Dallas Museum of Art announces its new exhibit, Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art.
The exhibit is inspired by the loan of the massive painting, Flores Mexicanas, by Alfredo Ramos Martínez to the DMA from the Missouri History Museum. Its exhibition is only the second time in nearly a century.
Additionally, the exhibit explores the changing representations of women in paintings as well as works on paper and textiles in early 20th-century Mexican art through works by some of Mexico’s most renowned artists.
Flores Mexicanas‘ the last work Martinez completed before his move from Mexico City to Los Angeles in 1929.
The embellished 9-by-12-foot painting was a wedding gift to famed aviators Anne and Charles Lindbergh, who initially met in Mexico City from then-Mexican president Emilio Portes Gil.
What’s more, its adjacent gallery will present nearly 40 works that explore themes of gender, politics, and the role of the new modern woman in Mexico.
It also features work by María Izquierdo, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, among others.
Recently conserved, this is a historic chance to see one of Ramos Martínez’s masterpieces for the first time.
Lastly, check out the exhibition which starts on February 16–September 20, 2020.
