Art historian, critic, and biographer Hayden Herrera talks about her book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, sharing insights into the art and life of this renowned artist whose self-portraits illustrate Kahlo’s tumultuous marriage to the muralist Diego Rivera. Additionally, Herrera will discuss Kahlo’s paintings that express anguish over her broken body and multiple surgeries; portraits and still-lifes that underscore both her passion for Mexico and her leftist political views; and finally the paintings that suggest the joy Frida Kahlo took in nature as revealed in her depictions of fruits, vines, roots, flowers, and animals, including her pet monkeys, dogs, cats, and parrots. Herrera’s other biographies include Pulitzer Prize nominee Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work and Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
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