DIEGO RIVERA AND FRIDA KAHLO IN DETROIT

From April 1932 through March 1933, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo pent a dramatic and pivotal sojourn in Detroit. Against the backdro p of the Great Depression and amid labor protests in the city, Rivera created his Detroit Industry murals, one of the most important and accomplished works of art made in the United States in the 20th century, for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Kahlo, meanwhile, d eveloped her own artistic identity almost unnoticed, emerging with an oeuvre of extraordinarily expressive work.