Diego Rivera Gallery

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The Diego Rivera Gallery is a building, formerly a student-directed art gallery and exhibition space for work by San Francisco Art Institute students.

History

The gallery provided an opportunity for BFA, MFA and Post-Baccalaureate students to present their work in a gallery setting, to use the space for large-scale installations, or to experiment with artistic concepts and concerns in a public venue. Exhibitions changed weekly and were open on Tuesdays. About 40 shows per year were scheduled, and close to 200 students were exhibited each year.[http://www.diegoriveragallery.com "About the Diego Rivera Gallery."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612040909/http://www.diegoriveragallery.com/ |date=June 12, 2010 }}

In ex-faculty member Charles Boone's time at SFAI, he attended nearly every opening reception.

Mural

The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City (1931) is one of four fresco murals in the San Francisco Bay Area painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera.[http://diegoriveragallery.com/visitor-information Diego Rivera Gallery Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710123625/http://diegoriveragallery.com/visitor-information |date=July 10, 2011 }} Rivera's mural seems to be painted for and about a working class audience.Lee, Anthony W. "The Making of a Fresco". Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1996), pp. 72-82

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