Mexico's Tribute to Frida Kahlo's 'Forgotten' Protege IANS/EFE
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Archive photo of Poland-born muralist and painter Fanny Rabel smiles at her painting studio in Mexico City, November 11, 1992. Rabel worked with David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and Frida Khalo and along with Antonio Garica Bustos, Guillermo Monroy and Arturo Estrada were known as the Group of The Fridos. (Heriberto Rodriguez)

An exhibition is being held in Mexico City to pay tribute to Polish-born Mexican artist Fanny Rabel, considered the "forgotten" protege of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

"She was recognized in her day; over the decades, however, she was relegated because of the stature of the three greats of Mexican art," the exhibit's curator, Ana Torres, told EFE, referring to Rivera, Kahlo and David Alfaro Siqueiros.

The exhibit, inaugurated last week at this capital's Ibero-American University, marks the first-ever presentation of 90 works by the painter, who used art to denounce social problems such as poverty and urban sprawl.

... The exhibit, titled "Para participar en lo justo: recuperando la obra de Fanny Rabel" (To Be a Part of What's Right: Recovering the Work of Fanny Rabel), a reference to an expression frequently found in the artist's writings, will be open to the public through Oct 11.

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