Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche examines the historical and cultural legacy of La Malinche. Both reviled as a traitor and hailed as the mother of Mexico, Malinche is an enigmatic figure whose legacy has been the subject of controversy and adulation from the 1500s through the present day.

Text: Denver Art Museum

Photos of exhibition courtesy and © Denver Art Museum

Mapa for my Malinche and our Stolen Sisters, 97 X 97 in, hand processed watercolor and 23k gold on amate paper. Collection of the artist.