Epilogue
The conclusion comes full circle to consider the multiple meanings of Diego Rivera’s return to Mexico’s Communist Party in 1954, as well as David Alfaro Siqueiros’s conflicted relationship with the PCM during his final years. The artists’ evolving relationships with Mexico’s Communist Party, and the pivotal role of the PCM in their lives, significantly impacted the issue of art within revolutionary transformation. Throughout his long careers, Rivera and Siqueiros both embraced the position that art played a key role in politics and politics in art, whether as members of the Party or as supporters. In the end, these two significant artists ended their careers much as they started: with a passion for creating art and a fascination with revolutionary change.