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San Antonio Museum of Art
Zimmerli Art Museum
Williams College Museum of Art
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National Academy of Design Benefit Auction · Artsy
Antepasados Y Memoria
Antepasados Y Memoria, 2024
Price on request
Limited edition fine art Serigraph
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Prizes & Awards1

MacArthur Fellowship
Winner 1992
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Podcast Interviews3

podcasts No. 634: Holiday clips: Amalia Mesa-Bains The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Dec 29, 2023
Episode No. 634 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a holiday clips episode featuring artist Amalia Mesa-Bains. The Phoenix Art Museum is presenting “Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory,” the first retrospective of t…
 podcasts No. 592: Amalia Mesa-Bains, Transcendental Painting Group The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Mar 10, 2023
Episode No. 592 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Amalia Mesa-Bains and curator Michael Duncan. The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is presenting “Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory,” the…
 podcasts Episode 34 – A Conversation with Amalia Mesa-Bains Cerebral Women · Sep 23, 2020
Amalia Mesa-Bains is an educator, artist and cultural critic. Her works, primarily interpretations of traditional Chicano altars, resonate both in contemporary formal terms and in their ties to her Chicano community and …
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Current Exhibitions1

Whitechapel Gallery

Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory

Gabriel Chaile, Amalia Mesa-Bains

77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX, United Kingdom

Apr 1, 2026 — Jun 30, 2026

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René Paul Barilleaux Retires: Looking Back on Lifetimes & Legacies in “untitled” at the McNay
René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, is retiring after 20 years. In his honor, the museum has orga…
exhibitionsJun 6, 2026
The many faces and identities of Frida Kahlo are explored in exhibition catalogue
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has released a comprehensive exhibition catalogue for 'Frida: The Making of an Icon,' which investigates the posthum…
exhibitionsMar 3, 2026
san francisco dealer rena bransten dead at 92
Rena Bransten, a foundational figure in the San Francisco art scene, has died at the age of 92 following a heart attack and a subsequent fall. Since f…
obituaryFeb 27, 2026
frida kahlo commercialization too far
Frida Kahlo’s descendants are expressing growing concern over the hyper-commercialization of the artist’s image, which has expanded from museum walls …
cultureFeb 20, 2026
met museum maria castro curator hire
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has hired Maria Castro as an associate curator in its modern and contemporary department, a role she will begin later t…
peopleSep 18, 2025
rasquachismo exhibition mcnay art museum
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio mounted the exhibition "Rasquachismo: 35 Years of a Chicano Sensibility" to mark the 35th anniversary of scholar T…
exhibitionsMay 16, 2025
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Past Exhibitions3

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#302 Rena Bransten Gallery

Amalia Mesa-Bains | Emblems of the Decade: Borders

Amalia Mesa-Bains

1275 Minnesota Street

Mar 4, 2023 — Apr 29, 2023

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory

Amalia Mesa-Bains

Jan 1, 2023

Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory February 4–August 13, 2023 Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory is the first retrospective exhibition of the wor...

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Amalia Mesa-Bains: Venus Envy, Chapter I and Madrinas y Hermanas (Godmothers and Sisters)

Amalia Mesa-Bains

151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Jun 18, 2022 — Nov 6, 2022

Floor 2 Amalia Mesa-Bains: Venus Envy, Chapter I and Madrinas y Hermanas (Godmothers and Sisters) June 18, 2022–Nov 06, 2022

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Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory
Apr 1, 2026
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The many faces and identities of Frida Kahlo are explored in exhibition catalogue
Mar 3, 2026
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san francisco dealer rena bransten dead at 92
Feb 27, 2026
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frida kahlo commercialization too far
Feb 20, 2026
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met museum maria castro curator hire
Sep 18, 2025
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rasquachismo exhibition mcnay art museum
May 16, 2025
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Exhibition
Amalia Mesa-Bains | Emblems of the Decade: Borders
Mar 4, 2023
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Exhibition
Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory
Jan 1, 2023
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Exhibition
Amalia Mesa-Bains: Venus Envy, Chapter I and Madrinas y Hermanas (Godmothers and Sisters)
Jun 18, 2022
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MacArthur Fellowship 1992
Dec 1, 1992
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Amalia Mesa-Bains born
Jan 1, 1943
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