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Originally posted by Jabe11:
Found their lone Frida, and a portrait of her by Diego.
Only one Rivera and Kahlo?
It's all about expectations. We weren't planning on seeing any Frida paintings. It was only when I realized the breadth and depth of the collection that I thought to search their online archive. So, yes, only one Frida, and we were quite excited to see this smallish, minor work. We are going to plan a trip to Mexico City one of these days, mainly to go to Casa Azul and the Dolores Olmedo.
Rivera, on the other had, was very well represented, maybe two dozen paintings, along with sketches, posters. In the exhibit, there were contemporary works by him and Pablo side by side, in similar styles, sometimes even the same year, punctuated by indigenous Meso-American art/artifacts.
Diego's portrait of Frida was not included in the exhibit, but left in the Art of the Americas building, along with several other of his works. There was a new artist I was turned into in this building, Rufino Tamayo.
The Diego/Rivera exhibit is on til May....you should go if your going to be in SoCal. I know you'd enjoy it. You can swing down afterward for an offline with the SD crew
