These murals were painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Rivera was already well known as the leader of the Mexican muralist movement when he started the work, and he considered Detroit Industry ...

Famed Mexican artist Diego Rivera's prominent murals in Detroit will not be sold to help the city pay its $18 billion debt. Rivera's "Detroit Industry" fresco is the centerpiece at the Detroit ...

In its riveting current exhibition (pardon the pun) on Rivera and his wife, the famous artist Frida Kahlo, the Detroit Institute of Arts takes a long, deep look at the creation of the murals ...

Virtually all metro Detroiters today agree that Diego Rivera's "Detroit Industry Murals" in the Detroit Institute of Arts are among the region’s greatest treasures. But the unveiling of the ...

It's one of the most iconic places in Detroit: The fantastic Diego Rivera Detroit Industry mural covering all four walls in the Garden Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. When the 27 paintings ...

WASHINGTON — Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts was designated a National Historic Landmark on Wednesday by U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. The ...

On July 25, 1932, renowned artist Diego Rivera began painting one of his most complex artworks – the Detroit Industry Murals. The murals consist of 27 panels across four walls in what is now ...

this is art - the art of Diego Rivera. From 1931-1932 ... allow visitors to have a better understanding of how the Detroit Industry murals were created. A Bank of America grant underwrites ...

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Diego Rivera's murals at the Detroit Institute ... announced the designation on Wednesday. The "Detroit Industry" murals, based primarily on the Ford Motor Company's River ...

In 1932, during the time she spent in Detroit while her husband, Diego Rivera, painted his famous “Detroit Industry Murals,” she created her “Self Portrait Along the Border Line Between Mexico and the ...

Diego Rivera, born in 1886 ... Roosevelt was drawn to Rivera’s murals, such as “Detroit Industry”, which featured images from American life on the walls of public buildings.

Moreover, it houses the "Detroit Industry" murals of 1932-33—a spectacular series of paintings by Diego Rivera (1886-1957) unlike anything else in this country. Here's a forceful array of images ...