Why are we obsessed with Frida Kahlo? Over the past several decades her popularity has soared. She is one of the most famous female artists in the world, instantly recognizable due to her thrilling self-portraits. Her fame has eclipsed that of her husband, mural painter Diego Rivera, who at the…
When I removed my mother’s pin-striped valance and replaced it with an ornate Victorian curtain my heart skipped a beat. I knew my replacement was too elaborate, but it was my first attempt at getting a foothold into my mother’s Sensible Beige House. My mother had been in assisted living…
Dos Mujeres (Two Women) is the 16th painting by the pioneering Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Painted by Kahlo in 1928, it measures 69 x 53 cm (27 3/8″ x 21″), oil on canvas, and is prominently displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in “The Americas” section. It…