Is an 84 year old painting but what it portrays is as relevant as ever.

I'm not a huge Rivera fan, but this is totally visionary. History coming back to haunt us once again, the days of authoritarians and rampant speculation/inequality. I love the bright wings/ellipses, as if of a dragonfly,,, man defying the universe to master it. Completely fascinating, one of the most universal and provocative murals I've seen; a definitive piece of 20th century art, for sure !!

Thank you for the excellent analysis, very educational and enjoyable at the same time.

This work is to me incredibly and intriguing so much said for all to see . Thanks for uploading.

3:34 is not just an orb reflecting a "control panel" - those are, I think, diagrams of atomic orbitals and a cell division in anaphase :)

Just amazing work. Becomes more relevant every day.

i love the murals of mexico, it's just so difficult (for me) to work on a small scale. gigantic paintings are so fun

This is beautiful. Thank you.

Such a great discussion. This piece really highlights the cyclical nature of our history. It's hard to read this image and not think of the extremely similar political debates going on today in 2016.

I love this painting, i wish to see it in person one day

This was great analysis from you both! thanks for sharing

Man at the Crossroads; is history beginning to repeat itself?

More people need to see this

Truly incredible

Fantastic!

Diego Rivera's murals are so much relevant today. It's on my wish list to visit. Lovely video, thank you 🙏

great art and discussion

Cool painting.

Timeless…

Hi, I'm from Mexico and your video is great! How can I contribute to add subtitles in spanish so people can understand the explanation of the mural, which is really interesting

3:37 isn't that an atom and cellular division? Rivera may have realized the importance of genetics and particle physics as breakthrough scientific discoveries.

Dam what a expression

dude, this is cool

Love that mural!

I’m only 17 and I’m researching Diego Rivera and I had no clue into who he was but this painting is just amazing...any additional suggestions I can use on my report?

Amazing mural art

Amazing Artist

Wow.

Great explanation of the mural. I felt connected to this picture, because it reflects human nature, and the fact that it keeps repeating itself, even to this day we are in the same crossroads.

that was a good as commentary

Cool stuff, cool stuff.

LMAO I just googled syphilis, yup that is syphilis.

Nelson Rockefeller offered the mostly finished mural to MoMA, but it refused taking it! It would have survived there had the directors of that museum were not afraid of the public/media reaction to them putting up the "commie" mural up in their museum. So, sadly the mostly finished mural was chiselled off the wall and a Spanish painter was invited in to repaint the wall.

This is an amazing piece with the backstory to match. 30 Rock is a jewel indeed - some of my biggest laughs came from that place. ❤ The artistic shade, though: "Here's a syphilitic idiot who wouldn't respect my views." For someone who had such thoughts of communism, it's not lost on me that the controller is a blonde with blue eyes. I don't know Rivera's views, but I hold hope for a different interpretation of Zeus.

Full-fledged communist Diego Rivera. Did he meet Lenin? Was he in Russia? How did he get the soviet propaganda theme?

Who brought science? If it was not God.