The grandson of Gen. Emiliano Zapata is suing the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature over a painting in which the Mexican hero is observed riding a horse while wearing only high heels ...

Little is said about the love life of Emiliano Zapata, one of the greatest symbols of the Mexican Revolution. Normally, the characteristics that always stand out from the so-called Caudillo del ...

People look at the painting showing Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata nude, wearing high heels and a pink, broad-brimmed hat, straddling a horse, in Mexico City on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.

Mexican artist Fabián Cháirez stands next to his painting of Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata, straddling a horse nude, wearing high heels and a pink hat, at the Fine Arts Palace in ...

Emiliano Zapata, known as El Caudillo del Sur, was one of the great symbols of peasant resistance during the Mexican Revolution. He lost his life in 1919, during a military ambush where he was ...

Protesters stormed the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City on Tuesday over a painting showing revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata striking an unconventional pose.

Protesters say the painting denigrates Emiliano Zapata's legacy and want it removed from Mexico City’s Palace of Fine Arts.

Relatives of Mexican Revolution hero Emiliano Zapata threatened to sue a Mexico City gallery, saying “depicting him as gay” denigrates his legacy.

Mexican artist Fabián Cháirez stands next to his painting of Mexican Revolution hero Emiliano Zapata nude on a horse, wearing high heels and a pink hat, at the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City ...

It’s an icon of Mexican history: a black-and-white photograph of Emiliano Zapata believed taken in 1911, a year after the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution.

An artistic rendering of a Mexican Revolution hero Emiliano Zapata will remain on exhibit as planned after it enraged his family and led to a riot between protesters at a gallery in Mexico City.