The Meaning of Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portraits?

An art history deep dive on Frida Kahlo’s “The Two Fridas” (Las Dos Fridas) currently at The Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City.

This painting is one of only two large canvases ever painted by Kahlo and is a double self-portrait done at the time of her divorce from Diego Rivera. Frida Kahlo was an artist who put herself into her art; the artist and the muse. She was a feminist, a political activist and a painter who endured several physical emotional and psychological traumas in her lifetime yet through her pain, she suffered and created timeless and intimate works of art. 

If you’d like to learn more about Frida Kahlo and this amazing piece, click the links below!

MORE INFORMATION:
Frida Kahlo: Portrait of Chronic Pain – https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/97/1/90/2896952
Not Forgotten: Frida Kahlo – https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/obituaries/archives/frida-kahlo
Frida Kahlo’s Subversion of Retablo and Ex-voto Tradition – http://www.hasta-standrews.com/features/2020/11/11/in-the-absence-of-miracle-frida-kahlos-subversion-of-retablo-and-ex-voto-tradition
Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair – https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/learn/courses/Frida.pdf

Check out similar videos:
[Great Art Explained] Frida Kahlo’s ‘The Two Fridas’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKR2cHmlPY&t=2s&ab_channel=GreatArtExplained
[Nerdwriter1] Frida Gets Personal – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N14yiuJ9v-o&t=331s&ab_channel=Nerdwriter1
[Perspective Arts] In Search of Frida Kahlo – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZEA0Jtgd6c&ab_channel=Perspective

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