Mexico's aging maestro, Diego Rivera, 66, is one of his country's most assiduous Communists and one of the most successful publicity seekers in the world today. His formula for making news: invite attack. In recent years he has earned headlines for the cause with a mural which includes the printed legend, Dios no existe (God does not exist), and with worshipful portrayals of Mao and Stalin (TIME, March 17). Last week the jug-bellied joker did it again, this time with a huge mural on the facade of a Mexico City theater.
The mural, tracing the history of the theater in Mexico, showed...
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