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At a Frida Kahlo Show in Brooklyn, the Personal Is Commercial (and Sponsored by Revlon)

Avatar photo by Stephanie Huber May 7, 2019May 8, 2019

Zeitgeisty is perhaps the best word to describe the Brooklyn Museum’s popular exhibition, which takes for granted the idea that Kahlo’s artwork is merely an extension of her constructed persona.

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Can This System Hold the “Keys” to Modern Art?

Avatar photoby Angelica FreyMarch 5, 2019September 16, 2020

Simon Morley’s new book presents a seven-tiered analytical framework that aims to make even the most inscrutable works of modern art accessible.

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In Brooklyn, a Symphony Plays Some of Frida Kahlo’s Favorite Songs

Avatar photo by Deena ElGenaidi February 19, 2019

This weekend at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra will perform a series of pieces in celebration of the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving.

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Frida Kahlo’s Friendship with Dorothea Lange Was Good for Her Health

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick January 16, 2019January 15, 2019

Lange granted the younger artist an enduring gift: an introduction to a man who would become her lifelong physician and trusted friend, respected thoracic surgeon Dr. Leo Eloesser.

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A Frida Kahlo Exhibition Will Open for an Uninterrupted 48 Hours in London

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber October 11, 2018October 11, 2018

The event, which costs £17 (~$22), might not have sat well with the communist painter.

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New Online Exhibition Chronicles the Many Facets of Frida Kahlo’s Life and Work

Avatar photo by Monica Uszerowicz May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

Faces of Frida, a partnership between Google Arts & Culture and 33 partner museums, brings together some 800 artifacts from ultra-high resolution images of her work to personal objects and rarely-seen photos.

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The Art and Friendship of Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti in a Laura Mulvey Documentary

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino May 15, 2018

In 1984, feminist filmmaker Laura Mulvey made an essayistic movie about these two artists who lived and worked in post-revolutionary Mexico.

The Frida Kahlo Barbie (photo courtesy Mattel)
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After Frida Kahlo Barbie Debacle, Licensing Company Sues Artist’s Relative

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 9, 2018

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.

Left: Frida Kahlo in 1932 (photo by Guillermo Kahlo, courtesy Sotheby's, via Wikimedia Commons); right: the Frida Kahlo Barbie doll (courtesy Mattel)
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Judge in Mexico Blocks Sales of the New Frida Kahlo Barbie

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 20, 2018

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

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

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

by Elena Goukassian March 9, 2018March 9, 2018

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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Snapchat Creates a Frida Kahlo Filter for International Women’s Day

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian March 8, 2017

Snapchat added three filters to celebrate famous women for International Women’s Day.

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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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