Largest-ever exhibit of Frida Kahlo work to open in Mexico
The 100th birthday of artist and feminist icon Frida Kahlo will be honored with the largest-ever exhibit of her paintings, the Museum of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico said Tuesday.
"The 354 pieces will be the largest exposition of Frida Kahlo," director of the National Fine Arts Institute Teresa Franco told reporters.
It will also be Kahlo's first comprehensive exhibit in Mexico, she said: After Mexico proclaimed Rivera paintings to be national cultural heritage, foreign owners feared lending her work to Mexico.
Besides one-third of her artistic production, manuscripts and 50 letters that have not been displayed previously, she said.
Works are on loan from Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Nayoga, Japan.
Kahlo (1907-1954) twice married muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) and was a close friend of Russian communist leader Leon Trotsky.
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"The 354 pieces will be the largest exposition of Frida Kahlo," director of the National Fine Arts Institute Teresa Franco told reporters.
It will also be Kahlo's first comprehensive exhibit in Mexico, she said: After Mexico proclaimed Rivera paintings to be national cultural heritage, foreign owners feared lending her work to Mexico.
Besides one-third of her artistic production, manuscripts and 50 letters that have not been displayed previously, she said.
Works are on loan from Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Nayoga, Japan.
Kahlo (1907-1954) twice married muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) and was a close friend of Russian communist leader Leon Trotsky.