Diego Rivera: Illustrious Words 1886-1921, Volume I

The renowned Mexican muralist Diego Rivera was also a prodigious storyteller and a witness to some of the most formative social and artistic movements of the twentieth century. A central figure in the emergence of the avant-garde in post-revolutionary Mexico, Rivera was also a keen art critic—if occasionally caustic towards those he disagreed with, he was also a generous promoter of emerging talent. This two-volume set—the first comprehensive collection of Rivera's writings in English—reveals…