I'm a Chicana Curator. This Is Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show
A Chicana curator of “Chicano Camera Culture: A Photographic History, 1966 to 2026” at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture in Riverside, California, explains why she removed a 1969 portrait of Cesar Chavez by photographer George Rodriguez from the exhibition. The show opened February 7 and is described as The Cheech’s largest exhibition to date, featuring about 150 works by 45 photographers and spanning six decades of Chicano photographic history. The curator said she reconsidered Chavez’s inclusion after news emerged on March 17 alleging that the United Farm Workers leader assaulted multiple women and girls and noting his later-life controversies, including hostility toward undocumented migrant workers. She emphasized that the decision was made in consultation with the museum’s interim director, Valerie Found, and reflected concerns about how the exhibition frames Chicano civil rights history.
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