Against the Grain

The Art and Politics of Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo’s life and work are world famous — yet what has become of the Mexican artist’s radical politics? Art historian Margaret A. Lindauer argues that Kahlo’s artistic legacy has been done a disservice by those who would read the painter’s works off her personal life, instead of looking at the complex intellectual and political processes that created them.

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