Sep 26, 2024
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Frida: Beyond the Myth, an exhibit highlighting the life of artist Frida Kahlo, will be coming to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in the spring of 2025. According to the museum, VMFA will be the only East Coast venue and one of only two institutions in the U.S. to present the exhibition, which will feature more than 60 works of art, including works by Kahlo -- many rarely seen outside of Mexico -- as well as photos of Kahlo by photographers and those in her inner circle. The exhibit was premiered and organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, and will be on view at VMFA in Richmond from April 5 through Sept. 28. "Frida: Beyond the Myth brings together a selection of around 30 of the artist’s extraordinary paintings, drawings and prints that she embedded with vivid symbolic representations of her emotional state at various points in her life. Her iconic self-portraits and still lifes are complemented by more than 30 prints and photographs of Kahlo by those closest to her, including Diego Rivera, Nickolas Muray, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Julien Levy and her father, GuillermoKahlo," the museum described. Tickets are not yet on sale, however, they will be $20 for adults, $16 for seniors ages 65 and older, $10 for youth ages 7 through 17 and college students with ID. Museums for All participants will be able to purchase tickets to this special exhibition at thereduced price of $2 each with a limit of four tickets per Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Tickets are free for museum members and children ages 6 and under. VMFA also provides free tickets for all active duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and their immediate families.
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