ISSN: 1562-384X Revista de Filosofía y Letras Departamento de Filosofía / Departamento de Letras EXHIBITING MESTIZAJE IN Paris, with its famous exhibitions and 1 galleries, is the most visited city in PARIS . Europe. The blockbuster shows like Kandinsky, Alexander Calder, Picasso- Cristina Castellano Depto. de Lenguas Modernas/CUCSH/UdeG Manet and Jackson Pollock were visited
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