A renaissance was underway in the Mexican art world of the 1920s and 1930s, as eminent painters like José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros revived the tradition of large-scale public art and defined muralism as a vital and germane monument of Mexican modern art. As expressed...

Of all the half-forgotten, relatively unimportant things that happened the year I was born, such as the UK recording its lowest temperature ever, Johnny Carson hosting the Academy Awards, and Gordon Johncock winning the Indy 500, my favorite is this: the release of the third film in the Friday the...

The images that fill a day become mundane with routine. First, there’s a set of keys strung on a silver ring, or a glassy switch on the coffeemaker that glows garnet all morning, or a toothbrush -- one which might be lavender or turquoise, or some other color. I can’t remember. These things have...