Tag: Frida Kahlo

Frida: The Making of an Icon

Don’t be distracted by the unnecessary fillers and ‘Fridamania’ paraphernalia – the 30-plus works by Kahlo, hidden among this dross, more than hold their own
Hormazd Narielwalla – interview: ‘True, he’s physically not here, but Bowie, the god, is still with us’

The artist talks about capturing the essence of David Bowie, through the creation of his trademark paper-pattern collages, in his most recent, limited-edition artist’s book
Artemisia

Long-known for her autobiography, visceral and violent, yet strongly feminine portrayals of Apocryphal heroines, and her self-portraits in the guises of various martyrs, the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi is finally being celebrated for her full four-decade career as a…
Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-45

Following the Mexican Revolution of 1920, art that reflected the country’s traditions and social ideals blossomed – and, for a while, the US fervently embraced it
Silvia Ziranek – interview: ‘I enjoy appearance, colour, shape and form – and I love dressing up’

The artist discusses her approach to objects and performance, to writing and performing, and to language, the absurdity in life – and the colour pink
Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde

Modern Couples attempts to retell the story of the modernist avant-garde through creative relationships. But is its intellectual impact marred by its massive scale?
Alge Julija Kavaliauskaitė: ‘There is something about glass that I am continually drawn to’

Kavaliauskaitė, originally from Lithuania but now living in Finland, talks about art and alchemy, haunted mansions, her latest exhibition and why she was drawn to live in Nuutajärvi, a village famous for its glass-blowing
Helen Flockhart: ‘Art doesn’t have to be large to be powerful’

The Scottish painter on her time at Glasgow School of Art in the 80s, being influenced by conventional artists as well as models from knitting patterns, and how she produces her detailed, labour intensive works
Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera

Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 9 July–8 October 2011
Frida Kahlo

Tate Modern, London 9 June – 9 October 2005