The exhibition coming to Palazzo Albergati on 19 November 2016 is one with a heart-breaking, beautiful story. The Gelman Collection – one of the most important in twentieth-century Mexican art, which places primary emphasis on the works of #fridakahlo and #diegorivera – tells the story of the "Mexican Renaissance" (1920- 1960) and of the artists who led it.
The beginnings of the Gelman collection go back to 1941, when Jacques Gelman and Natasha Zahalkaha, two emigrants from Eastern Europe, met and got married in Mexico City. Jacques was a Russian Jew from St Petersburg who emigrated to France after the October Revolution. He arrived in Mexico in 1938, where he would make his fortune producing comedy films with Mario Moreno, known as Mexico's Charlie Chaplin. In 1943 Jacques commissioned #diegorivera to paint a portrait of Natasha: it would be the beginning of a life-long adventure and a remarkable collection.
The Gelmans begin to collect the works of Mexico's greatest artists, names such as María Izquierdo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo and Ángel Zárraga.
Their collection also came to include works by #fridakahlo and #diegorivera, destined to become one of the most famous pairs of artists in the world, both for their work and for their endless, intense and destructive relationship. As Frida wrote in her diaries, "there have been two great accidents in my life. One was the tram and the other was Diego."
The Gelman Collection – consisting of paintings, photographs, clothing, jewellery, collages, lithographs and drawings – is coming to #bologna for a special exhibition.
For the first time, the collection will be shown together with clothing from the greatest internationally renowned fashion designers who took their inspiration from #fridakahlo: Gianfranco Ferrè, Antonio Marras and Valentino are just a few of those who wanted to participate in the exhibition.
The works by Frida will include iconic world-famous paintings such as Self-Portrait with Necklace (1933), Me and My Doll (1937), Self-Portrait with Monkeys (1943), Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (1943) and those inextricably connected with her love for Diego, such as The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Myself, Diego, and Señor Xolotl (1949), and an extraordinarily powerful naturaleza viva (as opposed to naturaleza morta, the Spanish term for still life), The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened (1943).
Frida was her own most powerful biographer; through her artworks we retrace the life of a woman who was spared no suffering: the bus accident that destroyed her spine, the miscarriages, her troubled relationship with Diego, the infidelities, the physical pain and her early death; in the rooms of this exhibition, visitors will relive Frida's emotions and her pain.
Works by Diego include a few masterpieces such as Portrait of Natasha Gelman, Sunflowers and Calla Lily Vendor, all paintings that date from 1943, the year the Gelmans met Frida.
Curated by Gioia Mori, the exhibition is sponsored by the Municipality of #bologna and is produced and organized by #arthemisiagroup. Initiative sponsor: INBA (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes). MondoMostre and Skira collaborated on the realization of the exhibition.
With special partner Ricola, and technical sponsors for the exhibition Trenitalia and La Rosa. Hospitality Partners: Grand Hotel Majestic "Già Baglioni" and Monrif Hotels.
The #event is recommended by Sky #arte HD.
The providers and organizers have decided to donate a portion of the proceeds from the exhibition to earthquake victims.
La Collezione Gelman: #arte messicana del XX secolo
Frida Kahlo, #diegorivera, #rufinotamayo, María Izquierdo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Ángel Zárraga
curated by Gioia Mori
November 19, 2016 - March 26, 2017
Bologna, Palazzo Albergati
01 Autoritratto con treccia
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02 Frida
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03 L’amoroso abbraccio
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04 Autoritratto come Tehuana
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05 Ritratto di Diego Riveira
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06 Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
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07 Frida with Flowers in Her Hair
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08 Autoritratto con scimmie
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09 Ritratto di Natasha Gelman
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10 Retrato de Natasha Gelman
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11 Retrato de Jacques Gelman
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12 Isqueiros
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13 Paesaggio con cactus
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14 The bride who becomes
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15 Sunflowers
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16 Escena de Circo
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17 Autoritratto con vestiro rosso e oro
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18 Frida Kahlo a Coyoacán
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