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This Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Could Become the Most Expensive Work by a Female Artist Ever Sold at Auction

Kahlo painted The Dream (The Bed) during a year of “intense personal trauma and creative renewal,” according to a statement from Sotheby’s. The year 1940 was when revolutionary Leon Trotsky, Kahlo’s ...
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Ofelia Medina Brings the Inner Life of Frida Kahlo to ‘Frida: Naturaleza Viva’

Naturaleza Viva immerses viewers in Kahlo’s world, blending memory, art, and life through Ofelia Medina’s majestic ...

As a Bay Area real estate mogul stands accused of fraud, his favored lender comes under scrutiny

Indicted investment adviser Ken Mattson built his real estate empire in large part on loans from hard-money lender Socotra ...
The Nation

How Should We Remember the Art of Ben Shahn?

Caught between his political and aesthetic commitments, the painter, photographer, and illustrator has suffered the fate of ...

Frida Kahlo’s Prequel: A New Museum Shows Her Family Roots

In a former residence in Mexico City, passed down through the Kahlo family, it presents an intimate side of the Mexican ...

The Kahlo family opens the doors of their house, inviting visitors to Frida’s beloved basement

As a child, Frida Kahlo loved to collect insects and use a microscope to see their wings. That microscope is in the basement ...

PBS doc explores the many lives of 'Omara: Cuba's Legendary Diva'

Premiering on Friday, this new documentary tells the story of Omara Portuondo, the legendary Afro-Cuban chanteuse who rose to ...

Fifty years later, Cal players recall Bears' best team that was denied a bowl berth

Members of the 1975 Cal football team will gather in Berkeley this weekend, sharing memories of Joe Roth, Chuck Muncie and ...

Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait Is About To Shatter Records At Nearly $60 Million

If it hits the high estimate, it would beat her own record set by Diego y yo ($34.9 million in 2021). It could even surpass ...