This Just In: Frida Kahlo Lettin’ It ALL Hang Out At The Art Museum
The exhibit of about 200 photographs celebrates the 100th birthday of [Julien] Levy, who believed that photographs could be sold as art (he was way too far ahead of his time on this, and learned it quickly). He had a fine eye for what was good, and looked beyond U.S. borders for photographers. He gave Frenchman Henri Cartier-Bresson his first U.S. show and Mexican photographer Emilio Amero his first U.S. show. Levy was an eclectic collector who perused the stalls in Paris, searching unsorted, anonymous piles photos, many unloaded by newspapers and sold for pennies. Some of these are also included in the exhibit.
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[Photo courtesy of Julien Levy (American, 1906-1981), Frida Kahlo, c. 1938. Gelatin silver print]
