Palmer Museum opens two summer exhibitions that highlight the spirit of Mexico

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State announced the openings of two remarkable summer exhibitions that bring the rich visual culture of twentieth-century Mexico to life. Under the Mexican Sky: A Revolution in Modern Photography, drawn from the significant private collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, is the major exhibition for the season and is on view from June 1 through July 28. The exhibition is organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions. Following the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution in 1910–20, Mexico City became a magnet for an international roster of prominent modernist photographers who used their cameras as tools to embrace social and political subjects, experiment with light and form, and represent or comment on modern life and its contrast to older, traditional methods and depictions. “Under the Mexican Sky narrates the important story of modern photographers whose experience in Mexico i