A Visit to Frida Kahlo's CASA AZUL in Coyoacán, Mexico City

[@AliceandGreg]

"Pies, ¿para qué los quiero si tengo alas para volar? / Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?" Frida Kahlo lost her leg to gangrene in 1953 after suffering for years from complications related to a horrible accident she experienced when she was just 18, but the artist's spirit was greater than any physical body could ever contain.

[@taratavi]

I wanted to show my high school art classes a good doc on Frida and Casa Azul and this was PERFECT! I even learned things I hadn’t realized when I visited myself! Thanks Alice and Greg!

[@JuanHernandez-hm2fb]

wow a unique and talented Friday kalo

[@mariaabundantliving6965]

Deeply moving and inspiring! Often I find words ineffective to express the emotions your videos elicit in me. Deeply grateful for you. 💜

[@AliceandGreg]

Thank you so much!

[@msmoneynine]

Yay, awesome! I’ve been waiting for this one! I wanna go to the Frida museum!

[@AliceandGreg]

We actually made this one because you requested it! Several people had requested it but you put it over the top.

[@msmoneynine]

@@AliceandGreg Wow, I’m so honored! Thank you so much!!! You guys are so awesome!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@_Redtailhawk_]

Thank - you!

[@christopherhundley3918]

Great vídeo!

[@user-ru1jz9cq2y]

Was there a long wait for the Frida Musuem?

[@user-ru1jz9cq2y]

What is the website to get tickets online?

[@labronrobinson3656]

It is mandatory for me to visit there. Is there a website to explore the museum?

[@AliceandGreg]

Yes, www.museofridakahlo.org.mx has a virtual tour

[@JoeyChilango]

Very informative and poignant. Great video tour.

[@AliceandGreg]

Thank you for watching!

[@OIRAMAGETRO]

Hay otros artistas, en el ámbito mexicano, cuyo arte nunca alcanzo la popularidad y comercialidad de Frida. Una de ellas, sin menospreciar a Frida, fue Leonora Karrington. Vale la pena qué la investiguen; sino es que ya lo hicieron. Ella, al igual que su coterraneo, Edward James (y no Olmos), eran ingleses decendientes de la aristocracia de aquel país, pero prefirieron su libertad artística a los títulos de nobleza y culminaron sus días en México. Saludos 😉

[@AliceandGreg]

Muchísimas gracias, estamos muy interesados ​​en la vida y el arte de Leonora Carrington y planeamos hacer un video sobre ella también. Como teníamos una amiga de Estados Unidos de visita, queríamos llevarla a la Casa Azul porque es muy cerca de nuestro departamento.

[@ovh992]

Diego ordered that the room not be opened until 50 years after his death. Not 15!

[@AliceandGreg]

www.getty.edu/news/what-frida-kahlo-kept-in-her-bathroom/ The staff left the bathroom unopened for longer than Diego instructed out of an abundance of caution and respect for family members.

[@omfug7148]

Wonderful, Kahlo's father was a German Jew was he not? I wonder if that part of her heritage had an influence on her?

[@AliceandGreg]

Yes, he was. Certainly that must have affected her worldview as did her relatively privileged upbringing, but she never lost sight of the plight of the indigenous people of Mexico and the struggles of the working class.