Join Dartmouth Professor Jorge Quintana Navarrete for a discussion of the importance and role of artist Frida Kahlo in Mexican and world culture, in celebration of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This program will be hybrid: attend in person the Mayer Room or register to attend by Zoom here. 

How did Mexican artist Frida Kahlo attain the status of a global icon, resonating with diverse communities in Mexico and across the world? Why does her work continue to hold significance in the 21st century? This presentation will offer an overview of Kahlo’s life and artistic legacy, emphasizing the elements of her work that continue to engage and inspire in today’s complex global context.

Jorge Quintana Navarrete is Associate Professor of Spanish at Dartmouth College. His research interests include Mexican culture (19th and 20th centuries), Utopian Studies, Environmental Humanities, and Science and Technolgy Studies. He has published peer-reviewed articles in Hispanic Review, Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, Revista Hispánica Moderna, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, among others. His book, Biocosmism. Vitality and the Utopian Imagination in Postrevolutionary Mexico traces the intellectual constellation of biocosmism or biocosmic thought in Mexico. He was awarded a Mellon New Directions Fellowship (2025-2028) for his research project Geological Mexico: Science, Indigeneity, and the Framing of the Earth.