Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros Exterior Murals

The Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros is a rare case in which the building itself becomes a mural. Designed and decorated by David Alfaro Siqueiros, the structure carries a twelve-faced exterior sculptural mural that serves as a public-facing counterpart to the vast *La Marcha de la Humanidad* inside. Official cultural records describe the venue as purpose-built to house Siqueiros's monumental vision and note its 1971 opening. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyforum_Cultural_Siqueiros)) Outside, the panels turn the streetscape into an argument for modern muralism at metropolitan scale: symbolic faces devoted to themes such as ecology, music, mythology, Indigenous peoples, atom, and the mingling of races. The surrounding wall also commemorates the Mexican mural movement and includes portraits of Rivera, Orozco, Dr. Atl, Posada, and Leopoldo Méndez. It is both a landmark of radical public art and a distilled lesson in Mexico's mural tradition. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyforum_Cultural_Siqueiros))

Insurgentes Sur s/n esq. Filadelfia, Col. Nápoles, CP 03810, Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México, Mexico