Frida Kahlo and the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund, Baden-Baden celebrated their 5th anniversary

In the Spring,  five years ago, two passionate art and Mexican culture lovers opened the doors of their newly founded private Museum to all the visitors queuing outside the old factory building turned into Museum in Baden-Baden.

Five years ago, the exhibition shown in the Museum contained a total of 100 replicas of the paintings of the world famous artist Frida Kahlo, 10 photos, 5 Mexican dresses as Frida used to wear and over 20 Maya and Aztec artifacts.From the inception the exhibition concept was to show, in a permanent setting, the work and life of Frida Kahlo through her paintings as replicas.

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THE WEDDING ROOM / # 72: Frida Kahlo: Self Portrait with Cropped Hair, 1940; # 82: Self Portrait with Braid, 1941; (partial) # 78: Flower Basket or Still Life with Hummingbird, 1941;Licensed replica © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008

The paintings are licensed replicas from © Banco de Mexico, Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2008.
Over the years the Museum founders have added to this private collection so that today the Museum counts over 1000 exhibits, including entire rooms of the Blue House reconstructed from vintage photos to the smallest detail.
Probably one of the most iconic additions to the exhibition was the canopy bed of Frida Kahlo reproduced to the millimeter in the same materials and style as her own bed in Mexico City. Today the exhibition shows more than 30 Mexican dresses, a Mexican rebozo (scarf) dated ca.1827, two photographs from Nickolas Muray from the Nikolas Muray Archives and over 120 photos of Frida, her family, her friends, and Mexico between 1900 to 1950.

(right) Prof. Dr. Mariella Remund, Hans-Jürgen Gehrke

During the years in Baden-Baden the Museum and the Frida Kahlo exhibition were the preferred place for schools visits, families Sunday outings, first dates and, following the trail of love, even for a surprise marriage proposal, an actual wedding and a married couple for 23 years, finally bought their first wedding rings in the museum shop for $4 each.
All these events, and many more, happened under the vigilant, penetrating, mysterious eyes of Frida Kahlo looking from the paintings.

This year, the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Museum was celebrated in San Diego; since October 2013 until May 2014 all the exhibits in show and Frida’s story could be seen at NTC Liberty Station in San Diego for the pleasure of the visitors coming from Mexico and California.

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