Full Schedule:
11am | Meet by main clock/info booth in Grand Central for the 11:20am train to Glenwood
89 E 42nd St.
12pm | Art talk & BYO picnic
Trevor Park | Ravine Ave, Yonkers, NY
1:30-3:45pm | Self-guided visit of the museum + 3pm public tour of the Glenview mansion
511 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY
4pm | Re-gather & walk to Glenwood station for 4:25pm train
5:09pm | Arrival in NYC
More about Frida Kahlo & the exhibits:
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) is widely admired around the world. There is an aura of mystique surrounding the artist, in which the story of her life is intertwined with the personal subject matter and surreal style of her paintings. A devastating bus accident at age eighteen left Kahlo with painful injuries that never completely healed, despite numerous surgeries throughout her life. Yet, the time spent in recovery led her to take up painting to express her experience of pain and loss. As a young, aspiring artist, she sought the counsel of famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, twenty years her senior, and they fell madly in love. Their complicated marriage included a great deal of admiration for each other’s art, but also numerous infidelities on both sides, divorce, remarriage, and emotional pain that added to Kahlo’s physical struggles and emerged powerfully in her paintings.
Frida Kahlo in Context explores how the persona of Kahlo is inextricable from her beloved Mexico and her relationship with Rivera. The exhibit explores this milieu, showcasing legendary photographs of Kahlo as well as artwork related to her personal life and Mexico.
The World of Frida celebrates the culture, style, and persona of visionary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), who continues to inspire with her story of love, loss, and incredible bravery. Featuring works of art by more than seventy-five national and international artists practicing in a variety of media, the exhibition includes Frida Kahlo as subject as well as pieces inspired by her life and art, her beautiful garden, Mexican culture and fashion, vibrant colors, surrealism, and more.
Glenview is an 1877 Gilded Age home on the National Register of Historic Places, designed by architect Charles W. Clinton. It was built by John Bond Trevor, a highly successful stockbroker, who, like many other businessmen of the late nineteenth century, preferred to live in comfort in the newly accessible suburbs of New York City. It reflects the lifestyle of its former residents, the Trevor family, and features fine woodwork, furnishings, decorative objects, paintings, and sculptures.