00:01Latin America commemorates 71 years since the death of Mexican surrealist artist Magdalena Frida Carmen Calo y Calderón, very known as Frida Calo.
00:10Born in Coyoacán, Mexico on July 6, 1907, daughter of photographer Guillermo Calo and Matilde Calderón, the artist was a member of the Mexican Communist Party, where she met her husband, also a plastic artist, Diego Rivera.
00:23Calo dedicated at least 150 works to her experiences, mainly self-portraits. She died at 47 years old after suffering a non-traumatic pulmonary embolism, leaving a legacy of freedom and dedication to art.
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