Invitation to the media - Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism - The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection - Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at 10 a.m.

Grand Hall of the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
179, Grande Allée Ouest, Québec (Québec) G1R 2H1

"Frida Kahlo's art is a ribbon around a bomb."
-  André Breton

QUÉBEC, Jan. 28, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - ENTER THE FASCINATING UNIVERSE OF FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA, TWO KEY FIGURES OF MEXICAN ART RECOGNIZED THE WORLD OVER FOR THEIR PASSIONATE LOVE AFFAIR, COMMITMENT AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN ART.

This major international exhibition is unquestionably the highlight of the Québec City cultural calendar. Through it, visitors will discover 30-odd mythical works by Kahlo and Rivera and paintings by other Mexican modern artists.

Frida Kahlo, Self-portrait with Monkeys, 1943. Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 63 cm. // Martin Munkácsi, Frida and Diego, 1934. Gelatin silver print, 35.6 x 27.9 cm. // Diego Rivera, Portrait of Natasha Gelman, 1943. Oil on canvas, 115 x 153 cm. // Frida Kahlo, Diego on My Mind (Self-Portrait as Tehuana), 1943. Oil on Masonite 76 x 61 cm. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation (CNW Group/Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec)

All told, more than 150 items will be exhibited, including remarkable works by María Izquierdo, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo, and 85 photographs, including an outstanding selection of works by Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, a Latin American couple who rank among the 20th century's foremost photographers.

The MNBAQ is proud to be part of the prestigious circuit of this exhibition, which has enjoyed tremendous success in recent years in Europe, Australia and the United States.

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism showcases two legendary figures of modern art and their contemporaries to reveal the breadth of 20th century Mexican culture.

The exhibition Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism is presented by La Capitale, Insurance and Financial Services, from February 13 to May 18, 2020. It is organized by the Vergel Foundation and MondoMostre, in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) in Mexico.

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is a government corporation subsidized by the Québec government.

SOURCE Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

Interviews are possible at the conclusion of the press visit with: Jean-Luc Murray, Director General, MNBAQ; André Gilbert, Exhibition Curator, MNBAQ, and co-curator of the exhibition; Annie Gauthier, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, MNBAQ, RSVP; Julie Morin, Head of Media Relations, 418-644-6460, ext. 5532, [email protected]

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