The Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney) is delighted to present Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, an exhibition that explores the art – and the relationship – of one of art history’s most celebrated couplings.
“Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection” brings together 33 works by the artists as well as 3 short films; personal letters and 57 photographs documenting Kahlo and Rivera’s lives. The exhibition considers the fruits of their companionship from their artistic output, to their public personas and impact on popular culture.
The lives and work of artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera continue to captivate audiences more than half a century after their deaths. “Fridamania” is alive and well in Sydney with the Gallery experiencing one of the highest-ever advance tickets sales of an exhibition prior to opening.
“Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection” is also accompanied by An unconventional union, a series of performance lectures by Australian artists who will consider the exhibition from a social, historical and political context.
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
25.06.2016 – 09.10.2016
Images courtesy of Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico DF
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