March 1, 2012, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsThe company she keeps: Frida’s work among women surrealists at LACMA The Ransom Center recently loaned Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for the exhibition In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States. Co-organized by LACMA and the Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM)… read more
January 6, 2012, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsOnly three days left to see Frida Kahlo’s "Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) is on display for only three more days at the Harry Ransom Center. This Sunday is the last day visitors can view the work before it travels to its next destination. The painting, one of the Ransom Center’s most famous… read more
December 13, 2011, Filed Under: ArtOccupy Wall Street 1939 AD A bearded and robed figure, whip in hand, chases well-healed bankers and brokers in top hats down Wall Street. Their retreat, a frenzied stampede of cash, coins and streaming ticker tape, is followed by ranks of protestors carrying signs and banners reading, “Democracy,” “Racial Equality,” “Social Security,” and “Right to… read more
