Detroit Institute of Art

We spent the day at the DIA, specifically to see the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo exhibit... but also revisited some of my favourite masters in a few of the other wings...

Exhibit Intro:
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were an explosive couple. He carried a pistol. She carried a flask. He romanticized Detroit. She rejected it. But what they shared was a belief in communism, a thirst for tequila and a passion for each other. Discover how they left their mark on Detroit. And how Detroit left its mark on their art. Exclusively on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit brings together nearly 70 works of art that depict the evolution of these two extraordinary artists’ careers, including eight of Rivera’s epic preparatory drawings for the Detroit Industry murals and 23 pieces by Kahlo, whose work has never before been shown at the DIA.

We spent the day at the DIA, specifically to see the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo exhibit... but also revisited some of my favourite masters in a few of the other wings...

Exhibit Intro:
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were an explosive couple. He carried a pistol. She carried a flask. He romanticized Detroit. She rejected it. But what they shared was a belief in communism, a thirst for te…  (read more)

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