MEXICO CITY.- He Frida Kahlo museum denied this Monday that dresses of the famous painter who exhibits in Mexico City have been worn by the pop star Madonna, during his recent visit to the Mexican capital.
The so-called Blue House, where Kahlo lived for 36 years and which exhibits part of her legacy, assured that due to scheduling reasons the American singer was not in the museum located in the bohemian neighborhood of Coyoacán, as family and friends did.
However, Madonna did visit Kahlo’s relatives in a house in the wealthy area of Pedregal, as revealed on April 20 by the newspaper Reforma, invited to the meeting.
“We want to specify that the clothes, photos and objects that Madonna published on her different social networks do not belong or are part of the Blue House collection,” the venue said in a statement.
Visit of Madonna
The 65-year-old celebrity, who gave several concerts in Mexico at the end of April as part of his Celebration Tour, She published photographs on her social networks in which she is seen wearing a dress with embroidered flowers on the chest and a shawl.
“A beautiful memory, visiting the family home of my Eternal Muse Frida Kahlo in Mexico City. For me it was magical to try on her clothes and jewelry, read her diaries and letters and look at photos that I had never seen before,” reads the accompanying post. the images on Instagram.
Reforma published details of Madonna’s date with María de Anda Romeo, great-grandniece of Frida and her daughter María Romeo Kahlo, whom she already knew.
According to the chronicle, the interpreter took photos with an embroidered blouse and a shawl of the surrealist painter, who died in 1954 at the age of 47. In addition, he said that he owns three paintings by the Mexican artist.
The museum clarified, meanwhile, that the collection of Frida’s clothing and jewelry that it safeguards: “are subject to strict conservation measures and are exhibited in the museum, not being loaned for personal use.”
With her flower head decorations, bushy eyebrows and huipil dresses, in addition to her rebellious style, Frida Kahlo became unmistakable and created an aesthetic that was recreated in an endless number of objects.
His life, marked by an accident that devastated his body for years, as well as by the intensity of his emotions, has been told in multiple films, books and documentaries.
FUENTE: AFP
