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Frida Kahlo Festival in San Francisco to honor her 110th birthday

03 June 2017

In honor of Frida Kahlo's 110th birthday, San Francisco is throwing the influential artist a massive month-long party to celebrate her life and work.

"Frida Kahlo: Blood and Gold" , a dance and music performance at Tucson Botanical Gardens

26 May 2017

The ZUZI!'s production is inspired by the Garden's ongoing "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life" exhibit.

“Lucienne Bloch: dentro la vita di Frida Kahlo” will take place in Rome from May 5th

06 May 2017

The photographic exhibition is a collection of 76 images (among which 8 sketches) of Frida Kahlo’s life realized by Lucienne Bloch.

Frida Kahlo’s spirit revived in new feminist photography project

08 January 2017

In his latest project, Egyptian photographer Ahmed Mahrous decided to revive Kahlo’s spirit through a group of photos in which he captured her outstanding features in an artistic way.

"Diego y Frida: A Smile in the Middle of the Way”, photograph exhibit in Texas, USA

02 January 2017

The nearly 100 black-and-white photographs are on view through January 29 at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Hemisfair.

Frida Kahlo painting, unseen for 60 years, sells for $1.81 million at Sotheby's auction

24 November 2016

Frida Kahlo's Nina Con Collar, an early painting whose whereabouts had been a mystery for 60 years, has sold for $1.81 million at a Sotheby's Latin American art auction.

"Lust for life" - Artworks inspired by Frida Kahlo in London

09 August 2016

A selection of artworks by artists inspired by Frida

An homage to Frida by Venezuela: "Siempre Frida" at la Galería de Arte Florida , Caracas

31 July 2016

An art gallery in the Venezuelan capital is honoring the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with an exposition featuring the works of 50 female Venezuelan artist.

"Broken Wings", a new ballet on the life and work of Frida

09 April 2016

Frida Kahlo is the subject of one of three new works choreographed by women for She Said by the English Nationa Ballet , Sadler's Wells , London 13-16 April 2016

A new book on Frida and Fashion

06 April 2016

"Frida Kahlo: Fashion as the Art of Being" by Susana Martinez Vidal (Assouline, 10 March 2016)

Frida Kahlo’s ‘Dos Mujeres’ Finds A New Home In Boston Museum of Fine Arts

31 January 2016

Dos Mujeres is significant for more than just its rarity. It was the first work Kahlo sold.

Frida Kahlo self-portrait returning to UT Austin

29 November 2015

Kahlo's 1940 painting "Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" will be on display at the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin

Frida Kahlo’s art and style sprang to life on the Spring-Summer 2016 runway of Osman Yousefzada

26 September 2015

Osman Yousefzada's Spring-Summer 2016 Collection

Frida Kahlo portrayed by the Norwegian cartoonist John Arne Sæterøy , aka Jason

30 August 2015

Frida Kahlo is the main character of the new comic book by the Norwegian cartoonist Jason, who transformed the Mexican painter under its usual anthropomorphic aesthetics in a story entitled the Parrot of Frida Kahlo.

A new documentary about Frida Kahlo by Tadasuke Kotani

13 August 2015

Tadasuke Kotani’s documentary film “Frida Kahlo no Ihin” (“The Legacy of Frida Kahlo”) shows Miyako Ishiuchi shooting photographs of Frida's belongings.

Frida Kahlo's private letters exhibited in Mexico

02 August 2015

The exhibition “Echoes of ink and paper. From the privacy of Frida Kahlo“ is displayed since last Wednesday at the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo of Mexico City.

Designers create fully 3D printed playset based on Frida Kahlo

12 June 2015

In pursuit of creating an alternative to Barbies and GI-Joe action figures that have seemingly taken over the children’s toy industry, 3D designers Eva Sbaraini and Marco Autilio have created a fully-articulated 3D printable playset that is based on

First images from the New York Botanical Garden’s new exhibition, ‘Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life,’

15 May 2015

New York Botanical Garden’s new exhibition, ‘Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life,’ focuses on the artist's engagement with nature in her native Mexico

"Frida Kahlo's New York", an exhibition of Felipe Galindo/Feggo's works

01 May 2015

Award-winning, Mexican-American cartoonist and illustrator Felipe Galindo/Feggo told Latin Post: "I am imagining what she would be doing here in New York or if something in New York had influenced her work..."

Mexican Women Voladoras in London to celebrate the life and work of Frida Kahlo

25 April 2015

“The Four Fridas” is a spectacular, outdoor theatre production celebrating the life and work of Frida Kahlo, taking place from 1 – 4 July at 10pm, as the centerpiece to this year’s Greenwich+Docklands International Festival.

Frida Kahlo's Love Letters To Be Displayed & Auctioned

10 April 2015

Twenty-five letters written by Mexican painter Frida Khalo will be exhibited briefly in New York City before being auctioned on April 15.

"Fridamania Shows Little or No Signs of Abating"

04 April 2015

"...if ever there was an artist made for our Facebook age of obsessive self-examination/promotion, it is Frida Kahlo, with her endless variations on the theme of her own face"

A Detroit Opera Celebrates Frida Kahlo's Life And Cooking

28 February 2015

The opera is celebrating not only Kahlo's art and life, but her recipes and cooking, too.

Unique collection of Diego Rivera works debuts in Southeast Asia

17 February 2015

A unique collection of 34 paintings and sketches by Diego Rivera,will be shown in Southeast Asia for the first time. “Diego Rivera: Pride of Mexico” makes its debut at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) from 13 February to 12 April 2015.

'Detroit Industry' film gives rare view of Rivera and Kahlo

16 February 2015

Diego Rivera, accompanied by Frida, spent nearly a year at the Detroit Institute of Arts working on “Detroit Industry,” the courtyard murals that would become the museum’s centerpiece.

"Color y vida: 20 artists for Frida Kahlo" in Genova, Italy

18 January 2015

"Color y vida: 20 artists for Frida Kahlo" is the name of the exhibition organized by the Fondazione Casa America and by the cultural association R. Airolfi at the Lodge of Palazzo San Giorgio, until Friday, February 20th.