37: Miguel Covarrubias & Rosa Rolanda with Veka Duncan

37: Miguel Covarrubias & Rosa Rolanda with Veka Duncan

From Art Slice - A Palatable Serving of Art History by Stephanie Dueñas & Russell Shoemaker / Art Slice

November 13, 2025 · 1h 26m

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The episode explores the life and work of Miguel Covarrubias with guest Veka Duncan.

This week we are zooming out . . . wayyy out . . . further . . .further . . .Okay now zoom innnn. . . . to a world without borders through the eyes of artist, illustrator, set-designer, archeologist, and art historian Miguel Covarrubias. And to help us out on this journey, the amazing Veka Duncan @vekaduncan has joined us. WATCH THE VIDEO VERSION HERE: https://youtu.be/BOJ13HZA3Bs Sign up for our algorithm free newsletter: https://substack.com/@artslicepod Miguel aka El Chamaco, is the other half of that Mexican artist power couple, not named Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera, from our last episode with Rosa Rolanda: https://youtu.be/w-CVdxpnwBc Some may know him from his Harlem Renaissance series, his Broadway set designs, his groundbreaking book on Bali, or even his covers for Vanity Fair and/or The New Yorker. You Texans may know his monumental 1954 glass mosaic mural, "Genesis, the Gift of Life," outside of the Dallas Museum of Art where Miguel reinterprets the story of genesis through a Mesoamerican and Native-American symbols and mythologies. Miguel’s work touched on so many subjects; traveling to so many continents, really observing and getting to know the people, their…

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