A brand new museum devoted to the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo will open later this yr on September twenty seventh in Mexico Metropolis. Museo Casa Kahlo, as the brand new house shall be recognized, shall be situated in Casa Roja, a residence subsequent to the artist’s famed dwelling, Casa Azul. The museum intends to supply a private perspective on Kahlo’s adolescence.
Casa Roja was initially acquired by Kahlo’s mother and father and later handed via the household to her grandniece, Mara Romeo Kahlo, who has donated it to the museum. Not like Casa Azul, which focuses on Kahlo’s relationship with Diego Rivera, the brand new house will discover her early years and the affect of her father, Guillermo Kahlo, a photographer. The museum is being designed partly by Rockwell Group and managed by a belief, Fideicomiso de los Museos Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo. The museum shall be an essential new addition to Mexico Metropolis’s artwork scene, which has been rising in stature in recent times.
Frida Kahlo’s grandniece, Mara Romeo Kahlo, and her great-grandnieces, Mara Deanda Kahlo and Frida Hentschel Romeo, traveled to New York to publicize the establishment on Could 21. The announcement was made on the Park Avenue residence of high-profile artwork collectors Christine and Stephen Schwarzman.
“For the primary time, the voice of the household shall be on the coronary heart of how Frida’s story is informed,” Hentschel Romeo informed Vogue. “This museum isn’t nearly her work—it’s about her world. It’s about how the individuals closest to her formed who she turned. And it’s additionally in regards to the dwelling household—these of us who carry her legacy ahead.”
Adán García Fajardo, presently educational director on the Museum of Reminiscence and Tolerance in Mexico Metropolis, has been appointed as director of Museo Casa Kahlo. The mission is being supported by Fundación Kahlo, a nonprofit based by the household and based mostly in New York. The muse plans to launch two applications: the Kahlo Artwork Prize, a biennial award for modern artists, and Las Ayudas, a grant initiative.
