Frida Kahlo at the Dali Museum

When I was in Tampa for HSN in January, I found myself with a pocket of free time between airings. So, I took myself to the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.  They had their usual Salvador Dali collection in place, but also a special Frida Kahlo exhibit.  I didn't know a lot about Frida Kahlo before I went, but now I do and what a woman!  What a life!  What a struggle!  And through it all, she used art to tell her story.

The exhibit was set up biographically.  You traveled through Frida's work (and life ) in a timeline fashion.

I loved, loved, loved her journal pages:

I didn't take a ton of photos in the Dali section of the museum.  There's a lid for every pot and Dali isn't really "my thing."  Plus, I saw a truly jaw dropping retrospective of his work several years ago at MoMA and it is really difficult for anything to live up to that.  Nevertheless I enjoyed seeing his work -- especially his lesser known and less "drippy Dali clocks" art.

No visit to a museum is complete without sampling the cafe, right?!  I had a nice lunch in their lovely atrium.


I have wanted to check out the Dali Museum for quite a while and I'm glad that I did, especially at a time that they were hosting their Frida Kahlo exhibit.  I think that's the main inspiration I'm taking away from this museum visit.  Frida Kahlo created fearlessly and told her story in her work even when it made other people uncomfortable.

I don't know if I'll ever be that brave.  But in the meantime, I can at least emulate her famous flower crown.  ;)

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