Frida Kahlo, 1938
Nickolas Muray. Private collection. Courtesy of the Nickolas Muray Estate. Photo by Jamie Stukenberg
In conjunction with the exhibition Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds, join exhibition co-curator Alivé Piliado Santana and Interpretation’s Nancy Chen for a conversation about the friends and rivals of Frida Kahlo’s artistic circles in Mexico City and in Paris.
Please note that this program includes a visit to the galleries but not the exhibition. Participants are encouraged to visit the exhibition on their own prior to the program.
about the speakers
Alivé Piliado Santana is curatorial associate at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, part of the Advancing Latinx Art in Museums initiative. At the Art Institute, she co-curated Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds in collaboration with Caitlin Haskell and Tamar Kharatishvili as a research associate in Modern and Contemporary Art. Piliado has also worked as a curator at national art museums in Mexico City and has contributed to numerous international exhibitions on modern Mexican art.
Nancy Chen is associate director of Gallery Activation in Interpretation at the Art Institute of Chicago. She organizes gallery programs that encourage adult and multigenerational audiences to meaningfully and creatively connect with artworks across the museum’s vast collections.
