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New York City 1938… Frida Kahlo’s First Solo Exhibition
In October 1938, Frida Kahlo traveled to New York City for her first solo exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery, 602 Madison Ave (at 57th St.). The show was held from November 1 – 15. “Closely connected to the Surrealist movement, Levy was responsible for hosting the first solo exhibitions of numerous important artists in this country, including Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dalí, and Lee Miller.” (Roberts, 2009) It was here where Kahlo’s career changed forever. This pivotal point in Kahlo’s career coincided with one of the most tumultuous periods of the 20th century. In 1938 the Nazi’s had invaded Austria in the Anschluss in March and annexed the Sudetenland in…
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New York City: Where Famous Artist, Actors and Intellectuals Died
Leonard Bernstein announced his retirement from conducting on October 9, 1990. He died on October 14 in his New York apartment at The Dakota, 1 West 72nd Street Manhattan, New York of a heart attack brought on by mesothelioma at the age of 72. Montgomery Clift died at 217 East 61st Street, Manhattan, New York City on July 23, 1966 of a heart attack at the age of 45. Greta Garbo died at The Rogosin Institute in New York Hospital on 15 April 1990 as a result of pneumonia and renal failure, at the age of 84. Rita Hayworth died from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease after falling into a…
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