In celebration of 100 years since Frida Kahlo’s birth, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Mexico City will host the most complete exhibition of Kahlo’s works. The exhibit which opened on June 13, and will run for two months, is comprised of 354 of her works, including 50 handwritten letters, 100 photographs of the artist, as well as a collection of paintings never exhibited before.
Frida Kahlo is one of the most widely recognized Mexican artists. She was born July 6, 1907 to a German father of Hungarian Jewish decent and to a mother of Spanish and Native American heritage. Just before her divorce from Diego Rivera in 1940, Kahlo depicted balancing between the two cultures in her 1939 double self-portrait, Dos Fridas. On the right, she is dressed in Mexican peasant clothing. This was the half of Kahlo that Rivera loved. Starting from the miniature Rivera that she holds in her hand, an artery coils around her arm and passes behind the weeping heart of her other half, the half of her heritage that Rivera could not accept. While holding the hand of her Mexican counterpart, this Western half tries with no avail to stop the flow of blood from the shared artery.
According to Kahlo, “There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.” They remained separated for one year but then remarried in 1941.
Beautiful paintings and her unique style and colors. She was a great women a women ahead of her time. Her paints reflect her heart and soul and the pain that she endure in her life. I live in New York City and I had the opportunity to see the movie Frida, which I loved her story, she was and will be a great artist, time will not erase the magic of her art. Bravo, excelente.