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Dallas Museum of Art premieres new exhibition exploring the life of Frida Kahlo
From August 18 through November 17, 2024. “Frida: Beyond the Myth” brings together approximately 60 works by Kahlo and her contemporaries to explore the life of one of the most revered artists of the 20th century
Image: Frida Kahlo (gelatin silver print, 15.2 by 10.8 cm) by Guillermo Kahlo
Lifting the veil of myth that obscures our understanding of the artist as an individual, the exhibition delves deeper into the defining moments of Kahlo’s life as depicted through her self-portraits, still lifes, key biographical drawings, and captured in photographs by the friends and fellow artists who knew her best. Co-curated by Dr. Agustín Arteaga, the DMA’s Eugene McDermott Director, and Sue Canterbury, the Museum’s Pauline Gill Sullivan Curator of American Art, the exhibition is on view at the DMA from August 18 through November 17, 2024. Frida: Beyond the Myth is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and is presented by Texas Instruments (TI).
“The mark of a great artist is their ability to translate into art what’s in their hearts and souls, so that others may understand; Frida Kahlo is a great example of this,” said Andy Smith, Executive Director of the TI Foundation and TI Director of Giving and Volunteering. “She was a brilliant artist whose themes around identity are still influential today. We are honored to sponsor this exhibition of Kahlo’s works so that others can learn from how she expressed her reality and apply it to their own self-discovery. This is yet another example of groundbreaking exhibitions that the Dallas Museum of Art is bringing to our city, continuing to build their, and Dallas’s, reputation around the world.”
Despite her position as one of the most documented artists of the 20th century, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) remains an elusive figure, clouded by a mythology that focuses on her significant personal challenges: her relationships, her injuries and many surgeries, and the lifelong pain she endured over her short life. Even the works she created—which expressed her emotive responses to these powerful events—hinder our understanding of Kahlo as an individual, as she constructed a persona of opposing characteristics: seductive and innocent, strong and vulnerable. However, through the lens of Kahlo’s family, friends, lovers and fellow artists who captured different aspects of her life and personality, we are granted additional perspectives on the woman behind the myth.
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Hyacinthe Baron, a revered Master Artist known for her remarkable contributions to art and fashion, passed away at the age of 88. With a career spanning decades, Baron inspired countless emerging artists and art lovers with her dedication and talent.
Baron’s journey began as a child prodigy at the age of 9, when she was admitted to adult classes at The Art Students League in New York City. She gained international acclaim with her Motherhood series of paintings in the 1960s and became the first woman artist to open her own gallery on Madison Avenue in 1974.
In the 1980s, she pioneered the hand-painted fashion industry after creating a dress for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, leading to collaborations with renowned designers like Oscar de la Renta, Mary McFadden, Diane von Fürstenberg, and Calvin Klein.
Inspired by André Malraux’s concept of the Museum Without Walls, Baron worked with Pratt Institute to establish their School Without Walls program.
Throughout her career, her art was widely collected by public and private institutions, as well as celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Onassis, and Martha Raye.
In her later years, Baron wrote novels set in the art world, co-authored the drawing guidebook “Seeking the Silent Stranger,” and was featured in the documentary “House of Hyacinthe.” She found a home at The Studio Door gallery, where she maintained a working studio, connecting with and mentoring local artists.
“Hyacinthe was a true inspiration, both as an artist and a friend,” said Patric Stillman, owner of The Studio Door. “Her collaborations and dedication to art will be remembered and cherished by all who knew her.”
Reflecting on her life’s work, Baron once said, “My life has been a journey and search for the Silent Stranger through values and ideas. Always looking for a way to disregard the pain of reality to immerse myself in beauty. Along the path, I made the discovery that inspiration is not random. I continue to strive in the purest sense, to capture emotions and a sense of power drawn from individual experience when creating.”
Baron described her art as “transmigrational,” a term she coined to express the duality of human nature and the harmony of mind and body. “Who is the woman in my art? She is a symbol. An icon and metaphor of the beauty of the human spirit. Proud, sensual, powerful, controlling the primitive and the wild.”
Hyacinthe Baron is survived by her sons, Chris Baron and Steve Kramer.
For more information about her life and legacy, visit: HyacintheBaron.com
Additionally, the family has established a Go Fund Me to preserve her legacy.
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