Frida Kahlo Dazzles NY Auction Week With $54.6m World Record
Sotheby’s wrapped its marathon week of New York autumn sales on Thursday night with the kind of back-to-back performance the… Read More
21 November 2025
Frida Kahlo
Courtauld Gallery Announces Reopening Dates – Frida Kahlo Trademark Dispute Dropped By US Court – Sonic Ray Installation Revives London’s Only Lighthouse
Courtauld Gallery Announces Reopening Dates – Frida Kahlo Trademark Dispute Dropped By US Court – Sonic Ray Installation Revives London’s Only Lighthouse
30 September 2021
Frida Kahlo Last Self-Portrait Auctioned – Van Gogh And Frans Hals Theft Trial – Firstsite Selected Art Fund Museum of the Year
Frida Kahlo Last Self-Portrait Auctioned – Van Gogh And Frans Hals: X-Con Goes On Trial – Firstsite Selected Art Fund Museum of the Year
23 September 2021
Frida Kahlo: A Question Of Ethnicity – Edward Lucie-Smith
A recent Opinion piece on the website Hyperallegenic fiercely condemned Frida Kahlo, long one of the patron saints of contemporary feminist art.
18 July 2021
Great Artworks Explained A New Video Series By James Payne
This is a new series by Artist/historian James Payne demystifying great works of art. We will be adding to this page as the content is produced.
1 June 2020
Frida Kahlo Artist or Cult Figure? Making Her Self Up at V&A
Frida Kahlo’s life is so interwoven with her art that there is little separation. Her biography is well-known, and so is her image. The brightly dressed artist in traditional Mexican clothes with her prominent monobrow. The pain and suffering she endured first through childhood polio and subsequently through a tram crash are well documented.
18 June 2018
Frida Kahlo Making Her Self Up
EXTENDED: This summer, the V&A will explore how Frida Kahlo (b. 1907), one of the most recognised and significant artists and women of the 20th century, fashioned her identity. Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up will be the first exhibition outside of Mexico to display her clothes and intimate possessions, reuniting them with key self-portraits and photographs to offer a fresh perspective on her compelling life story.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Frida Kahlo Estate Raises A Monobrow To Artist Barbie Doll
Relatives of the estate of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are considering suing the Frida Kahlo Corporation over claims it holds the rights to her image.
9 March 2018
Frida Kahlo’s Wardrobe And Belongings Documented At Michael Hoppen Gallery
Michael Hoppen Gallery presents Frida by Ishiuchi Miyako (2013), a photographic record of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe and belongings…. Read More
12 May 2015
Madonna Refuses To Loan Frida Kahlo’s My Birth To Detroit Exhibition
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were an explosive couple. He carried a pistol. She carried a flask. He romanticised Detroit. She… Read More
26 April 2015
Frida Kahlo: Secret Love Letters To Jose Bartoli Sell For £248,000
A collection of love letters belonging to Frida Kahlo, written for Spanish artist Jose Bartoli, sold at Doyle New York… Read More
21 April 2015
Frida Kahlo’s Beloved Garden To Be Re-created in New NYBG Exhibition
The New York Botanical Garden’s 2015 programme will re-create Frida Kahlo’s famous garden, as a show-stopping feature. Focusing on the… Read More
30 November 2014