Frida Kahlo Exhibition celebrates third anniversary (2009 – 2012)

On March 10 and 11 2012, the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund in Baden-Baden will celebrate the third anniversary of its Frida Kahlo Exhibition.
The Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund is an entirely privately founded museum; it is the sole holder of the license to replicate and exhibit all the works of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo; the license is granted by © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008.

In addition to the current exhibits: 116 oil paintings, original Tehuana dresses from Mexico, the studio of Wilhelm Kahlo, Frida’s father who grew up in Baden-Baden, has been recreated.
During the week end of March 10 and 11 2012, in addition to the exhibition, the admission ticket will include: a self-service Tequila and exotic fruits juices bar.

To celebrate the beginning of the fourth year of the Frida Kahlo exhibition, the Kunstmuseum will show the documentary film “Mexico in Germany” produced by the association “Mexico in Europe”. This association, supported by CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, the Mexican Ministry of Culture), was founded in Paris with the objective to document, inventory and evaluate the objects of the cultural heritage, art and history of Mexico in Europe.

The documentary is dedicated to the presence of Mexican culture and art in Germany. Next to the Dresden Codex, a written record of Maya culture of the 11th or 12th century, currently owned by the Staatsarchiv in Dresden, the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund in Baden-Baden was selected as one of the places representing Mexican culture and art in Germany, and the Frida Kahlo exhibition as one of the examples of permanent Mexican cultural display.

The Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund is a privately owned monographic art museum founded in 2008. The Kunstmuseum exhibits only the works of Frida Kahlo. The objective of the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund is to offer the visitors a complete view of the entire work of the Mexican artist, thus allowing to follow Kahlo’s development, to discover the different phases she goes through in her life: from the very early works to her maturity.
The Vision of the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund is to offer the visitors a unique cultural experience that covers all the senses, and an environment that touches not only the eyes of the visitors, but their minds, and above all their hearts.
Every decision made in the creation of the museum was driven by two elements:
respect for the visitors and respect for the artists.

In addition to exhibit the artworks, the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund shows the cultural and historical environment of Frida Kahlo’s life and times in Mexico: Tehuana Huipiles (blouses) and dresses, jewelry, pre-columbian scupltures, Mexican votive paintings and the entire context in which the artist lived and produced her work. This 360°view of Kahlo’s life and work allows the visitors to totally immerse themselves into the artworks and to better understand the artist and the Mexican history and culture.
Since January 2011 the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund is member of the ICOM (International Council Of Museums), and as such is committed to the code of ethics of the international council.

The founders of the Art Museum are Hans-Jürgen Gehrke and Prof. Dr. Mariella C. Remund. Both are art patrons, collectors and passionate art historians.
They have spent over 25 years in executive positions in multinational corporations and academic organizations in Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, USA, Spain, Mexico, South America and China.

Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund GmbH
Industrie Strasse 9a
76532 Baden-Baden, Germany
Tel #: +49 7221 97 11899
Press contact person: Dr. Mariella C. Remund
info at FridaKahlo.Mu

This release was published on openPR.