Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo's legacy continues to grow in the public imagination in the nearly fifty years since her "discovery" in the 1970s. This collection of conversations over the course of her brief career allows a peek at the woman behind the hype, and allows us to see the image of herself she carefully crafted for the public. Frida Kahlo: The Last...

I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint. For many, she represents triumph over suffering, but to Frida Kahlo, life, body, and art were entirely intertwined. Kahlo—friend, lover, teacher, patient, survivor, revolutionary—endured polio and scoliosis as a child and then, at the age of 18, survived a catastrophic...

Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of Mexico's greatest painters: her extraordinary personal style, her tragic story, and her relationship with Diego Rivera (the more famous painter in their day), alongside her passionate paintings, have made her a cult figure since she died over sixty years ago. But beyond the familiar images, there is a private story about a daughter...