When Does the New Frida Kahlo Documentary Premiere on Prime Video? Directed by Peruvian filmmaker Carla Gutiérrez, the film is narrated through the words of the Mexican artist Latin Times · Mar 14, 2024
Frida review – intimate dive into artist’s letters is raw and thrilling Voiceovers of Frida Kahlo’s writing give us unprecedented insight into her life as she dealt with chronic pain, divorce, infidelity, miscarriage and commercial success The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024
The big picture: campesinos unite in Tina Modotti’s Mexico The contemporary of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo uses her art to highlight peasant farmers fighting for agrarian reform in this 1927 picture The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023
How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead On April 13, 1944, thousands of people clashed with police on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Conversation · Oct 24, 2023
‘She’s hard to pin down’: the ‘avant-garde It girl’ who became a revolutionary photographer Tina Modotti moved in the same circles as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo but, until now, little was known of the artist and activist whose work was galvanised by her politics The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2023
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution is insightful and beautiful; a reminder of how Anglo-American our conception of modern art is Frida Kahlo devotees, this is your show. There are her paintings aplenty, photographs of her by Imogen Cunningham through to Edward Weston, and film imagery of Kahlo and Rivera as the happy couple. The Conversation · Jul 7, 2023
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution exhibition – a glimpse of Kahlo’s true genius This beautiful show is packed with works by Kahlo, Rivera and their Mexican contemporaries – but it is missing the darker side of her life story The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2023
Mexico City’s mural movement, now a century old, is marked with a major exhibition Between 1922 and 1923, the walls of Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso became the canvases for the emerging movement led by Fermín Revueltas, Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, among others. Chicago Sun-Times · May 8, 2023
‘I tend to avoid moral statements’: the Mexican artist looking at oil, wealth and history At her New York exhibition, Minerva Cuevas looks back through Mexican history and the many companies who have chosen profit over the public good The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2023
TV Tonight: a detective moves to Dublin to investigate her own daughter’s death Paula Malcomson leads brilliant six-parter Redemption. Plus, Comic Relief 2023. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
Becoming Frida Kahlo review – this joyful celebration makes the artist fascinating in a whole new way The seemingly impossible is managed by this gripping three-part series: shining a new light on the Mexican icon. It’s packed with love, art and politics – there’s almost too much to take in The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023
Becoming Frida Kahlo on BBC Two review: documentary reveals the woman behind the icon The painter’s pain is there to see on her canvases, and this documentary sensitively reveals the astonishing life that she poured out in paint Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023
Becoming Frida Kahlo: new BBC documentary paints a compelling portrait of the Mexican artist Nearly 70 years after her death the brilliant Mexican artist Frida Kahlo continues to fascinate for her unique artistic language that interprets her physical and emotional pain, her unconventional relationships with men and women, and her complex marriage to the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023
The 10 most romantic love letters of all time Letters sent by musicians, actors and poets have been shared through the centuries The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023 Frida Kahlo’s husband may have helped her die, reveals Diego Rivera’s grandson The revered Mexican artist’s suffering was so great, she ‘probably’ asked her soulmate to assist in ending her life, documentary is told
Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022 Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s art and life is subject of new immersive exhibit in NYC NEW YORK — Nearly 70 years after her death, the world’s fascination with Frida Kahlo continues to flourish — generating popular culture conversations in ways the groundbreaking Mexican artist would likely not even understand.
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022 Reviving Mexico's groundbreaking muralism a century later Artists in a small Mexican town are using their talents to revive muralism, a movement that put the country at the vanguard of art a century ago
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 29, 2022 Frida Kahlo, a monarch butterfly and flowers brighten a Maywood alley in artist Yekseny Guerrero’s first public mural The decor of the cafe that used to be at 612 Lake St. featured pictures of the Mexican artist and her artist-husband Diego Rivera. Guerrero took her cues from that.
The Conversation · Jul 13, 2022 Swimming in the president’s pool – palaces and power in times of crisis Footage flashed across television and smartphone screens this week showing rowdy crowds of Sri Lankan protesters mobbing the official presidential palace in Colombo.
Bangkok Post · Jun 24, 2022 Mexico's cart ban marks generic shift In April, the government of Mexico City's central Cuauhtémoc alcaldía, or borough, mandated that all its rótulos -- the hand-painted signs decorating street vendors' kiosks -- be erased.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022 Diego Rivera by Francisco de la Mora and José Luis Pescador review – rumbustious hymn to a radical artist The eventful life of Frida Kahlo’s revolutionary husband makes for a rich, energetic graphic biography