2021 can rightly be said to be a Mexican year: in addition to Leiden, there are major Mexico-related exhibitions being staged in Amstelveen and Assen.
From 10 October 2021 through 27 March 2022, the Drents Museum in Assen is presenting the major ‘Viva la Frida! – Life and art of Frida Kahlo’ art exhibition. The exhibition will be showcasing a unique combination of Kahlo’s art along with personal items, as a world first. There is also the collection of paintings, drawings and photographs from the Museo Dolores Olmedo as well as the collection of personal effects (clothing items, jewellery pieces, corsets, photos) from the Museo Frida Kahlo.
This exhibition has now ended
Up to and including 3 October 2021, the Amstelveen Cobra Museum displayed the famed Gelman collection of 20th century Mexican artists, under the header ‘Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera, A Love Revolution’. The work of one of the most famous married artist couples in the history of art.
It is easy to spot the link with the Aztecs exhibition in Leiden: both Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera were inspired by the ancient cultures of modern-day Mexico. Frida and Diego even had a scale replica of an Aztec temple built on the inner courtyard of their home (Casa Azul in Coyoacán, Mexico City, which is now a museum).
The exhibition takes you from the outer fringes of the Aztec Empire into the inner sanctity of the Aztec
The Aztecs exhibition is a fun event for both young and old. Educational as well as exciting.
In 2021, over one and a half million people continue to speak Nahuatl: the language spoken by the Aztecs.
A stand-out and award-winning part of the exhibition is the diorama with the Sun Stone as its centrepiece
