in 2012 that the activity of art criticism still can be found in specialized magazines and nationally disseminated newspapers; furthermore, a new generation of art critics include Daniela Wolf, Ana Elena Mallet, Gabriella Gómez-Mont, and Pablo Helguera. (Prior to that, claims were made in 2004, that a deficit of native writing about Mexican art, symbolism, and trends, resulted in modern Mexican art shown abroad having been mislabeled or poorly described, as foreign institutions do not sufficiently understand or appreciate the political and social circumstances behind the pieces.) 20th century Mexican artists Most prominent painters with international reputations José Clemente Orozco Diego Rivera David Alfaro Siqueiros Rufino Tamayo Frida Kahlo Others of note Raul Anguiano, harmonic geometry, muralist and printmaker. Gustavo Arias Murueta Ignacio Barrios, watercolorist. Federico Cantú, muralist, printmaker and sculptor. Leonora Carrington, painter and novelist of English origin. Mario Orozco Rivera, muralist and easel. Joaquín Clausell, oil, Impressionist. Miguel Condé, painter, draftsman and figurative recorder. Vladimir Cora, painter and sculptor, oil, acrylic and enamel. Pedro Coronel, painter, sculptor, draftsman and engraver abstract. Rafael Coronel oil, melancholy painting. Miguel Covarrubias, Art Deco cartoon. José Luis Cuevas, painter, sculptor. Gunther Gerzso, oil, pioneer of Mexican (Abstract Surrealism Expressionism). Francisco Goitia, oil Jorge González Camarena, painter, sculptor and muralist. Saturnino drawing, oil painting, frieze at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico city. María Izquierdo, oil painting, surreal, muralist, first Mexican painter to exhibit in the US. Gerardo Murillo Dr. Atl, Oil, (pioneer of "mural" in Mexico). Casino de la Selva Gilberto Aceves Navarro, painter, muralist, professor. Leonardo Nierman, painter and sculptor. Luis Nishizawa, artist (various techniques). Juan O'Gorman, mural (murals at UNAM, Mexico). Pablo O'Higgins, American-Mexican (SEP murals and the National School of Agriculture at Chapingo) muralist. Rodrigo R. Pimentel painter. José Guadalupe Posada, engraving. Alfredo Ramos Martínez, painter and muralist. Verónica Ruiz de Velasco, neofigurative painter and muralist. Juan Soriano "The Mozart of Mexican painting." Francisco Toledo, painter, sculptor and ceramist. Remedios Varo, surrealist painter. Alfredo Zalce, muralist, printmaker and sculptor. Roberto Montenegro. Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin Tlaxcala muralist painter. 21st century Just like many other parts in the world, Mexico has adopted some modern techniques like with the existence of street artists depicting popular paintings from Mexico throughout history or original content. Modern Mexican visual artists Some of painters in this century are: Rafael Cauduro, painter, sculptor, muralist. Roberto Cortazar, visual artist, painter. Mauricio García Vega, painter Eliseo Garza Aguilar,