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Sunday, February 19, 2006
Frida Kahlo
CENTRO CULTURAL DE BELÉM (Portugal): 17th February to 14th May 2006
51 years after her death, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) continues to exert a great fascination attraction for her controversial art, difficult loves and physical suffering. After London’s Tate Modern and the Fundación Caixa Galicia in Santiago de Compostela, it is Lisbon’s turn to present the largest and most complete exhibition of Frida Kahlo within the latest decades, with works from the Dolores Olmedo Museum in Mexico, the most important collection in the world of this genial Mexican artist.
Between 1926, when she painted her first self-portrait, and her death in 1954, Kahlo produced around 200 images. Her relationship with the muralist Diego Rivera, whom she married, constituted the initial launching of her career, which however is consolidated by her strength and quality. ...