ALMAS (Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs) is hosting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture, and Influence” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Nichols Library, 200 Jefferson Ave. in ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has announced today the acquisition of one of the most renowned sculptures from ancient Mesoamerica, an unqualified icon of Olmec civilization. Standing Figure Holding a ...

Three thousand years ago, in what is now southern Mexico, Olmec art and culture flourished. No written documents survive, but the exceptional beauty and technical brilliance of the sculpture and its ...

Fernando Ramirez allows himself to think big. He dreamed up an exhibition of alebrijes monumentales, larger-than-life, surreal creatures painted by Mexican artists at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Ramirez ...

ALMAS, the Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs, will join with other community organizations in presenting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture and Influence,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Olmec civilization emerged roughly 3,000 years ago in the eastern lowlands along Mexico’s Gulf Coast in what is today the region of Veracruz and Tabasco. In many ways, it provided the foundation for ...

One of the most evocative pieces in the powerful Olmec exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington — and one most expressive of Olmec culture — is the statue of a priest holding a baby, “Las ...

Entering the special exhibition galleries at the de Young Museum, you encounter the colossal head of an Olmec ruler, his furrowed brow, almond eyes and fleshy lips exquisitely carved from a basalt ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced Wednesday it has acquired a jade Olmec sculpture, one of the most renowned of ancient Mesoamerica. Standing Figure Holding a ...