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Mexico Celebrates Frida Kahlo

Mexico Celebrates Frida Kahlo

Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes museum is hosting a 2-month exhibition of artist Frida Kahlo's work, marking 100 years since her birth.  Kahlo (1907-1954) was born in Mexico City and has been recognized as an intellectual and social activist.  As a painter, she depicted Mexico's indigenous culture in a style combining realism, symbolism, and surrealism.  The Bellas Artes exhibition, the largest ever of her work, runs through August 19th.

Photo:  Frida Kahlo and her husband, artist Diego Rivera, in 1932