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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Museumgoers observe “Tree of Hope, Remain Strong” (1946) at the Art Institute of Chicago on Thursday, April 17, 2025. It depicts Kahlo lying down on a gurney with incisions on her back, referencing a recent surgery, next to another version of herself sitting up, wearing a traditional Tehuana dress and looking at the observer head-on.

Frida in Paris: Art Institute exhibition traces Kahlo’s surrealist connections

Isabella Russomanno, Contributing Writer May 5, 2025

Feb. 16, 1939: “I bet you my life I will hate this place and its people as long as I live,” an exhausted Frida Kahlo writes to her partner from her hospital bed in Paris. “There is something so false...

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