26 Oct 2022

Arts: Frida Kahlo packs the crowds into Auckland Art Gallery

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 26 October 2022

Kirsten Lacy, director Auckland Art Gallery.

Kirsten Lacy. Courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Photo: Jinki Cambronero

Auckland Art Gallery's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Art and Life in Modern Mexico exhibition opened a week and a half ago and saw the highest visitation numbers on record for a ticketed exhibition's opening weekend since 2011.

Guests were even queuing out the door and down Wellesley Street to get into the gallery at 10am on Saturday. Kathryn is joined by Kirsten Lacy, who's the director of the Auckland Art Gallery, to talk about the pair's popularity.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Art and Life in Modern Mexico, (installation view), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 2022. (PHOTO: Auckland Art Gallery)

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