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Hayden Herrera, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo Harper Perennial

Elizabeth Carpenter, ed., Frida Kahlo Walker Art Center, 2007

Radical, bisexual, plagued by pain, an exceptional painter: all these describe Frida Kahlo, known the world over for her self-portraits, for her turbulent relationship with Diego Rivera, and for her ability to touch people of different backgrounds with her dramatic imagery. Curator/biographer Hayden Herrera and SFMOMA curator Alison Gass discuss Kahlo's life, work and legacy, as well as the current SFMOMA exhibition.

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Ephemeral Monument

Change for Equality

Iranian students, both in Iran and abroad, mobilized against the Shah's regime and then, after 1979, against the Islamic Republic. Taraneh Hemami and Gita Hashemi are part of Theory of Survival, an art exhibition inspired by student protest literature.

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Cushing & Tompkins, Chinese Posters: Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Chronicle Books, 2007

Ignacio, de la Cruz, Emmanuel & Toribio, The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons T'Boli, 2004

Docs Populi

Two historical moments of immense turbulence, the Philippine American War and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, were times of distinctive artistic production, times when political cartoons and posters changed or buttressed popular attitudes. Jorge Emmanuel, Lincoln Cushing and Ann Tompkins discuss the books they've produced about art, politics, and imperialism.

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Sabrina Chapadjiev, ed., Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction Seven Stories Press, 2008

Carolyn Gage

Daphne Gottlieb

Inga Muscio

What are the uses (and limits) of art to ward off, deal with, or heal from abuse, depression, and the impulse toward self-destruction? In the new volume Live Through This, twenty women artists tell their stories of trauma and struggle, agency and art. Daphne Gottlieb, Inga Muscio and Carolyn Gage talk about their contributions to the volume.