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A three-day sale of Latin-American art at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York has drawn attention to a rare self-portrait by famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. The sellers hope to rake in a million dollars for the painting by an artist whose other works have sold for tens of millions. Rivera is known internationally as the larger-than-life artist, whose radical leftist politics inspired and infused his art. That, along with his dramatic and tempestuous marriage to the arguably even more well known artist Frida Kahlo, have inspired a global following. Rivera most notably gained notoriety when commissioned by the Rockefeller family in the 1930s to paint a mural in the RCA building in Manhattan. A furor followed when Rivera painted an image of the Soviet leader Lenin as part of the mural. Diego Rivera is the subject of a new multimedia lecture by Latin American art expert and former Director of the Museum of Latin American art, Gregorio Luke. Luke, who has appeared on Uprising in the past to discuss Frida Kahlo and Miguel Covarrubias, will be presenting at the Ford Amphitheater on Sunday June 7th at 8:30 pm.

GUEST: Gregorio Luke, Latin American Art expert and former Director of the Museum of Latin American Art

Gregorio Luke will be speaking on Sunday June 7th at 8:30 pm at the Ford Amphitheater. For tickets and information, visit www.fordtheatres.org, or call 323-461-3673.

For more information, visit www.gregorioluke.com.