El sueno (la cama) sold. For $54.7 million.
Wow!
Can a work fetch this much?
Chatter soon turns to other viral items.
Brief reviews follow.
Frida haunts niche market.
Female. Mexican. Rooted in soil. Auctioned for the highest bidder!
The pain, processed, sublimated.
Polio. Accident. Injuries. Divorce. Trauma.
Bio-bits, unboxed for the voyeur.
The painter paints wounds, scars. Survival story. Misery and resilience. Fresh grammar, idiom of lived experience—these find articulation; immediacy co-lived by the viewer.
The self-portraits reflect a female on fire, wings. Broken pieces, healed by art.
The curators, museums, critics celebrate a genius; tap into narratives of triumph.
A celeb, our dear Kahlo, packaged for consumption.
The pricy painting discussed over champagne and Cuban cigars in stratosphere of salons, high-ceilinged halls with chandeliers.
Envious record!
The new set wants to write back pain and suffering in dark tones and fractured symbols.
Memoirs sell. So does autobiography.
Who knows?
The next lucky artist, in your company, Parisian café, sprawled under The Scream pinned on the yellow wall; dreaming of media, wealth, immortality.
Hey, look, there!
Frida—unibrowed, sallow-complexioned; hint of facial hair—with a finished canvas on lap; alone, solitary, downtown Toronto; crowds in a hurry; busy bank district; frenzy vs. stillness; eyes blank; wan smile, almost a statue.
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Sunil Sharma
Picture Frida Kahlo
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