What is arguably the most important art exhibit of the year has opened at Mexico City's Museum of Modern Art... works from the Gelman Santander Collection. Jacques Gelman was a wealthy Russian who fled the country during the October Revolution of 1917. He worked as a photographer and movie distributor. He was in Mexico when World War II broke out and found himself stranded there. He stayed and began a successful career as a producer of Mexican films.
Gelman and his wife Natasha were avid art collectors, and during their years in Mexico they became friends with many of the most important Mexican painters. After their deaths their European collection was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and their Mexican art, one of the most important private collections in the world, ended up with the Santander Foundation in Spain. Now the artwork has come home for a show which will run until May 26th.
For anyone with an interest in Frida Kahlo, this exhibit is a "must". Oddly enough, there is very little of Kahlo's work on display in Mexico City. At this show I saw more of her paintings than I had ever seen before.
"Portrait of Natasha Gelman"
"Portrait of Natasha Gelman"
"Portrait of Natasha Gelman"
"Portrait of Natasha Gelman"
"Self Portrait with Necklace"
"Portrait of Diego Rivera"
"Self Portrait"
"Vase of Flowers"
"Dog with Broom"
"Self Portrait with Monkeys"
"Bride from Papantla"
¨Diego on my Mind¨
"The Bride"
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