{"id":10335,"date":"2013-09-29T02:11:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T00:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=10335"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:26:11","slug":"copenhagen-frida-kahlo-a-live-in-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/copenhagen-frida-kahlo-a-live-in-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen: Frida Kahlo &#8211; A Live In Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AdelaFormosa_1929.jpg\" alt=\"Lady in White by Frida Kahlo\" width=\"570\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AdelaFormosa_1929.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AdelaFormosa_1929-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Portrait of Lady in White by Frida Kahlo, 1929. Identified as Adela Formoso de Obreg\u00f3n Santacilia. Photo by Birthe Havmoeller.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you like photos of Frida Kahlo, go see the exhibtion <em>Frida Kahlo &#8211; A Live In Art<\/em> at Arken Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen. There are more photos of Frida than paintings by her at this exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The Arken&#8217;s press release read: &#8216;Strong and independent, she (Frida Kahlo) is an inspirational role model. The exhibition offers a look at Kahlo\u2019s oeuvre through a number of her most iconic self-portraits, drawings, pages from her diary as well as jewelry and dresses from her time. The works reflect her tragic life, embracing a horrible traffic accident and countless surgeries, tormented love for the artist Diego Rivera, affairs with both men and women, miscarriages and childlessness, as well as political activism&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>I was hoping that Arken would tell a somewhat queer \/ feminist story about bisexual Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), but unfornately they told the old story: Frida loves Diego and Diego is a jerk, because he has affairs with other women&#8230; and Frida is unhappy (had affairs with both men and women throughout her turbulent marriage to Diego).<\/p>\n<p>However, I was happy to see Frida&#8217;s <em>Portrait of Lady in White, a<\/em> painting of feminist activist Adela Formoso de Obreg\u00f3n Santacilia (see above), who fought for the womens rights and was a highly respected woman in Mexico around 1930.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, which runs through January 12, 2014, also presentes some of Frida&#8217;s colorfull Mexican dresses (see photo below), some of her works on paper, and works by Diego <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rivera<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Fridas_dresses.jpg\" alt=\"exhibition view\" width=\"570\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Fridas_dresses.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Fridas_dresses-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Frida Kahlo &#8211; A Live In Art at Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. Exhibition view. Photo by Birthe Havmoeller.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feminine Moments went to see &#8216;Frida Kahlo &#8211; A Live In Art&#8217; at Arken Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen. 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