Cultural destinations don’t have to be limited to expensive, far-off places—there are fantastic art experiences to be had right here in the American heartland.
Diego Rivera’s America is one of them. On view through July 31 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art—located in Bentonville, Arkansas, just a 5-hour drive or direct flight from Dallas—this exhibition is unlike any other in the past 20 years.
Featuring rarely seen works from private collections, major paintings on loan from museums in the United States and Mexico, studies for mural projects in Mexico City, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York, and large-scale digital projections of Rivera’s epic murals, this collection of over 130 works is the first and most comprehensive exhibition focused solely on Rivera’s work in over two decades.
And, the timing couldn’t be better. With its focus on everyday people, the power of labor, and a vision of a unified, transnational America, Rivera’s work speaks to our current cultural moment just as powerfully as it did almost a century ago.
Between the 1920s and ‘40s, Diego Rivera worked in both Mexico and the United States, finding inspiration in the social and cultural life of the two countries. He imagined an America—broadly understood—that shared an Indigenous past and an industrial future, where cooperation, rather than divisions, were paramount.
And best of all, you don’t have to traverse all of North America to see these works all in one place.
Learn more, get tickets, and plan your visit to Diego Rivera’s America at CrystalBridges.org.
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