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Legendary artist Frida Kahlo being casually dismissed in contemporary American newspaper headline, 1933 (media.piefed.social)

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed this 2024 documentary about Frida, the way they connected her paintings to her life was great. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_(2024_film)

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The Simpsons also did a ... Mockumentary, I guess? ... About it, but all the YouTube videos appear to be in Spanish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_Museum%2C_Now_You_Don't_(The_Simpsons)#Diego_Rivera_and_Frida_Kahlo