Frida%20Kahlo%20200.jpgFans of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo will appreciate this one. Continuing Kahlo's centennial celebration, the Philadelphia Museum of Art lands on the next stop with an exhibit that provides a tantalizing look into the creative mind of this visionary artist. We talked about this show at its first stop in Minneapolis, but it's so good, we had to mention it again in case you missed it. The exhibit, simply entitled Frida Kahlo, opened on February 20, 2008 and features more than 40 of Kahlo's self-portraits, still lifes, and portraits from 1926 until her death in 1954, including several paintings that have never before been on public view in the United States (pictured: Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird). In addition to the paintings, the exhibit also includes over 100 photographs of Kahlo and her husband, muralist Diego Rivera, that were taken by famous photographers of the time such as Gisele Freund and Tina Modotti. The photographs capture the couple in moments of both tenderness and intensity, reflecting the passion and inspiration that drove their art for so many years. It's the first major American retrospective of Kahlo's work in nearly 15 years, and one more reason that Philadelphia is the place to be for lovers of art and history. Guests at the Westin Philadelphia or any of Starwood's Philadelphia properties might enjoy this exhibit of one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. And if you don't get a chance to make it to Philadelphia this spring, you still have one more chance when the show travels to San Francisco this summer...

[image via the Philadelphia Museum of Art]

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