By Natalie Glitz Grumhau

"Self Portrait as a Tehuana" (Frida Kahlo 1943). Frida Kahlo, Mexican mestiza artist, has been accused of committing cultural appropriation of indigenous Mexican communities, like the Tehuana, as well as being appropriated and commodified herself for her Mexican heritage. The line between inspiration and appropriation can be fine, but Mexico is now attempting to demarcate it clearly to protect its many indigenous communities.

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