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Frida Kahlo’s none-too-subtle salute to her affair with Leon Trotsky
You’ll be richly rewarded. Frida Kahlo, “Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky” (1937), oil on Masonite, 30 x 24 in. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of the Honorable Clare ...
'Frida ... A Self Portrait' tells Kahlo's story with blunt candor, and sometimes silence
Frida … A Self Portrait,” which opened Friday at Glencoe’s Writers Theatre, digs deep into her life. In the 75-minute, ...
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Rare and loving photos of Frida Kahlo capture the artist and feminist icon in the last years of her life
Above: Frida at work (©Gisèle Freund / IMEC / Fonds MCC) Kahlo turned to painting after she was severely ... with the exiled Russian leader Leon Trotsky (he and his wife lived with the couple ...
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A new film tells Frida Kahlo's story in her own words for the first time
Frida Kahlo's distinct image and iconic paintings are omnipresent art symbols ... her romance with the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, and some of her first memories questioning the Catholic ...
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Why does Frida Kahlo’s story still resonate with so many modern women?
The Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky lived with them for a while. Mexico has a strong tradition of artists involving themselves with politics: Frida ... Kahlo’s life, so when we look at her ...