New story in Business from Time: Frida Kahlo Is Being Made Into a Barbie Doll. But One of Her Relatives isn’t Happy
(MEXICO CITY) — Toy-maker Mattel was in a dispute Thursday with a distant relative of the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo over rights to a Frida Barbie doll released as part of the company’s Inspiring Women series. Kahlo’s great-niece Mara de Anda Romeo said Mattel doesn’t have the rights to use Kahlo’s image. Pablo Sangri, …