{"id":19742,"date":"2023-01-05T23:28:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T23:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=19742"},"modified":"2023-01-05T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T23:28:10","slug":"iconic-frida-kahlo-exhibition-leads-sydney-festival-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/iconic-frida-kahlo-exhibition-leads-sydney-festival-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Frida Kahlo exhibition leads Sydney Festival opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sydney Festival 2023 has today opened the doors to its signature event,\u00a0<em>Frida Kahlo: The Life of An Icon<\/em>.<br>\u00a0<br>The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has secured the exhibition exclusively for Sydney as part of the Sydney Festival program. This world-class exhibition will take over\u00a0The Cutaway in Barangaroo with nine rooms of multi-sensory experiences exploring the life and work of one of history&#8217;s most influential artists.<br>\u00a0<br>Minister for Tourism and the Arts Ben Franklin said\u00a0<em>Frida Kahlo: The Life of An Icon\u00a0<\/em>will showcase Sydney as a global cultural destination.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThis extraordinary exploration of one of the greatest cultural icons of the 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century is the perfect way to open Sydney Festival,\u201d Mr Franklin said.<br>\u00a0<br><em>\u201cFrida Kahlo: The Life of An Icon<\/em>\u00a0provides audiences with a uniquely immersive experience\u00a0through interactive spaces, incorporating photographs, films, digital environments, collector\u2019s items, music and live performance.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThis incredible Frida Kahlo exhibition is expected to draw thousands of visitors to Sydney and inject $3 million into the NSW economy.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201c<em>Frida Kahlo: The Life of An Icon<\/em>\u00a0is a must-see exhibition at this year\u2019s Sydney Festival, which is once again setting a national benchmark for excellence in major arts and cultural events.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>From 5 \u2013 29 January, Sydney Festival will reimagine a range of Sydney\u2019s iconic and undiscovered venues, from the CBD to Western Sydney, with 25 days of site-specific programming that will have audiences viewing Sydney from a whole new perspective.<br>\u00a0<br><em>Frida Kahlo: The Life of An Icon<\/em>\u00a0runs from 4 January \u2013 7 March 2023 at The Cutaway in Barangaroo. For more information on Sydney Festival and to book tickets go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sydneyfestival.org.au%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7Cb63f3605bace46668ff008daee086312%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C638084017351834433%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KGpfTRk55kFIrt6TtGZ6ZvjQkauPg5esNqyCNUSjuDs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.sydneyfestival.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Festival 2023 has today opened the doors to its signature event,\u00a0Frida Kahlo: The Life of An Icon.\u00a0The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has secured the exhibition exclusively for Sydney as part of the Sydney Festival program. This world-class exhibition will take over\u00a0The Cutaway in Barangaroo with nine rooms of multi-sensory experiences exploring the life &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/iconic-frida-kahlo-exhibition-leads-sydney-festival-opening\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Iconic Frida Kahlo exhibition leads Sydney Festival opening&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19743,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19742\/revisions\/19743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}