How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture: Murals, Museums, and the Mexican State Elections The Slow Regard of Silent

The Slow Regard of Silent Things is the story of a broken girl trying to live in a broken world

Did her past catch up to her

Unsheltered interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval

his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies

" ―Sarah Vowell

How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture: Murals, Museums, and the Mexican State Elections The Slow Regard of SilentA public art movement initiated by the postrevolutionary state, Mexican muralism has long been admired for its depictions of popular struggle and social justice. Mary K. Coffey revises traditional accounts of Mexican muralism by describing how a radical art movement was transformed into official culture, ultimately becoming a tool of state propaganda. Analyzing the incorporation of mural art into Mexico's most important public museumsthe Palace of