The latest from Mattel suggests another 20th-century artist has become just a recognizable style easily packaged for kids.
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After Frida Kahlo Barbie Debacle, Licensing Company Sues Artist’s Relative
The Frida Kahlo Corporation is suing the artist’s great niece, claiming she is falsely presenting herself as someone who has the power to grant licensing permits for Kahlo’s name and image.
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Judge in Mexico Blocks Sales of the New Frida Kahlo Barbie
A temporary injunction has been issued against marketing or selling Mattel’s doll of the famous Surrealist artist until a dispute over rights to her image is resolved.
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160 Years Before the Frida Kahlo Barbie, a Rosa Bonheur Doll Celebrated a Queer Woman Painter
Victorian-era American girls loved the porcelain-faced version of Bonheur, which by the 1860s was a hit.
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Toymaker Omits Frida Kahlo’s Iconic Unibrow in New Barbie Doll
While the Frida Kahlo Corporation sanctioned the doll, the artist’s great-niece isn’t happy with the appearance of the toy.
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A New Barbie Doll Channels Andy Warhol
Leave it to Mattel, the maker of the Barbie doll, to fulfill Andy Warhol’s famous wish to be plastic.
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No False I-Dolls: Religious Barbie Show Ken’t Go On
Two Argentinian artists are facing vehement criticism for creating Barbie dolls inspired by religious figures, and the Buenos Aires gallery planning to exhibit them has cancelled the show ahead of its opening.