• Frida Kahlo, her photos

    08 Dec 18 - 10 Feb 19
Overview

Overview

Bendigo Art Gallery
42 View Street, Bendigo VIC 3550
08 Dec 18 - 10 Feb 19
  • Monday
    10:00am - 5:00pm
    Tuesday
    10:00am - 5:00pm
    Wednesday
    10:00am - 5:00pm
    Thursday
    10:00am - 5:00pm
    Friday
    10:00am - 5:00pm
    Saturday
    10:00am - 5:00pm
    Sunday
    10:00am - 5:00pm
    Christmas day: Closed
FREE

Drawn from the extensive archive of the Casa Azul (Blue House) this exhibition includes highlights from the personal collection of Frida Kahlo. The interests and obsessions that Kahlo grappled with throughout her life are reflected in this series of photographs: her family, her fascination for Diego Rivera and other loves, her crippled body and medical science, her friends and enemies, political struggles and art, the pre-Columbian past and her great love for Mexico and its traditions.

The exhibition reveals Kahlo’s passion for collecting historical photographs as reference material for her work, as well as the photographs of contemporaries including Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Fritz Henle, Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Pierre Verger, and Lola and Manuel Álvarez.

Frida Kahlo, her photos is exclusive to Bendigo Art Gallery in Australia from the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Museums, and is toured by Terra Esplêndida.  The Bank of Mexico is the fiduciary of the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums.

Banco de México Fiduciario en el Fideicomiso relativo a los Museos Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo

**Frida at the age of 5**, Anonymous, 1912 © Frida Kahlo Museum
**Frida Kahlo**, by Lola Álvarez Bravo, ca. 1944 © Frida Kahlo Museum
**Frida painting the portrait of her father**, by Gisèle Freund, 1951 © Frida Kahlo Museum

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