Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art

Dallas Museum of Art

Date/Time

February 16, 2020 to January 10, 2021

Location

Dallas Museum of Art View map
1717 North Harwood,
Dallas, TX, 75201

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Description

Explore depictions of the new modern woman in early 20th-century Mexico in the DMA’s free exhibition. Inspired by Alfredo Ramos Martínez’s masterpiece Flores Mexicanas is on view for only the second time in nearly a century.

This exhibition surveys the changing representations of women through nearly 50 paintings, works on paper, and textiles by some of Mexico’s most celebrated artists, including María Izquierdo, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros.

I-Spy Coloring for Kids:
Spot the different flowers in the Flores Mexicanas painting and make them blossom with color with these printable coloring activity sheets.

Cozy up and settle down for Story Time with Leah, the Director of Family, Youth, and School Programs at the DMA. Inspired by the flowers in Flores Mexicanas she reads Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert.