The Art Gallery of South Australia today launches the Australian exclusive exhibition, Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution.
The couple, radical in their art and politics, were at the forefront of the artistic and cultural avant-garde in post-revolution Mexico from the 1920s to the 1950s.
The exhibition will feature more than 150 works including paintings, works on paper, photographs and period clothing from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection.
It includes works by the two iconic artists as well as Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Miguel Covarrubias, María Izquierdo, Carlos Mérida, David Alfaro Siqueiros and others.
This major exhibition has been several years in the making and features the most comprehensive exhibition of Mexican Modernism ever seen in Australia.
The last time any of Frida Kahlo’s works were seen in Adelaide was in 1990, also in our magnificent state gallery, as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts.
It epitomises how arts and cultural tourism can combine to offer a unique experience for visitors and South Australians alike.
The exhibition launches on 24 June and follows the success of Andy Warhol and Photography: A Social Media exhibition at AGSA that welcomed 47,000 people – 25 per cent of whom (11,750) came from interstate – from 3 March until its closure on 14 May.
Such incredible cultural offerings do wonders to attract visitors to South Australia and AGSA does an exemplary job of bringing world class experiences to the state.
The Malinauskas Government is proud to support such a strong collaboration between the South Australian Tourism Commission and AGSA through the presentation of this exhibition.
