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NMWA hosts an online exhibition of photographs and letters between Frida Kahlo and her mother

10 May 2020

10-05-2020 The National Museum of Women in the Arts has partnered with Google Arts and Culture to host an online exhibition of photographs and letters between Frida Kahlo and her mother,

Yuri Smekalov back on Frida Kahlo with his ballet-quest

04 May 2020

4-5-2020 A new version of the Ballet "Infinita Frida" will come out from this two phases project. The first one will be dedicated to rehearsals: until the the 10th of May artists will be connected from their apartments and spectators will be able to

“Frida Kahlo 2020” is now going to take place in 2021 with a new title, "Frida Kahlo: Timeless"

20 April 2020

19-04-2020 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the College of DuPage’s Cleve Carney Art Museum is pushing back by almost exactly a year

Online lecture "Frida Kahlo: Her Paintings and Her Jewelry" scheduled on April 20th

16 April 2020

16-04-2020 The Women's Jewelry Association, Metro Chapter (NYC area) will feature the jewelry historian, author, and curator Elyse Zorn Karlin

"The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris" by Marc Petitjean will be published on the 28th of April

10 April 2020

10-04-2020 An intimate account offering a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene

Frida Kahlo & Georgia O'Keeffe' s relationship

09 April 2020

9-04-2020 Last 20th of March Karen Chernick published an interesting article about Kahlo's friendship with O'Keeffe

"Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving" exhibition available online

30 March 2020

30-03-2020 Thanks to the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City the exhibition is available inside the Google Arts & Culture project Faces of Frida.

#Istayathome: Discover the Frida Kahlo Diary in the biggest online exhibition

21 March 2020

21-03-2020 In this period of emergency caused by the Coronavirus we must stay at home. I suggest you to visit the enlarged Google Arts and Culure project dedicated to Frida Kahlo, especially the pages dedicated to her diary

"Frida. Viva la Vida" documentary featured at the 2019 NZ Film Festival

26 February 2020

26-02-2020 The first film for this year featured at the 2019 NZ Film Festival is based on the life and work of Frida Kahlo.

Dutch National Ballet Presents the Premiere of FRIDA

06 February 2020

6-02-2020 ‘Even before Broken Wings premièred, I felt it should be a full-length ballet, because there was too much happening in too short a space of time.’

Frida Kahlo Corporation sued by a California-Based Artist

04 February 2020

4-02-2020 Cris Melo, a California-based artist, is taking the Frida Kahlo Corporation to court because she is tired of being harassed.

Odalys Nanin's show "Frida- Stroke of Passion" opens February 7th at Casa 101 Theater. Los Angeles

01 January 2020

1-01-2020 This play, written and starred by Odalys Nanin - Director of Macha Theatre - explores the mental, emotional and physical conditions during the last week of Frida Kahlo's life.

‘My Friend Frida’ web series was announced this week

07 December 2019

7-12-2019 How would people feel about Frida today? That is the question that inspired Juan Rodriguez to develop this series where frida is reimagined as a Millennial Hipster

Frida Kahlo's "Lady in White" sells for $5.8 Million at Christie’s

23 November 2019

23-11-2019 Frida Kahlo’s Portrait of a Lady in White (c. 1929) sold for more than $5.8 million at Christie’s Latin American art sale in New York yesterday.

“Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism" are going to Denver Art Museum in 2020

17 November 2019

17-11-2019 “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism" from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection will open Oct. 25, 2020 and run through Jan. 17, 2021.

"Frida-Viva la vida", a docu-film by Giovanni Troilo

02 November 2019

2/11/2019 In preview at the 37th Torino Film Festival and as exclusive in the Italian theaters on 25th, 26th, 27th November the Italian docu-film dedicated to Frida Kahlo

New permanent collection in the Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum - Mexico City

27 October 2019

27-10-2019 Diego and Frida meet again in the rooms of El Olmedo to celebrate 25 years of the Museum

Frida Kahlo by Brazilian street artist and muralist Eduardo Kobra

20 October 2019

20-10-2019 The exhibition, open to the public until Oct 23rd , is titled “Larger Than Life Part II” and includes works featuring Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera,

"Frida Kahlo. Il caos dentro" in Rome starting from October 12th

06 October 2019

06-10-2019 This “sensory exhibition” presents a vision of the life and love of Frida Kahlo through her vibrant letters, her photographs and works seen through technology

Mexico City celebrates the 112th anniversary of Frida Kahlo's birth

06 July 2019

06-07-2019 The Mexico City zócalo will display a floral and photographic open-air exhibition, called “The Colors of Frida”, including works and installations by 32 worldwide artists.

Frida in a nutshell... by Alex Szoenyi

27 April 2019

27-04-2019 It's not easy to sum up the life and work of Frida in some few lines... take a look at the article published by the magazine HIPLATINA.

Frida Kahlo at Viareggio Carnival, Italy

24 February 2019

24-02-2019 Unique in the world in size, movement, choreography and sensational nature, the giant Carnival floats are true allegorical machines.

Florida Grand Opera Presents "Frida" by Robert Xavier Rodríguez

23 February 2019

23-02-2019 "Frida" follows the tempestuous relationship between Kahlo and Rivera.

The play "Frida – Stroke of Passion" had its opening night in Los Angeles on Feb. 8th

16 February 2019

16-02-2019 This play explores the mental, emotional and physical condition during the last week of Frida Kahlo's life. Written and starred by Odelys Nanin, Director of Macha Theatre.

"Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving" opening tomorrow in New York

07 February 2019

7-02-2019 Some of the contents of the home Frida shared with her husband, the muralist Diego Rivera — known as La Casa Azul (Blue House) in Mexico City — will be accessible for the first time in the United States in “Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be D

Patti Smith's photos from La Casa Azul

19 January 2019

19-01-2019 | In 2012 Patti Smith took several black-and-white Polaroid photographs of objects while visiting La Casa Azul in Mexico City

Thoughts about Frida's "commodification"

06 January 2019

06-01-2019 | Jenny Valentish by The Guardian looks at the merchandise bearing the artist’s image and wonders if we’ve missed the point

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Moscow

03 January 2019

03-01-2019 | "Viva la Vida. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera" is the first large scale Moscow exhibition of paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

Frida Kahlo listed in the Frist Art Museum’s 2019 Schedule of Exhibitions

18 August 2018

18-08-2018 | On the 15th of August 2018 The Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn. USA) announced its 2019 schedule of exhibitions.

Frida Kahlo exhibition criticised in Hungary for 'promoting communism'

09 August 2018

09-08-2018 | Sixty-four years after her death, the personal life and politics of Frida Kahlo have come under scrutiny in Hungary.

Photographic Portraits from Baselitz to Warhol in Berlin

03 July 2018

Featuring around 180 works from 1917 to 2000, this exhibition highlights the variety of photographic portraits of artists, while also giving an overview of the Who's Who of art history in the last century.

Faces of Frida: a digital retrospective on Google Arts & Culture

25 June 2018

25-06-2018 | For years, Google Arts & Culture has been working in partnership with a network of museums and experts from all over the world to bring the many facets of Kahlo’s legacy together in one place.

San Francisco changes Phelan Avenue to Frida Kahlo Way

20 June 2018

Phelan Avenue will be rechristened as Frida Kahlo Way following a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors on June 19, 2018.

"Frida’s Parlour" installation runs from May 19 - June 16 at 141 Ebury Street in Belgravia - London

12 May 2018

Frida’s Parlour will be an interactive installation and workspace, where visitors will be able to make the kind of floral head-dresses that characterised Frida’s iconic style.

Frida-mania in Milan

05 January 2018

5-01-18, a month from the exhibition at Mudec and Frida is already a mania...

Russian premiere of Kalevi Aho’s 2013 opera "Frida y Diego" in Moscow

04 November 2017

on Nov.18, 2017 at the Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater, libretto by Maritza Nunez

Photography exhibition "Diego y Frida. Una sonrisa a mitad del camino" in Bucharest, Romania

16 October 2017

On Oct. 17, 2017 black-and-white photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Nicholas Murray, or Los Hermanos Mayo will be exhibited in Bucharest

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.