[NYTr] Frida Khalo Centennial Remembered in Cuba
 
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:58:35 -0500 (CDT)

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See also Smithsonian Magazine: In honor of National Hispanic Heritage
Week, the Smithsonian has this article on Frida:

http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2007/september/kahlo.php

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Frida Khalo Centennial Remembered in Cuba

Havana, September 13 (acn) The Week of Mexican Culture in Cuba 
commenced with an international symposium on Frida Khalo entitled "A 
Ribbon Wrapped Around a Bomb," celebrating the centennial of Kahlo's 
birth and the 50th anniversary of her husband, Diego Rivera.

Dr. Teresa del Conde, a researcher from the National Autonomous 
University of Mexico (UNAM), opened the two-day forum with a lecture 
entitled Rereading Frida, reports Granma newspaper.

The UNAM professor spoke about Khalo's relationship with Rivera --"one 
of care, interdependence and mutual admiration"-- and her significance 
as a symbol. "[Frida] is not only a symbol, but also a sign; a woman 
who suffered, but whose artist work achieved a perfection rarely seen 
and in which she never believed."

Dr. del Conde, a first cousin of Antonio "El Cuate" del Conde who 
supported the Cuban revolutionaries of the Granma yacht expedition, 
recalled the legend of a sensuous woman who also left the imprint of 
countless lovers.

"[Frida's] paintings were at the same time absolutely personal, naC/ve 
and deeply metaphoric; derived from her impassioned sensitivity and 
from several events that marked her life," said del Conde.

Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907-July 13, 1954) wanted to be a physician in 
the first place, but a painful car accident, which would leave its mark 
throughout her life, left her a permanent semi-invalid and awakened her 
desire to paint. It also led her to strengthen her eternal union with 
Diego Rivera, the first person who believed in the value of her 
paintings.

 
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