Frida, Hayden Herrera
Frida, Hayden Herrera
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Frida
A Biography of Frida Kahlo

Author: Hayden Herrera

Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 19 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/21/2023

Synopsis

"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human." — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came straight from her own experiences: her childhood near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution; a devastating accident at age eighteen that left her crippled and unable to bear children; her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and intermittent love affairs with men as diverse as Isamu Noguchi and Leon Trotsky; her association with the Communist Party; her absorption in Mexican folklore and culture; and her dramatic love of spectacle.Here is the tumultuous life of an extraordinary twentieth-century woman.

About Hayden Herrera

Hayden Herrera is an art historian. She has lectured widely, curated several exhibitions of art, taught Latin American art at New York University, and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the author of numerous articles and reviews for such publications as Art in America, Art Forum, Connoisseur, and the New York Times, among others. Her books include Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo; Mary Frank; and Matisse: A Portrait. She is working on a critical biography of Arshile Gorky. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary

This is not an accurate portrayal of Frida's life. She was more of a revolutionary than this book makes her out to be. She was also a gender-bending feminist, and a brilliant painter. Herrera makes her out to be a Diego obsessed, pain obsessed sack of potatoes, and i'm not buying it. Herrera also in......more

Goodreads review by Caroline

I am a little in love with Frida Kahlo, or perhaps I should say intensely so. Surely no-one can read this superb biography without being spun head over heels. Frida Kahlo was truly extraordinary. Vast beauty, intelligence, commitments, loyalties...... and most of all - vast creativity and artist......more

Goodreads review by Patricija || book.duo

4/5 Knygos su iliustracijomis man visuomet atsiskleidžia kitais kampais, kitomis prasmėmis. Daug informacijos perimu per vaizdus, per savo regimąją atmintį. O kai kalba pasisuka apie vizualųjį meną, apie jį kalbėti be vizualizacijų atrodo beveik niekinga. Nieko keisto, kad Fridos biografiją, nuostabi......more

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