8.20.2007

Mexicans Line Up Around the Block to See Frida

Palacio de Bellas Artes

This was the scene on the last day of the centennary Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. People waited up to seven hours to see the largest ever collection of Kahlo's artworks and artifacts, which included 65 oil paintings and over 100 photographs. More than 420,000 people saw the exhibit over the course of two months,  smashing the attendance record (323,000) set by the three-month Goya exhibition. I think Frida would have liked that.


Frida painting a portrait of her father. Coyoacan, 1952.

Sources:
La Jornada
ArtLine.ro
People's Daily Online