| International Standard Book Number |
9780300286366 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0300286368 (hardcover)
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| Title Statement |
Frida : the making of an icon / edited by Mari Carmen Ramirez ; with essays by Gannit Ankori, Angelica Becerra, Arden Decker, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Circe Henestrosa, Magali Lara, Miguel A. Lopez, Monica Mayer, Jaime Moreno Villarreal, James Oles, Mari Carmen Ramirez, Luis Vargas-Santiago, Charlene Villasenor Black, and Adriana Zavala.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Houston, Texas : New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, The Museum of Fine Arts ; 2026.
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| Physical Description |
399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm.
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| General Note |
"Published in 2026 by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ... in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London"--Colophon.
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| General Note |
"This book accompanies the exhibition Frida: The Making of an Icon, presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from January 19 to May 17, 2026; and Tate Modern, London, from June 25, 2026 to January 3, 2027"--Colophon.
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| General Note |
"This exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"--Colophon.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-385) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Foreword / Gary Tinterow -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders, exhibition team -- The making of a (plural) icon ; The exhibition / Mari Carmen Ramirez -- Construction, self-construction -- Frida Kahlo's multiple selves and her poetics of identity and fragmentation / Gannit Ankori -- Frida Kahlo's sartorial shifts / James Oles -- Surrealist affinities -- Frida in Paris, 1939 : the reception of a "feminine" kind of art / Jaime Moreno Villarreal -- On the other side of the border -- Chicana Frida / Adriana Zavala and Angelica Becerra -- Frida Kahlo, Chicanx artists, and indigeneity / Charlene Villasenor Black -- Gendered dialogues -- Decolonizing feminist perspectives on Frida Kahlo / Cecilia Fajardo-Hill -- Why we love Frida so much / Magali Lara and Monica Mayer in conversation with Cecilia Fajardo-Hill and Mari Carmen Ramirez -- Neo-Mexicanisms -- Frida and the fragmenting of the self in Mexican art in the 1980s / Luis Vargas-Santiago -- Fridamania -- Frida for all : Kahlo as commodity / Arden Decker -- A pro-activist legacy -- Staying alive and struggling together : erotic appropriations of Frida Kahlo / Miguel A. Lopez -- Phantom limbs : Frida Kahlo's art, fashion, and disability / Gannit Ankori and Circe Henestrosa -- Selected documents -- Featured works -- Selected bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Credits -- Colophon.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Few artists have shaped popular culture as profoundly as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), whose striking self-portraits and deeply personal symbolism have captivated audiences for decades. Remembered, too, for her tumultuous marriage to fellow artist Diego Rivera and her passionate political activism, Kahlo's legacy transcends her artistic oeuvre. To this day, contemporary artists draw on Kahlo's life and work for creative inspiration. Showcasing Kahlo's paintings alongside the work of other artists from around the world and from midcentury to today, Frida: The Making of an Icon investigates the profound and lasting nature of Kahlo's impact. With essays by leading researchers, scholars, and curators, Frida: The Making of an Icon is the first major examination of how Kahlo became a global icon and an important artistic influence, especially beginning in the 1970s. In seven sections, addressing themes from Kahlo's role as a gender-fluid intellectual to her political activism, and including conversations with contemporary artists Magali Lara and MoÌnica Mayer, this important book celebrates and bridges the complexities of her iconic status and cultural, political, commercial, and artistic legacy."--Publisher's website.
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| Language note |
In English.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Kahlo, Frida Exhibitions.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Kahlo, Frida Influence Exhibitions.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Surrealist artists Mexico Exhibitions.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Painting, Mexican 20th century Exhibitions.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Tinterow, Gary, writer of foreword.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Ankori, Gannit, contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Decker, Arden, contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia, contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Henestrosa, Circe, contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Lara, Magali, 1956- contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Moreno Villarreal, Jaime, 1956- contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Oles, James, contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Zavala, Adriana, Ph.D., contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Ramirez, Mari Carmen, 1955- editor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Becerra, Angelica, contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Lopez, Miguel A., 1983- contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Mayer, Monica, 1954- contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Vargas Santiago, Luis Adrian, contributor.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Villasenor Black, Charlene, 1962- contributor.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution, publisher.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Yale University Press, publisher.
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