More than 60 years after her death, Frida Kahlo is a rock star.
“Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism” opens at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Road NW, on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Despite the inclusion of famed muralists Diego Rivera (Kahlo’s husband/lover/nemesis) and David Alfaro Siqueiros; and the painters María Izquierdo and Rufino Tamayo; Kahlo is the draw, the star of the show, the global icon who sold out the exhibition’s last stop in Denver.
Of about 200 works, 20 of the paintings are Kahlo’s. Her work and the bohemian image she conjured throughout her career dominate the exhibition. Visitors also can view some of her Indigenous clothing.
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The influence of José Guadalupe Posada leaps to life on multiple Grateful Dead albums and explodes across the Day of the Dead.
Yet few people have heard of the Mexican printmaker.
José Guadalupe Posada, Art Hazelwood, Jim Nikas and Marsha Shaw, produced at Mission Gráfica, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, “La Calavera 99% (The 99% Skull)” 2012, serigraph on paper.
Organizers at the Albuquerque Museum hope to remedy that omission with “José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico,” online at cabq.gov/posada and in the museum through May 23, 2021.
Born in Aguascalientes, Posada was a Mexican artist who lived more than 100 years ago. He worked as a lithographer, engraver and cartoonist.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Albuquerque s new Community Safety Department could soon have a physical home.
The city is in the final stage of planning for the department, which includes looking at acquiring a vacant lot near Katheryn and San Mateo.
The Kathryn Public Safety Center is one of a number of projects the mayor has in mind for the 2021 general obligation bonds. It calls for $7 million for the project.
The $140 million package would provide funding for numerous projects, and infrastructure improvements, including $9 million for renovating and expanding the Southeast Area Command. We’ve got to do things like plan for the future and invest in our communities and those things should never take a backseat just because we’re in a crisis, Keller said.
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Yet it’s the sculpture garden that visitors can get to – even during the pandemic.
Lopez says that the artworks are made by a diverse group of artists.
In a recent video for the museum, Lopez takes viewers on a virtual tour of the sculpture garden. The video can be watched at cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum.
The most prevalent conversation happening in the portion of the east sculpture garden, facing Mountain Road, is the exploration of scale.
The large works range in materials and subjects, but each artist had to contend with the specific challenges of creating and installing such massive works.