Fabián Cháirez (born 13 December 1987)[1] is a Mexican plastic artist known for his paintings on sexuality and traditional masculinity, machismo.

[10] Cháirez's 2014 30 by 20 centimetres (11.8 in × 7.9 in) oil painting La Revolución [es] depicts Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata posing pin-up style wearing only a pink sombrero and high heels made of pistols atop an erect horse.

On 10 December 2019, a group of around 200 protesters gathered at the Palace, blocking its entrance and demanding that the work be removed or burned, some using homophobic slurs.

Then president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, addressed the controversy at a press conference, rejecting the violence and calls for the piece to be removed.

[11] In January 2020, the work was acquired by Spanish businessman and collector Tatxo Benet and put in his Colección de Arte Prohibido (lit.

[9] Cháirez's 2025 exhibition La venida del Señor at the Academy of San Carlos of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) was composed of nine large oil paintings created between 2018 and 2023.

[5] The Association of Christian Lawyers (AAC) filed a complaint against Cháirez with the National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED), alleging his work violated the Mexican Constitution's Article 24 that protects religious freedom.

[17] On 3 March 2025, a federal judge granted the AAC a temporary suspension order against the exhibit, giving the UNAM 24 hours to enforce it.