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The commodification of Frida Kahlo: are we losing the artist under the kitsch?

January 4, 2019 by Editorial Team

As a new exhibition of Kahlo’s photographs opens, Jenny Valentish looks at the merchandise bearing the artist’s image and wonders if we’ve missed the point

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