Culture: Frida Stays in the Frame ; Once a Marginal Figure, the Mexican Painter Frida Kahlo has Come to Seem the Ideal Artist for Our Times, with an Exhibition Opening at Tate Modern Today Treated As a Major Cultural Event. Terry Grimley Looks at the Reasons for Her Belated Success

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According to Tate Modern's press release for its exhibition of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (19071954), she is now regarded as one of the most influential and important artists of the 20th century.

This seems an extraordinary claim, considering that 30 years ago she would have been unlikely to get even a bit-part in most historians' accounts of 20th century art.

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Culture: Frida Stays in the Frame ; Once a Marginal Figure, the Mexican Painter Frida Kahlo has Come to Seem the Ideal Artist for Our Times, with an Exhibition Opening at Tate Modern Today Treated As a Major Cultural Event. Terry Grimley Looks at the Reasons for Her Belated Success

The reasons for this rise to pre-eminence 50 years after her death are revealing about the cultural shifts of the last few decades, and perhaps more complex than might appear at first sight.

First and foremost there is the emergence of feminist art theory since the late 60s, with its consequent trawl through history in search of lost o...

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