Mexico City’s mural movement, now a century old, is marked with a major exhibition

A tourist takes a photo with the backdrop of the “Alegoria de la Virgen de Guadalupe” mural at the main entrance of the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City. The mural was created by Mexican artist Fermin Revueltas between 1922 and 1923, when the walls of San Ildefonso became the canvases on which the muralist movement came to life. (Marco Ugart / AP)

MEXICO CITY — Across the main entrance of a former Jesuit college in Mexico City, a brightly colored mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe represents both the Indigenous religiosity and the Christianity that shaped the culture of post-colonial Mexico.

The mural was created by Mexican artist Fermín Revueltas between 1922 and 1923, when the walls of Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso became the canvases for the country’s emerging muralist movement.