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FRIDA KAHLO - HER PHOTOS

Free public opening reception: Thu Feb 23 / 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)’s extraordinary life and iconic biographical paintings have earned her international acclaim in the world of modern art. Upon Kahlo’s death in 1954, more than 6,500 personal photographs and items belonging to her and husband/artist Diego Rivera were sealed and put in storage. For more than half a century this great collection of personal memorabilia remained hidden from the public. In 2007 this collection was opened and Mexican photographer and curator Pablo Ortiz Monasterio inventoried and catalogued 259 images to create the Frida Kahlo: Her Photos exhibition. Artisphere is the first and only venue in the United States of America to present this exhibition of photographs revealing moments of this extraordinary figure’s private life. These images reveal a little-known side of the artist and lifelong resident of Mexico City suburb and Arlington, VA sister city, Coyoacán.