Author: Salomon Grimberg

Salomon Grimberg writes on various aspects of the creative process. He co-edited Frida Kahlo's Das Gesamtwerk (1988), co-authored Remedios Vero's catalogue raisonné (1994), and has written numerous articles and essays for museum exhibition catalogues. He has curated shows on Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Nickolas Muray and the 2001 travelling retrospective exhibition Jacqueline Lamba: In Spite of Everything, Spring. He is the author of Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes (Merrell, 2008), Frida Kahlo Song of Herself (Merrell, 2008), Frida Kahlo, I Will Never Forget You (2004), and Nickolas Muray, Portrait of a Photographer (2013). He is contributing editor to the Woman's Art Journal and is working on the authorized catalogue raisonné of Leonora Carrington's paintings.

Beyond André Breton: The Life and Art of Jacqueline Lamba, the Surrealist Woman Art History Forgot

Jacqueline Lamba lived in the shadow of her French poet husband and was essentially erased from modern art history. A groundbreaking biography Jacqueline Lamba: The Forgotten Surrealist (published April 7, 2026, by Merrell Publishers) from art historian and author Salomon Grimberg, repositions Lamba as a major creative force in her own right, while uncovering a previously unknown love affair between Lamba and Frida Kahlo.