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Now on view in Phoenix Art Museum’s Marshall and Hendler Galleries, Border Crossings: Mexico
and the American Southwest represents a cultural conversation between Mexico and the United States. The exhibition
juxtaposes Mexican and American works, all created between 1916 and 1950 and drawn from internal collections, to
examine shared histories on both sides of the border. Featured works include paintings by Paul Pletka, Diego Rivera, Georgia
O’Keefe, and Alfredo Ramos Martínez. The lens of focus includes themes of women artists, landscape, indigenous subjects,
and portraits.
The four broad themes …