Siqueiros Mural Restoration in the Midst of LA’s Mural Moratorium
CRP has been following the controversial LA mural moratorium and ensuing policy debate since it began. In the midst of this struggle to create protections for public art, this story has emerged surrounding the $9.5 million restoration of a work by legendary muralist, David Alfaro Siqueiros. There is an interesting juxtaposition between the deserved reverence of this original master and the persecution of the legions of muralists that followed in his footsteps. América Tropical, the only surviving public mural by…