My Dress Hangs There, 1933
Frida Kahlo
Join Mexican art historian Rita Eder as she explores Frida Kahlo’s engagement with science, architecture, theology, material, and artistic techniques through the paintings My Dress Hangs There (1933), Roots (1943), and Moses (1945).
The sophisticated interplay of knowledge, aesthetics, and cultural critique in these paintings challenges traditional narratives around her often autobiographical work and offers a multidimensional vision of Kahlo’s art and identity.
Programming for Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds is made possible by the Frank J. Mooney Memorial Fund.
About the Speaker
Rita Eder is a Mexican art historian and researcher emeritus at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas at la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She is cited widely in her field, has organized international seminars sponsored by the Getty Research Institute, and served on the Getty’s advisory committee from 2008–2015. Eder has published several books and articles on Latin American modern and contemporary Art. Her latest book in press is on the Mexican artist and anthropologist, Miguel Covarrubias.
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