Frida Kahlo married Rivera in 1929 while in her early twenties. Soon after, the couple moved from their home in Mexico to San Francisco and then to Detroit. The moves followed the commissions of Rivera. In the spring of 1932, he began working on a mural for the Detroit Institute of Arts. During her time in the United States, Kahlo was actively painting as her health allowed, but her work was not yet widely exhibited. She gave her now-iconic interview to the Detroit News at age 25 after having come to the paper's notice due to the work of her famous husband.
Written by staff reporter Florence Davies, the article features a reductive headline implying that the most interesting thing about Kahlo was her marriage. However, the piece itself is an insightful introduction to Kahlo's feminist nature and confidence in her own art.If the piece is, in fact, appreciative of the young artist's talent, why the deprecating and reductive headline?
Why refer to a skilled painter as “gleefully dabbling” in art?
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