MEXICO CITY (AP) — Frida Kahlo had no religious affiliation, so why did the Mexican artist include religious symbols in some of the paintings she created before her death on July 13, 1954?
“Frida conveyed the power of each individual,” says art researcher and curator Ximena Jourdan, “and her self-portraits are a reminder of how we can harness life, or the power, so to speak, that God has given us.”
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