LACMA Highlights Diego Rivera's 'Flower Day' in Preview Series for New Galleries

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is featuring Diego Rivera's painting 'Flower Day (Día de flores)' as part of a 50-week series showcasing artworks that will be displayed in the forthcoming David Geffen Galleries, scheduled to open to the public in 2026. This early work by Rivera depicts a vendor of calla lilies and demonstrates stylistic elements influenced by Cubism and pre-Columbian art. The painting holds historical significance as Rivera's first major piece acquired by a U.S. public institution, having been purchased by LACMA's predecessor after receiving top honors at the First Pan-American Exhibition of Oil Paintings in 1925. In the new galleries, it will be positioned alongside other works related to Indigenismo, a Latin American cultural and political movement, and examples of Mesoamerican art. The series aims to highlight key pieces from the museum's permanent collection, which encompasses diverse historical periods and cultures.