Talk | A Ribbon Around a Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Surrealist Encounter, 14 August | Event in Richmond | AllEvents

Talk | A Ribbon Around a Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Surrealist Encounter

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 06:30 pm

1 hour

200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23220

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Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm (EDT)

200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Virginia 23220

200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220-4007, United States

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Talk | A Ribbon Around a Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Surrealist Encounter
Join us for a talk that reconsiders Frida Kahlo’s relationship with surrealism—suggesting that, even as she refused the label, her fearless exploration of identity, pain, and revolution embodied the true spirit of surrealist revolt.

Dr. Elliott King is co-editor of "Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting," Associate Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University. Reflecting on André Breton’s enthusiastic encounter with her paintings in 1937, Dr. King will explore whether Kahlo belongs to surrealism by examining how we define the movement: If surrealism is understood narrowly as "melting clocks," bowler hats, and unconscious automatism, Kahlo stands apart. But if we return to surrealism’s revolutionary roots—its commitment to freedom of thought and radical self-expression—Kahlo’s art resonates deeply with those aims.

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200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23220
Talk | A Ribbon Around a Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Surrealist Encounter, 14 August | Event in Richmond | AllEvents
Talk | A Ribbon Around a Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Surrealist Encounter
Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 06:30 pm