Frida's painting career didn't begin due to her ... Another painting from 1937, Memory, the Heart, shows Kahlo's pain over her husband's affair with her younger sister Christina.

Frida Kahlo, who painted mostly small ... She transcended her pain. Her paintings are her diary. When you’re doing a movie, you want a story like that.” In the film, the Mexican born and ...

A Friendship With Mary Reynolds” features work and objects revealing Kahlo and Reynolds’ friendship and influence in their ...

While movies, documentaries and books tell the story of legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, “Frida: Beyond the Myth” — at ...

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s iconic face now graces the walls ... Born in Coyoacán, Mexico, Kahlo faced significant physical pain throughout her life. A traumatic bus accident at age 18 left ...

The late 1930s were a pivotal moment in Frida Kahlo’s career. She began painting in the 1920s and it wasn’t until 1938 when she had her first solo exhibition. The Art Institute's Frida Kahlo ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Frida Kahlo, “Self Portrait with Monkey,” 1938. Oil on Masonite.Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966, is featured in a new exhibit at the Art Institute.

The celebration honoring Frida Kahlo took place in the museum’s Robins Sculpture Garden and Cochrane Atrium. There were visual arts demonstrations, including backstrap loom weaving, painting on ...

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist. She was born in 1907 in Mexico City and died in 1954. Frida Kahlo had a lot of illnesses in her lifetime. When she was six years old, she found out she had an ...