Laura Laurain of New Boston and makeup artist Esther Soto of Allen Park, wearing a headpiece by "Passion Flower Sue" of Ann Arbor. (Photos by Alan Stamm)
Fashion met art, history and culture Saturday night at the DIA's final preview of "Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit," a four-month exhibition opening today. There were enough flowery headdresses to stage an opera.
Four Detroit musicians from Mariachi Gallos de Oro, led by Tomas Hernandez, and dancers from Ballet Folklorico Moyocoyani Izel, a large Southwest Detroit ensemble choreographed by Jaime Carrillo, also enlivened the sold-out Rivera Court event. It featured endless nacho chips, salsas, cheese quesadilla (far from endless), Mexcian beers and other beverages.
Deadline Detroit was among several hundred attendees at a four-hour pure Detroit evening.
You have until July 12 to catch the exhibit of "Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit." At a free 2 p.m. lecture today in the museum's film theater, adjunct curator Mark Rosenthal speaks about how the two acclaimed Mexican artists created "High Drama in Detroit" during 1932-33. Here's what the DIA says about its high-profile show, drawing national attention:
Discover how they left their mark on Detroit. And how Detroit left its mark on their art.
Exclusively on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts, "Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit" brings together nearly 70 works of art that depict the evolution of these two extraordinary artists’ careers, including eight of Rivera’s epic preparatory drawings for the Detroit Industry murals and 23 pieces by Kahlo, whose work has never before been shown at the DIA.
Eight decades after the Riveras' visit, see how museum goers made their mark in Detroit's art museum Saturday:
Eden Winter, left, and Maryann Angelini came from Ann Arbor and channelled Frida Kahlo distinctively.
Erik Shumanand A. Andrea Montiel de Shuman live in Midtown Detroit.
Sandi Bevins of Detroit attended with her granddaughter, who set up a gift shop pose that we just couldn't resist grabbing too.
Working men in Detroit by Diego Rivera and working Detroit musicians of Mariachi Gallos de Oro, led by Tomas Hernandez.
WDIV photojournalist shoots musicians entertaining patrons waiting to enter the exhibition gallery at Saturday's sold-out preview.
The Rivera Court is sun-splashed as the late winter event begins at 6 p.m.
A video screen displays highlights of the exhibition opening today.
Well, what beer brands would you expect yto be served at an event celebrating Mexican artists?
Karen Benson of Birmingham, waiting to see the works, wraps herself in a Frida Kahlo shawl from Mexico.
Beverly Benmoussa of Ann Arbor, a family nurse practitioner at the University of Michigan Health system, dressed to impress. We weren't the only one requesting a pose.
Young Southwest Detroiters from Ballet Folklorico Moyocoyani Izel enlivened the sold-out event.
It surely was not a typical evening in the Detroit Institute of Arts entry court.
