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Frida selected by Mac/Ccb for "31 Women. An Exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim" in Lisbon, Portugal
26 February 2025 | 29 June 2025Exhibition organised by Fundación MAPFRE of Madrid in collaboration with MAC/CCB, with an exceptional loan from Guggenheim' s "The 31 Women Collection" of 1943.
The project indeed recalls and pays homage to the historic ‘Exhibition by 31 Women’, which US collector Peggy Guggenheim organised in her Art of This Century gallery in New York in 1943. Historic because, in a period marked by war and instability, it was the first in the United States to focus exclusively on the work of women artists, a turning point therefore in the history of art. With an innovative vision, Peggy Guggenheim not only challenged the conventions of her time, in an artistic landscape dominated by men, but also helped to legitimise women's creativity and contribution to art, whereas women had often been dismissed as the muses or companions of famous artists. Not only a celebration of female talent, therefore, but a true manifesto of artistic independence.
The collection is curated by Jenna Segal and features European and American women artists, both established and emerging talents at the time, many linked to Surrealism and Abstractionism, including Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Tanning, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Leonor Fini, Hedda Sterne and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
Presenting not only works of art, but also historical documents and archive materials, curator Patricia Mayayo traces the history and impact of the 1943 exhibition, exploring its cultural and political legacy.
Logistic and other details at the link below.
