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Frida Kahlo's intimate belongings go on display at the V&A
More than 200 items on show include artist’s makeup, clothes, jewellery – and a prosthetic leg
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
Wed 7 Mar 2018 19.01 EST
Clothes, jewellery, makeup and a defiantly red-leather-booted prosthetic leg belonging to Frida Kahlo, which were sealed in her house for more than 50 years, are to be shown at the V&A in London, the first time they will have been seen outside Mexico.
The museum on Thursday announced details of a major show exploring one of the most recognised artists and women of the 20th century.
Claire Wilcox, senior curator of fashion at the V&A, said Kahlo was an important “countercultural and feminist symbol” and being able to exhibit the items from Mexico was “a huge privilege”.
More than 200 items from the Blue House, the home of Kahlo and her muralist husband, Diego Rivera, on the outskirts of Mexico City, are coming to London.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/08/frida-kahlo-intimate-belongings-on-show-at-v-and-a
