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Do the right thing : Mainstream Museums and Galleries need to end their racist and elitist practices and become genuinely inclusive institutions, argues Carlos Tortolero
2003Carlos Tortolero, founding father and director of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (now the National Museum of Mexican Art), writes that mainstream museums are elitist and discriminatory institutions that either claim they have already diversified [...]ICAA Record ID: 867636 -
El Colegio Nacional y la vacante de José Clemente Orozco
1959David Alfaro Siqueiros attempts to answer the question: “If you were nominated by the El Colegio Nacional to replace José Clemente Orozco, what would you say?” He replies in a long, complex, four-page essay. He eschews a yes or a no answer and [...]ICAA Record ID: 752764 -
La cultura artística condenada a muerte
1968Noé’s essay begins with two terms, “technology” and “rebellion,” which involve the challenge that confronts contemporary society. The first term did not then pertain to art; the second did, having been considered such since the rebellion [...]ICAA Record ID: 740584
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