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NMWA hosts an online exhibition of photographs and letters between Frida Kahlo and her mother
10 May 2020
The National Museum of Women in the Arts has partnered with Google Arts and Culture to host an online exhibition of photographs and letters between Frida Kahlo and her mother, Matilde Calderón de Kahlo, including a letter the artist wrote when she had arrived in Los Angeles, in which she writes about her health problems and adjusting to life in the US. “You, more than anybody, know how much pleasure it gives me to receive letters from all of you, and especially from you, so don’t quit writing to me,” Frida writes.
The show, called "Mamacita Linda: Letters between Frida Kahlo and her Mother", aims to demonstrate the warm bond between Frida and her mother, despite previous scholarly characterisations of their strained relationship and a historical emphasis on Kahlo’s close-knit relationship with her father, the photographer Guillermo Kahlo.
Follow this link to see the virtual exhibition in the Google Arts & Culture website.
