Frida Kahlo: A Ribbon Around a Bomb

"...excerpts of a play. The play, The Diary of Frida Kahlo, is an English adaptation of Abraham Oceransky's Spanish..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Sundance Review: Frida Expresses Frida Kahlo's Inner Life

Documentary gives a new perspective on her well-known story

"...in many senses of the word – Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, quite literally...."

Jan. 31, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frida Kahlo Inspires Women of Color-Centered Marketplace

Market celebrates "Frida Friday" every month

"...Frida Friday, a women of color-centered market, will celebrate Frida..."

July 12, 2017 Arts Post by Maria Mendez

Day Trips: Frida Kahlo Oasis, San Antonio

Re-creation of the artist's home transports visitors to Mexico

"..."Frida Kahlo Oasis" at the San Antonio Botanical Garden transports..."

July 23, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Frida

"...Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton and Valeria Golino. Frida Kahlo, the Mexican surrealist, feminist icon, bon vivant, and..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Manches Frida

A thief becomes a substitute teacher to get his loot

"...basically an excuse to not talk about No Manches Frida (the title roughly translates to WTF Frida), a broad..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Qmmunity: Paint Your Own Reality

Austin's queer community celebrates Frida Kahlo's legacy with Frida Friday ATX's Viva La Vida Fest

"...Bisexual, Latinx, disabled, and an artist: Frida Kahlo committed her truth to canvas every time she..."

July 22, 2022 Column by James Scott

Okoge

"...is downstairs thumbing through a coffee table book of Frida Kahlo paintings. Thus begin the bonds of a familial..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Good Vibes at Viva La Vida Fest

A recap of Frida Friday’s artful celebration of Frida Kahlo

"...bright, beautiful, and befitting of the day’s patron saint, Frida Kahlo. Viva La Vida Fest went from 5pm until..."

July 25, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

TK Tunchez, Space Creatress

With mercados such as Frida Fridays, this artist and jewelry maker makes room for women of color to share art and build community

"...entrepreneurship and creative collaboration. That's why she began the Frida Friday mercados at Kebabalicious in March, and in May,..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Feature by Leticia Urieta

UT: Major Arts Commissions Announced

Landmarks will get new mural, CoFA a Spanish-language opera

"...from the College of Fine Arts, an opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera...."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Is Everyone on TV Gay?

Plus Contrast Film Fest, Frida Fridays, and more queer magic

"...Frida Friday ATX: Cumple! Homage a la Frida Our fave..."

July 19, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Dinner With Diego's Daughter

"...Diego Rivera. Dr. Rivera Marin is the author of Frida's Fiestas, Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo...."

Sept. 29, 1995 Arts Feature

Ibeyi Transmits

Sisters prove the measure of their society

"...sampled Michelle Obama and your sister reads stuff from Frida Kahlo’s diary. How did all that come about?..."

April 13, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

food-o-file

"...Mexic-Arte Museum featuring the recipes of famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo? Fridamaniacs and Mexican food lovers alike can pay..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Arts Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...Frida’s garden. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo had a deep connection..."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-o-File

In this week's edition of Food-o-File, Austin Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood credits the Austin-based owners of Z'Tejas Grill for their inclusion on Gourmet magazine's list of best restaurants for fun in the Phoenix / Scottsdale area and details several upcoming food events.

"...tickets... Dress up like Mexican artist and cult figure Frida Kahlo to attend the Mexic-Arte Museum 15th Anniversary and..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Performa / Dance's Artist and Muse

Performa / Dance's program of four pensive and sensitive works explored physical and emotional distress and pain in great depth

"...performing, years ago, in Minneapolis choreographer Wynn Fricke's "Two Fridas" as "pivotal." The work, based on Frida Kahlo's painting..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Day Trips

The Outdoor Art Museum reproduces some of the most famous works of the art world on the walls of the little town of Eastland

"...Eastland. The collection includes images by Picasso, Georgia OKeefe, Frida Kahlo, and many others hanging on the outside of..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

No-Cost Travel

Cookbook Heaven II

"...libro! My absolute favorite new cookbook has to be Frida's Fiestas (Clarkson/Potter, $35 hard) - recipes, anecdotes, photos, and..."

July 7, 1995 Arts Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Chavela

A tribute to the life of iconic ranchera singer

"...women, with wives of diplomats and bold-faced names like Frida Kahlo and Ava Gardner among her amorous dalliances. Despite..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stupidity

Could it be?: a study of human stupidity that's not, um …, stupid?

"...how she felt wearing a unibrow while portraying artist Frida Kahlo, Stupidity is relentless in its pursuit of an..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Selections from the Permanent Collection"

Mexic-Arte Museum's showing of selections from its permanent collection is a little confusing in setup and somewhat rough, but there's also something charming about its rusticity.

"...There are the obligatory photos of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo (by Guillermo Zamora), who are no doubt two..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Arts Review by Sam Martin

Blossoms of Fire

"...famous -- from the paintings of Miguel Covarrubias and Frida Kahlo, from their embroidered handicrafts, and from their prominent..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Years With Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes says he can not imagine a world without Shakespeare and Cervantes, but it is impossible to imagine a Mexico without Fuentes.

"...of these very distinct historical voices like Rivera or Frida Kahlo and Xavier Villaurrutia? How much freedom do you..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...of Ghosts and Antwone Fisher, respectively). Salma Hayek shepherded Frida to the screen as both producer and star, and..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Numerous and Curious Tongues

What two new books -- Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America by Jacqueline Barnitz and Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico by Olivier Debroise -- arrive at, like the most chaotic of the Mexican murals, is a body of work that is crammed full of dissonant faces and lives while telling a seductive tale in numerous and curious tongues.

"...muralists and their contemporaries (among them the overanalyzed icon Frida Kahlo) in a manner that is both comprehensive and..."

March 16, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

The Exhibition Switch

"...Due to budgetary constraints, its big fall exhibition, "Guillermo Kahlo 1872-1941," a retrospective look at the career of this..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Column

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

The latest on Texas festivals, swimming holes, and terrifying worms

"...converted barn of three rotating plays occur weekends from Friday, July 30 through Sunday, August 15 with matinee and..."

July 2, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

An Ancestral Flavor

Día de los Muertos: The dead can only consume the 'vapors' emitted by our festive foods, so the rest is for us.

"...reproduce Día de los Muertos specialties traditionally prepared by Frida Kahlo. Inspired by recipes from "Frida's Fiestas," the beautiful..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

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