Meet Melecio Galván: The Secret Artist & His Mexican Contemporaries

Melecio Galván died in 1982, but there’s a reason the Blanton Museum of Art titled its new retrospective “Meet Melecio Galván”: The Mexican draftsman didn’t receive the kind of attention he deserved in his lifetime. A recent acquisition distinguishes the Blanton as the U.S. museum with the largest collection of Galván works, now numbering 47 drawings in total – making Blanton the obvious place to offer art lovers an overdue introduction to the undersung artist. The exhibition, curated by Vanessa Davidson and on display through Aug. 25, is rounded out with works by his Mexican contemporaries, including Arnold Belkin, Rafael Coronel, Elvira Gascón, Silvia Pardo, Arturo Pastraña Vásquez, Rufino Tamayo, and José Luis Cuevas. – Kimberley Jones