About this Event
For decades, the monumental 10-panel fresco by Diego Rivera, depicting a continent linked by creativity has been mounted in the lobby of a theater at City College of San Francisco. There, somewhat tucked away from the art world, it has been cared for as a labor of love by a de facto guardian who has long dreamed of finding a way for more people to experience it.
Now, after a four-year, multimillion dollar undertaking involving mechanical engineers, architects, art historians, fresco experts, art handlers, and riggers form the United states and Mexico, the 30-ton, 74-foot-wide-by-22-foot mural has been carefully extracted and moved across town to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where it went on display June 28th.
“Diego was building a metaphoric bridge between the Mexican culture and the tech culture of the United States,” said Will Maynez, the former lab manager of the physics department at City College, who became the unlikely guardian of the work, which is owned by the College.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome Street, San Francisco, United States
USD 50.00