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“Talking Frida” Conversation Series

Nickolas Muray, Frida on White Bench, New York, 1939, printed 2024, inkjet print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Nickolas Muray Photo Archives. Photograph © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives
 

Accompanying the exhibition Frida: The Making of an Icon, this series aims to enrich the understanding of Frida Kahlo’s life and work by inviting artists, historians, and specialists to engage in conversations regarding her enduring influence and respond to themes found in the show.

The talks reflect on Kahlo’s multivalent work while presenting her as an artist who remains alive and relevant to contemporary artists and audiences alike.

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Como parte de la exposición Frida: The Making of an Icon, esta serie de charlas te invita a descubrir diversos puntos de vista sobre la vida y obra de Frida Kahlo. Artistas, historiadores y especialistas se reunirán para conversar sobre los temas que explora la exhibición, así como su influencia duradera.

Estas pláticas reflexionan sobre las múltiples facetas de su trabajo y presentan a Frida como una artista que sigue viva y vigente, inspirando tanto a creadores contemporáneos como a nuevas generaciones de público.

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Past Lectures in This Series

"Talking Frida" is part of the Shartle Lecture Series.

The 49th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium receives generous support from The Brown Foundation, Inc.
 
Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.
 
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.

“Frida: The Making of an Icon” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from:

Major support is provided by:
Jerold B. Katz Foundation

Generous support is provided by:
Franci Neely
Linnet Deily

Nancy Pollok Guinee
Novum Energy

The Radoff Family
Judy and Charles Tate
Isabel and Ignacio Torras
Jesse
 Jones II and Terry Wayne Jones
Catherine and Alex López Negrete
Silvia Salle and Peter T. Wood
Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation
Linda and George Kelly
Yolanda and Bill Knull
Michele Leal and George K. Farah
Mary and Tom Lile

Official Promotional Partner:

Special thanks to Lopez Negrete Communications and the Secretaría de Cultura and Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes of Mexico.