Posts Tagged ‘frida kahlo’
Tamayo Paintings Sold for Millions
11:37 am By Maegan La Mala · Arts|Culture|mexico|New York · Comments Off
30 May 2008
Mexican master painter Rufino Tamayo is known worldwide for his amazing work, though not necessarily as famous in the U.S. as other Mexican artists who have had a lot marketing dollars behind them. But appreciation for Tamayo’s work has been shown this week in New York, at least in terms of dollars:
The painting “The Watermelon Eater” sold today for a final price of 3.6 million dollars, with commission included, during a Latin American art auction in Sotheby’s New York headquarters.
But that was a meager amount in comparison to the Tamayo piece “Trovador”, which sold on Wednesday for some 7.2 million dollars. That sale has established a new world sales record for the auction of a piece of Latin American art.
Via / El Universal
How Much Frida-Mania is too much?
3:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Arts|Controversia|Fashion|Marketing|mexico|Shopping|Women · Comments Off
21 Feb 2008
As a Latina artist, I thought that naming a tequila after legendary Mexicana artista Frida Kahlo was crossing a line. A bus trying to bring attention to women’s issues? A little closer to the spirit of Frida. A skin care line? Not so much. Yet that’s the latest thing to have the tragic artista’s name attached to it.
Gropers beware: The Fridabus takes Mexico City
10:03 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture|Marketing|mexico|society|Women · Comments Off
11 Jul 2007Earlier this week we talked about the latest attempts to raise the profile of Frida Kahlo in the world, in honor of the 100th anniversary of her birth. While some might say that this is all too much, Mexico City thinks not. They’ve converted some of their city buses into “Fridabúses” — moving shrines honoring the painter. According to Mexico City blog DFinitivo, the buses also serve an altruistic purpose:
The Fridabúses are the first step in exalting important women in history involved in education, science and the struggle for women’s rights — women whose actions strengthened equal gender rights.
Fridamania around the world
11:38 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Arts|Culture|World · Comments Off
9 Jul 2007
As Mexico celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the birth of one of its most famous artists, Frida Kahlo, the rest of the world is also celebrating. Friday retrospectives, exhibits and other events are happening across the globe. Mexico City’s El Universal reports:
In the United States, an exhibit of 45 oil painting will tour the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis, the MOMA in San Francisco and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington will show 10 of her letters and 25 unpublished photos of personal items. In New York, the Cafe Frida restaurant and the Leo Matiz Foundation will present an exhibit of photos of Friday taken by Matiz. In Brazil there will be a play by Maura Baiocchi: Frida Kahlo – A woman of stone gives birth at night.
Mexican Left: Frida belongs to us
11:08 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Arts|Controversia|mexico|Politics · 2 Comments
21 Jun 2007
A one hundred year retrospective of the life and art of Frida Kahlo at Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes was the site of political unrest yesterday, as supporters of leftist ex-candidate for the Mexican presidency, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (referred to by his supporters as the “legitimate President of Mexico) gathered to protest the arrival of President Felipe Calderón and his guests. Calderón and a slew of his cronies, among them some celebrities, were attending a special event in honor of the Kahlo exhibit and were the subject of insults as they entered. Mexico City’s La Jornada paints an excellent picture of how things played out:
The biggest examples of aggression happened on the East side of the building, next to the Alameda Central park and at one of the entrances in which the protestors alternated between chants against the President and in favor of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and insults towards those who were going in: “¡lambiscones!” “¡cucarachas!” y “¡lamehuevos del espurio!”
Largest-ever Art Exhibit de la Frida Kahlo
8:17 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Arts|mexico · Comments Off
8 Jun 2007
Artist and legend Frida Kahlo celebrates her 100th birthday this year and Mexico City is set to celebrate her with the largest-ever exhibit of her paintings at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The 354 pieces displayed include one-third of her artistic production, manuscripts, and fifty personal letters never before displayed in public. The exhibit is tentatively slated to open June 13, 2007 until August 19, 2007, just in time for summer travel.
Via / BrownPride.com
Frida’s “Roots” sets record
29 May 2006
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s piece entitled “Roots” has set a record for being the most expensive Latino painting sold to date:
A painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $5.6-million (U.S.), setting a new record for the artist and for a Latin American work of art at auction.Roots, among Kahlo’s few full-length self-portraits, was sold to an anonymous phone bidder at Sotheby’s auction house Wednesday evening. The 1943 oil-on-metal shows the artist reclining in a bright orange dress with leafy roots growing out of her body into the ground — a symbol of being nourished by the Earth. It had never before appeared on the public market, Sotheby’s said.
The previous record for a Latin American work of art at auction also was for a Kahlo work, Self-Portrait, executed in 1929. It sold for $5-million, Sotheby’s said.
Via / Globe and Mail
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