Culture and The People: El Museo del Barrio, 1969 – 2019 | Part I

This two-part exhibit is the centerpiece of El Museo's 50th anniversary celebrations. Its title draws from an essay written by Raphael Montañez Ortíz, one of the museum's founders and its first director. Part I, with themes of roots, resistance and resilience, focuses on the museum's activist origins and role in preservation of Latinx and Latin American art and culture. Among the featured artists are Tony Bechara, Beatriz González, Félix González-Torres, Carmen Herrera and the Young Lords Party.