Queen of the Selfie: Allure of Frida Kahlo
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who died 60 years ago this month, is perhaps most famous for her surreal self-portraits which today fetch up to $5m. But her distinctive floral headwear, folk costume and strong brows have also inspired a legion of women to dress up like their hero.
It takes quite a character to inspire a legion of women to draw thick black unibrows and mustaches on their own faces.Six decades after Frida Kahlo’s death, her distinctive floral headwear, ornate dresses, and flash of red lipstick, still captivates some fans to the point of making themselves in her image.
Every time a major gallery launches a new exhibition of the Mexican painter’s work, you can bet it will be accompanied by a queue of Kahlo-lookalikes, said art historian Helga Prignitz-Poda.
“It’s a real phenomenon,” said the curator of one of the biggest Kahlo exhibitions in the world, currently on display at Rome’s Scuderie del Quirinale.
“I think people are most fascinated by her paintings — Frida shows her inner life in a very authentic manner. And I think there are very few artists that have painted so much of what they really felt.
“There’s a certain honesty, and that’s what people understand and feel.”
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