The singer, who recently visited Mexico City to give five concerts, publishes some photos with huipiles, shoes and jewelry that allegedly belonged to the Mexican artist. Her foundation denies it
The queen of pop visited Mexico City in April 2024 and gave five concerts at the Palacio de los Deportes. A month after the recitals she published some photographs on her Instagram account in which she wears a white huipil and a turquoise one, shoes, rings, necklaces, in addition to showing photographs and letters that belonged to Frida Kahlo. The publication reached 7,500 comments in less than 24 hours and the majority of people responded with indignation: “What a shame for whoever gave up such a banal favor”, “It’s too bad that you take advantage of Mexican culture!”, “Really? Did they let him wear Frida’s clothes? Isn’t it cultural heritage? Such was the scandal generated that the Blue House, owner of the rights of the Mexican artist, denied what the noise on social networks claimed.
“The collection of Frida’s clothing and jewelry that we safeguard are subject to strict conservation measures and are exhibited in the museum, not being loaned for personal use,” reads one of the paragraphs of the statement. “It is important to clarify that, unlike what was mentioned to the media, Madonna, due to times in her agenda, did not manage to visit the Blue House on her recent visit to Mexico,” it is added, highlighting the message in bold, although those responsible for the foundation assure that their relatives and team members did do so.
The message that accompanies the publication of the queen of pop is ambiguous. She says it was a “nice souvenir” to visit the family home of her eternal muse. She adds, too, that it was magical to wear Kahlo’s clothes and jewelry, read her diaries and letters, and look at photographs she had never seen. The artist was crossing adolescence when the work of the Mexican painter was exhibited in a museum in her native Michigan and the young Madonna was shocked. That she recognizes that “she had never seen the photographs” may imply that the queen of pop’s visit was not to the blue house in Coyoacán, but could have been to another red one with a secret location.
To the south of Mexico City, very close to the Blue House, is the Red House, “the refuge” where Frida Kahlo went when things were not going well with Diego Rivera. “Here she hid and they protected her from [her sisters],” said Mara de Anda, the artist’s great-grandniece, for this newspaper, in 2022. “We call it the Red House because it is the heart of the Kahlo family. ”. The place can be visited virtually, and access to this site is reserved for renowned people, such as Salma Hayek, Katy Perry or Tove Lo.
Source: elpais
