I had seen my first Frida Kahlo painting in Moma, NY however it fascinates more when you see an artist from a retrospective view, especially if you can trace her relationship and her engagement in art together with her engagement in her relationship to her husband in the same exhibition. I think the exhibition in Pera Museum, Istanbul was especially unique than Kahlo's other exhibitions in the sense that it shows how her art is nested in Diego Rivera's art and personality. Frida comes to a point where she paints Rivera as a phenomenon to worship. Although Rivera is one of the main influences in her art, in my opinion it is again the power of movie art, that Frida is known more widely by the public as a result of the movie "Frida".
Although the exhibition is small, it gives a good overview and feeling of their art and approach.
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