Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The writer Alardo Prats is pleased about the recent mural executed by José A. Monroy at the new Ciudad Universitaria in Guadalajara: “In these times—hypocritical and sanctimonious as they are—this stance is an act of indisputable personal [...]

This article is about a series of murals produced in Guadalajara in the annex to the ancient Templo de Santo Tomás, which later became a university building. The participants in the workshop were the painters from Jalisco: Jesús Guerrero Galván, [...]

Augustín Yáñez shares his opinion of the show La Internacional infantil [The International Children’s Exhibition] held at the Universidad de Guadalajara and comprised of national and international children’s works. He defends their work: “ [...]

José Guadalupe Zuno (Z) devotes this entire article to mural paintings in Jalisco, having commissioned some of them himself while he was governor. Zuno makes particular reference to the murals in the Salón de la Universidad that were painted by [...]

The art critic Luis Cardoza y Aragón talks about the transformation undergone by José Clemente Orozco over a 15-year period, as he compares the murals at the University of Guadalajara with those at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in Mexico City, [...]