Food is the focus of the latest exhibition to fill the Mission District鈥檚 Galer铆a de la Raza, specifically 鈥渇ood justice from Latinx, Chicanx, Central American, indigenous, and immigrant perspectives.鈥
Mexico City artist Naomi Rinc贸n Gallardo is pulling together feminist activism, the struggles of indigenous women and Mesoamerican cosmologies in her latest work, 鈥淭he Formaldehyde Trip.鈥
On the morning of July 19, as supporters of San Francisco鈥檚 Mexican Museum celebrated the unveiling of a cornerstone for its new, $63 million facility at 701 Mission St., one key person was, sadly, absent.
My first glimpse of the Mission鈥檚 Galer铆a de la Raza is the kind face of an indigenous woman smiling sagely at me through the gallery鈥檚 windows, defiance reflected in her warm eyes while large pink roses frame her face like a sigil of beauty and protection.