Charles Darwin in the Palacio de Bellas Artes
Diego Rivera’s art is not exactly hard to understand. He painted in bright colours but thought in black and white; socialism was the cure for the world’s evils, whether it […]
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Is this really how Diego Rivera saw himself?
A stark, imposing facade in the historic centre of Cuernavaca, the Palace of Cortes is a pretty clear testament to the brooding mind of its original lord. Hernán Cortés, a […]
A bumpkin’s guide to the best of DF #2
Hubris. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; when I think of Mexico City, and the audacity of its existence, I think of hubris. That’s not to say […]
Redeeming Frida (for a guy who apparently needs his women to be very well-trimmed)
I don’t think I ever really got Frida. I’ve studied her a few times; I can appreciate that she did something different, even that that something might be important, but […]
Trotsky vs. the Artists
We were between meals in Coyoacan, Mexico City, and we decided to visit the Leon Trotsky house. This is a one of DF’s quietest tourist sites – a slow trickle […]
