An Immersive Frida Kahlo Art Installation Is Coming This Spring

When the “Immersive Van Gogh” exhibit got here to the US final 12 months, I purchased my ticket the second there was a pop-up in NYC. Gazing on the large-scale transferring projections of Van Gogh’s most notable works, I mentioned to my good friend, “How cool would it not be to see an ‘Immersive Frida Kahlo’ exhibit?”

Nicely, it appears to be like like I wasn’t the one one, as a result of an “Immersive Frida Kahlo” exhibit will arrive this spring. Lately introduced by Lighthouse Immersive, “Immersive Frida Kahlo” will carry to life a few of the Mexican artist’s most compelling works, from her well-known self-portraits to “items impressed by her life in her native nation of Mexico.” Works we are able to anticipate to see embody “The Two Fridas” (1939), “The Wounded Deer” (1946), and “Diego and I” (1946), amongst others. The set up may even function pictures of Kahlo taken all through her life, together with a number of of her drawings.

“Frida Kahlo’s work is uniquely suited to be explored in an immersive setting and her story is equally fascinating,” Svetlana Dvoretsky, cofounder and producer at Lighthouse Immersive, mentioned in a press launch. “Kahlo lived her life as one large journey of exploration and her artwork mirrored that journey. Our objective is to offer our viewers greater than an examination of her work; we additionally hope they’ll go away with a richer understanding of the sensible, advanced lady who created these timeless masterpieces.”

The exhibition arrives this spring, with tickets beginning at $40 for venues in Dallas (Feb. 3-April 17), Boston (Feb. 10-Might 8), Houston (Feb. 17-April 17), Chicago (Feb. 24-Might 28), Denver (March 3-Might 30), and Los Angeles (March 31-June 11). Tickets will finally be obtainable for Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto.

Kahlo’s recognition has continued to develop, spurred partly by the 2002 biopic starring Salma Hayek. In 2015, the Bronx Botanical Backyard curated the “Frida Kahlo: Artwork, Backyard, Life” exhibition, which featured a backyard harking back to Kahlo’s La Casa Azul (her residence in Mexico Metropolis) in addition to a lot of her most well-known work. In 2019, the Brooklyn Museum hosted the “Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving” exhibition — the biggest exhibition of Kahlo’s works in 10 years and the primary within the US to function the long-lasting painter’s private belongings and well-known attire.

Whereas I’ve attended fairly just a few Frida Kahlo exhibitions, there’s one thing about attending to see her works projected by way of large-scale transferring photographs on partitions, ceilings, and flooring. Fingers crossed the present makes its technique to NYC!

Picture Supply: Courtesy of Immersive Frida Kahlo