Arts & Entertainment

High to Display Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera

Exhibition is set to open Feb. 16, 2013.

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After securing major exhibitions in recent years featuring famed artists including Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol and Picasso, the Midtown-based art museum is gearing up for another wondrous display in 2013.

The High on Wednesday announced it's organizing a special exhibition featuring more than 75 artworks from Mexican modern artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

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Called "Frida & Diego," the exhibition is set to run from Feb. 16 to May 12, 2013. The High is the only U.S. venue for the display.

"Frida & Diego marks the first time important work by two influential Mexican artists will be shown in the Southeast.” Michael E. Shapiro, the High's director, said in a release.

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"By working with Art Gallery of Ontario, the High Museum of Art continues its commitment to collaborative partnerships that bring great works of art from around the world to Atlanta."

Here's more about the artists from the High:

Few artists have captured the public’s imagination with the force of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) and her husband, the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera (1886–1957). “Frida & Diego” positions their work within the political and artistic contexts of their time. The myths that surrounded them during their lifetime arose not only from their significant body of work, but also from their active participation in the historical happenings around them. Their art speaks of a fierce loyalty to and pride in Mexico, the ideals of the 1910 Mexican Revolution and their commitment to the conditions of the common man.


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