Through more than 150 artworks, including Frida’s self-portraits and Diego’s paintings of Mexican life, new exhibition Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera reveals how the artists played a crucial role in defining a new art following the Mexican Revolution.
The exhibition runs at Auckland Art Gallery Sat 15 Oct 2022 — Sun 22 Jan 2023.
Diego Rivera, Calla Lily Vendor 1943. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation (PHOTO: Gerardo Suter)
Diego Rivera, Portrait of Natasha Gelman 1943. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Gerardo Suter)
Diego Rivera, Landscape with Cacti 1931. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Gerardo Suter)
Diego Rivera, Sunflowers 1943. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Gerardo Suter)
Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Monkeys 1943. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Gerardo Suter)
Frida Kahlo, Diego on My Mind (Self-Portrait as Tehuana) 1943. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Gerardo Suter)
Frida Kahlo Masks (Carma I) 1946. Private collection. (PHOTO: Supplied)
Juan Soriano, Girl with Still Life 1939. Private collection. (PHOTO: Supplied)
Lola Alvarez Bravo, Burial at Yalalag (Oaxaca, Mex) 1946. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Supplied)
Nickolas Muray, Frida Kahlo on Bench #5 1939. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Nickolas Muray Photo Archives)
Martin Munkácsi, Frida and Diego 1934. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. (PHOTO: Supplied)
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.
