We went down to Ponce again today, so that Ev’s Mom & Dad would have a chance to see the art museum. The drive went pretty smoothly (about an hour and a half door-to-door). We saw the Frida Kahlo show again, along with the rest of the museum. This time I was able to pick up the English version of the visitors guide, so I was able to learn a lot more about the works.

The mural I spoke about was painted, but it was a “traveling mural”. It didn’t get a reception in the US because of its pro-communist views. So, it went on the road to the USSR and China. It hasn’t been seen since. My guess is that it’s either locked in a basement somewhere or (more likely) was destroyed. It’s a shame, because I would have loved to have seen what it looked like painted. (The “draft” the museum has is pencil/pen? on canvas/muslin. All outlines and no paint.)

I also double-checked that monkey painting. It’s not the common one you find on the internet. For sure the monkey is on the right shoulder. She’s in a green and orange-ish dress, the background is black, and the background has what looks like rotting trees/bamboo. I saw one pic on the net that looked like it, but the scan was in B&W so I could not be sure (also, the image appeared flipped right-to-left). It’s kinda interesting how often photographs are incorrectly displayed (flipped right-to-left).

After the art museum, we headed for the Ponce mall for lunch. We had some pizza and then headed out to Home Depot to pick up some glue, charcoal, and storage containers. How exciting!

Oh, we also noticed, on the way into Ponce (took a slightly different route this time) the huge (2 story high) “P O N C E” letters that strattle the highway. They look pretty cool, but I wish they would have spent the money on something like garbage cleanup rather than giant letters. Oh, well. Garbage isn’t as cool, I guess.

After some more searching (looking for “1945″–the year the painting was completed) I finally found that damn dirty ape!