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

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

by Jasmine Weber October 11, 2018October 11, 2018

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

Posted inNews

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Posted inNews

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

by Hrag Vartanian March 8, 2017

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

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Painting a Fuller, More Complicated History of Mexican Modern Art

by Anne Blood November 29, 2016November 30, 2016

An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Arts explores the many strands of Mexican modern art, shedding light on artists and movements beyond the best-known muralists.

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A Set Designer on Recreating Frida Kahlo’s Home

by Lara Zarum October 1, 2015September 30, 2015

“That’s the home she grew up in with her family, and that’s the home she returned to at the end of her life. It was a wonderful oasis of all things Mexican: color, nature, food. There’s a vitality about the space.”

Posted inPerformance

If Frida Kahlo Smoked a Blunt with Sylvia Plath

by Daniel Larkin August 17, 2015August 20, 2015

Sylvia Plath once got blazed with Frida Kahlo. This is the setting of Musas, which invites us to be a fly on the wall and listen in on these women’s conversations as they smoke, eat, play, and work.

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