“The Travel Wish List”: Museo Frida Kahlo

The Casa Azul (“Blue House”) is where my most favorite artist, Frida Kahlo, grew up.  The house in Coyoacan, Mexico was home to the Kahlo family and also served as a home to Leon Trotsky when he first came to Mexico in 1937.  

Frida spent much of her time indoors after her accident in 1925 which left her with a broken spinal column, broken collarbone, broken ribs, a broken pelvis, fractures in her right leg and dislocated right foot and shoulder.  The painful 3-month recovery in a full body cast forced her to remain cooped up for a quite a while.   She often suffered from relapses of extreme pain throughout the rest of her life, which left her bedridden for months at a time.

The museum contains all of her and her husband Diego Rivera’s personal belongings  from the time they lived there (from 1929-1954 when Frida died).  While much of their work is not exhibited there, my continued interest in seeing where great artists and writers lived and worked at their craft is very much the motivating factor behind my wanting to head down to Mexico.

I’m not sure what’s up with the sound on this video, but it does a pretty decent job at showcasing a lot of the items found in the museum.

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