Galería de Arte Mexicano

Inés Amor’s pioneering commercial art gallery in Mexico City. In Hayden Herrera’s Frida it hosts the January 1940 International Exhibition of Surrealism, where Frida shows alongside the Surrealists.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Frida	Hayden Herrera	setting	The 1940 Surrealism show, the season’s great social event, prompts the question of whether Frida is a Surrealist.

Frida — Hayden Herrera (1983)

Source: Frida - A Biography of Frida Kahlo · Original · Readwise highlight

When the “International Exhibition of Surrealism” opened on January 17 at Inès Amor’s Galería de Arte Mexicano in Mexico City, it was the season’s great cultural and social event.

• Role: setting
• In the book: Chapter 16 opens with the show, organized by Breton, César Moro and Wolfgang Paalen. Mexico City’s elite crowd a lavish opening and then go on to dance at the El Patio cabaret. Reviewers remark that most of the Mexican participants, Frida among them, are not really Surrealists.
• Why it matters: It frames the book’s discussion of whether Frida belongs to Surrealism at all.