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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'fridakahlo'

May 2, 2008

Walking into the Philadelphia Museum of Art's gallery where Frida Kahlo's iconic Las Dos Fridas (The Two Fridas) hangs as part of the PMA's massive Frida Kahlo exhibition brought forth memories of first seeing that memorable painting in Mexico City over 30 years ago. We were first hypnotized by Kahlo back then, and thus approached this show with over three decades of memories about that first visit and also having witnessed Kahlo develop from a......

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April 17, 2008

Fun around town, for $10 or less: We Heart Kahlo: Miro Dance Theatre presents a preview of “Self-Portrait,” a celebration of Frida Kahlo’s life and art at Girard College (2102 S College Ave), 6:30PM. Free Jazz It Up: Off Duty Superheroes at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus (847 N 3rd), 8PM. Free Art and Beer: Philly Brewing Co. teams up with Nexus Gallery for a night of local beer and beer-inspired art at the Crane Arts Building (1400......

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April 2, 2007

Reader F. Lennox Campello tips us off in his blog that our favorite unibrowed artist, Frida Kahlo, will be featured in an exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art sometime in early 2008. It will be "the first American exhibition solely dedicated to Kahlo’s work in over a decade... [and] will explore the relationship between her art and her life by examining hauntingly seductive and often brutal self-portraits in addition to works that amplify her......

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