Artnet

Champions of Chicano Art Need to Face Reality: A Response to Cheech Marin’s New Art Center

For decades, comedian Cheech Marin has been finding ways to bring attention to Chicano art. The avid art collector has produced several traveling exhibitions from his collection, served as an ...
Artnet

Cheech Marin’s Long-Awaited Chicano Art Museum Secures City Approval and $1 Million in Annual Funding

The California city of Riverside has approved plans and funding for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture, and Industry. Cheech Marin with a work from his collection of Chicano art. Photo ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

A look into the Pacific Northwest’s only Chicano art gallery

WHITE CENTER — A painting of Jake Prendez and his son wearing black T-shirts and blue luchador masks adorns part of a gallery of his original Chicano art on a bubble gum pink wall inside the Nepantla ...
Forbes

Cheech Marin’s Personal Collection Of Chicano Art Opening To Public In Riverside, California

Richard “Cheech” Marin–the iconic comedian and actor–had for 30 years established himself as a preeminent collector of Chicano art by the time officials from the City of Riverside, California and the ...
Los Angeles Times

Cheech Marin’s museum legitimizes Chicano art and boosts the local economy

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “The fame of the museum is spreading far and wide, and people are coming from all over the United States,” says ...