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    Love, Unibrows, and Communism

    Frida & Diego at the AGO By Natasha Tsakiris Even if you have never heard of Frida Kahlo, you’d probably recognize her by her distinctive eyebrows prominent in many of her self-portraits. But before Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón became Frida Kahlo, Mexico had another renowned artist. Diego Rivera, Kahlo’s husband, was considered the “people’s artist.” His paintings expressed his passions and beliefs about politics and his homeland. Together they became two of the most celebrated artists of the twentieth century and of modern art. He painted for the people, while she painted to survive. Therefore, it is only fitting the two share an exhibit at the Art Gallery of…