Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Presented in conjunction with the exhibitions, Mixpantli: Space, Time, and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico and Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes, Rethinking Conquest is a recorded Zoom lecture series that features four scholars’ reflections on the moment of Mexico’s Conquest by Spaniards in the 15th century through three illustrated historical accounts and an analysis of the figure of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In this video, Prof. Federico Navarrete talks about the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, a 16th century textile that depicts the Conquest of Mexico from the point of view of the Tlaxcalan people.
Federico Navarrete Linares has a PhD in Mesoamerican Studies and is a Full Professor at Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He has done extensive research on the history of the Native peoples of the Americas and their relations with Europeans and Africans, and the way they have adapted to the process of colonization and State building. Navarrete is internationally recognized as a path breaking researcher and writer on the Mesoamerican visual histories and their relation with oral and ritual traditions, as well as their adaptation to the Colonial context and their appropriation of European scriptural and pictorial practices. He has published articles on that subject in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Germany.
Additionally, Navarrete has published and lectured extensively on the military conquest of Mexico and the indispensable role played by the Indigenous conquistadors. He also works on racism and discrimination in contemporary Latin America. Some of his recent books are Malintzin, or the conquest as translation (2021), Who really conquered Mexico? (2019), Mexica histories (2018), Alphabet of Mexican Racism (2017), Racist Mexico (2016), He also publishes historical novels, such as El códice perdido (2017).
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Mixpantli: Space, Time, and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico and Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes are co-curated by Dr. Diana Magaloni the Deputy Director, Program Director and the Dr. Virginia Fields Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas as well as the Suzanne D. Booth and David G. Booth Conservation Center Director at LACMA; and Alyce de Carteret, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Art of the Ancient Americas Department at LACMA.
Both exhibitions were themselves conceived to rethink the traditional narrative of “conquest,” creating an opportunity on the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan to center instead the creative resistance of Indigenous artists.
Their works—illustrated histories, featherworks, stone sculptures, cartographic paintings—tell a story not of defeat but of perseverance, renewal, and an enduring commitment to an Indigenous future.
This program was originally presented on Zoom on February 1, 2022.
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Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 140,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.
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Presented in conjunction with the exhibitions, Mixpantli: Space, Time, and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico and Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes, Rethinking Conquest is a recorded Zoom lecture series that features four scholars’ reflections on the moment of Mexico’s Conquest by Spaniards in the 15th century through three illustrated historical accounts and an analysis of the figure of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In this video, Prof. Federico Navarrete talks about the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, a 16th century textile that depicts the Conquest of Mexico from the point of view of the Tlaxcalan people.
Federico Navarrete Linares has a PhD in Mesoamerican Studies and is a Full Professor at Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He has done extensive research on the history of the Native peoples of the Americas and their relations with Europeans and Africans, and the way they have adapted to the process of colonization and State building. Navarrete is internationally recognized as a path breaking researcher and writer on the Mesoamerican visual histories and their relation with oral and ritual traditions, as well as their adaptation to the Colonial context and their appropriation of European scriptural and pictorial practices. He has published articles on that subject in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Germany.
Additionally, Navarrete has published and lectured extensively on the military conquest of Mexico and the indispensable role played by the Indigenous conquistadors. He also works on racism and discrimination in contemporary Latin America. Some of his recent books are Malintzin, or the conquest as translation (2021), Who really conquered Mexico? (2019), Mexica histories (2018), Alphabet of Mexican Racism (2017), Racist Mexico (2016), He also publishes historical novels, such as El códice perdido (2017).
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Mixpantli: Space, Time, and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico and Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes are co-curated by Dr. Diana Magaloni the Deputy Director, Program Director and the Dr. Virginia Fields Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas as well as the Suzanne D. Booth and David G. Booth Conservation Center Director at LACMA; and Alyce de Carteret, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Art of the Ancient Americas Department at LACMA.
Both exhibitions were themselves conceived to rethink the traditional narrative of “conquest,” creating an opportunity on the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan to center instead the creative resistance of Indigenous artists.
Their works—illustrated histories, featherworks, stone sculptures, cartographic paintings—tell a story not of defeat but of perseverance, renewal, and an enduring commitment to an Indigenous future.
This program was originally presented on Zoom on February 1, 2022.
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About LACMA
Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 140,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.
Connect with LACMA
Subscribe for our latest videos: lacma.org/videos
Explore our collection online: collections.lacma.org
Plan your visit to LACMA: lacma.org/visit
Support the museum and become a member: lacma.org/support
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