A few days before her death, Frida Kahlo wrote in her diary that she hoped never to return. And yet, during this time, she painted one last picture to celebrate life: fleshy, juicy watermelons, with the epitaph “VIVA LA VIDA – Coyoacán 1954 Mexico”. In a country that grants the dead a cheerful, colorful right of return once a year on Día de los Muertos, Kahlo’s wish to disappear forever is almost coquettish. And even she, the master of self-dramatization, would have been surprised by her future omnipresence as the most famous, most reproduced artist in the world. There is no escaping Frida Kahlo’s enigmatic world. Not even on the stage at the Deutsches Theater.
Munich: Frida Kahlo at the Deutsches Theater – Munich
