings that show why he was called 'the cannibal.' Learn how a man who weighed 300 pounds painted the thinnest Fridas and became a Communist millionaire who collected pre-Hispanic idols and had affairs with Hollywood actresses. See why everyone wanted him — and why everyone feared him. Then, learn about David Alfaro Siqueiros. Siqueiros wasn't just a painter, he tried to assassinate Trotsky with a machine gun in his own house in Coyoacán. Inside the museum, see his experimental techniques — asbestos, spray guns, industrial paint, huge curved walls — that Jackson Pollock stole in New York and turned into Abstract Expressionism. Understand why he spent 7 years in jail, fought in the Spanish Civil War, and still thought art should be a weapon, not decoration. End with Frida, but not the Frida of fridge magnets. Her two most painful self-portraits housed here tell the real story. Learn about the bus accident at 18 that shattered her spine and pelvis and left her unable to have children. The body cast, the 32 surgeries, the corset of steel and leather she painted to survive the pain. And the betrayal — Rivera cheating on her with anyone he could, including her own younger sister Cristina in their own home. How she cut off her hair, painted her revenge, and then cheated right back. The miscarriage in Detroit, the divorce, the remarriage. It's all there in her brushstrokes if you know how to read them. This is not a tour about dates and styles. It's about three people who loved each other, betrayed each other, and made Mexico immortal.

Includes

Guided tour of the Museum of Modern Art Insight into the lives and works of Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Frida Kahlo

Excludes

Transportation

Important Information

• This tour focuses on the personal and political lives of the artists, not just their art styles. The tour includes stories of love, betrayal, and political intrigue. The museum has a wardrobe service with no cost. No food or water is allowed inside the museum

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund