But Arteaga says the exhibition will also introductory works from the nineteenth -
century that make clear that Mexican artists» interest in muralism and indigenous culture predated the revolution — in fact, mural - making did not resume
until about a decade
after the upheaval — while
turn -
of - the -
century works by Mexican artists living in Paris foreshadow the cross-cultural pollination that happened between artists in Mexico, Europe, and the U.S. over the next several decades.