Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo in Detroit / Mark Rosenthal ; with contributions by John Dean, Cathy Selvius DeRoo, Linda Downs, Christopher Foster, Salomon Grimberg, Jerry Herron, Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, and Nancy Sojka
This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts, March 15-July 12, 2015.
Contents:
Diego and Frida : high drama in Detroit / Mark Rosenthal -- April 21, 1932 / Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera -- The lost desire : Frida Kahlo in Detroit / Salomon Grimberg -- Modern racket / Jerry Herron -- The director and the artist : two revolutionaries / Linda Downs -- "He's the artist in the family" : the life, times, and character of Edsel Ford / John Dean -- Rivera's cartoons for Detroit Industry / Nancy Sojka -- The Detroit Industry cartoons : drawing materials and techniques / Cathy Selvius DeRoo and Christopher Foster
Summary:
Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts, held from March 15-July 12, 2015, celebrating the famous Mexican artist couple Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during the year they spent in Detroit while he completed the "Detroit Industry Murals".
