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Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul vies for Guinness World Record with concert by 97-year-old drummer this weekend
Legendary musician Tino Contreras says he looks forward to setting up his drum kit among pre-Colombian sculptures in the patio garden for live-streamed event
NewsVisitor Figures 2020
Who were the most Googled artists in 2020?
Search data from 84 countries last year shows that Leonardo, Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo were among the world's most popular artists
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In new exhibition, timeless favourite Frida Kahlo finds fresh relevance during a time of isolation and illness
Delayed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, a show of the beloved Mexican artist’s work prepares to open in the Chicago suburbs with a full slate of virtual programming
FeatureObituaries
Remembering Luchita Hurtado, painter, eco-warrior and witness to a century of art
The Venezuelan artist— associated with the founders of European Surrealism and the New York School in the 1940s—centred her art on nature and her own life story, and became a sensation in her 99th year
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Spanish dealer claims to find long-lost Frida Kahlo painting
Missing for six decades, La Mesa Herida (The Wounded Table) may be in a London warehouse, but experts say the work is likely a fake
NewsMother's Day
National Museum of Women in the Arts honours 'complex and varied' maternal relationships for Mother's Day
Featuring works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Catlett and others, the online series explores artists' experiences of motherhood and their connection to their own moms
BlogIn the frame
Madge (apparently) channels Frida and Pyotr
NewsExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in New York this week
From Lucio Fontana's punctured canvases to an intimate look at Frida Kahlo's personal objects
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Frida Kahlo's hidden treasures to a layered look at James Baldwin
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Have Brooklyn and Boston bagged Frida Kahlo blockbusters?
Shows at the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston explore the Mexican artist’s love of fashion and “arte popular”
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Lost Frida Kahlo painting and Diego Rivera mural at centre of new show looking at couple’s Russian links
As the exhibition opens in Moscow, curators hope a photograph of the missing work might jog the memory of any witnesses
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Three to see: London
From Christo’s huge floating sculpture in Hyde Park to the intimacy of Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Step into Frida Kahlo’s ‘secret’ wardrobe
Frida Kahlo's Making Her Self Up opens at Victoria and Albert Museum in June
NewsResearch
New hope for lost Frida Kahlo painting
Expert says new evidence could reveal location of Mexican artist’s biggest work, which “disappeared into thin air”
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Fight over Frida Kahlo trademark takes a new turn as corporation countersues her family
The legal tussle escalated recently with a controversial Barbie doll modelled on the Mexican artist and feminist icon’s image
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Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe coming to the Victoria & Albert Museum
Show featuring Mexican artist’s distinctive clothing, unseen for 50 years, is among highlights of museum’s 2018 programme
ArchiveFrida Kahlo
How Frida Kahlo found her Mexican identity in Detroit
Though she distinctly disliked the experience, the Detroit Institute of Arts shows how it shaped her iconic imagery
ArchiveCollectors
José Berardo is on the verge of signing an agreement to show his art in Lisbon
The billionaire's collection features Frida Kahlo, Francis Bacon and Dan Flavin, among others
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ARCO, Madrid: Big crowds, but few buyers
A Frida Kahlo—not for sale—pulled in 180,000 viewers
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Frida Kahlo: Toted as the female Van Gogh, Kahlo draws the crowds
As “Frida” hits the screens, the cult painter’s art–and spin-offs–are in high demand
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Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and 20th-century Mexican art: the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection at El Museo del Barrio
New York welcomes key Kahlo works
ArchiveSurrealism
How Surrealism has shaped the self-portraits of three generations of women artists
Women and Surrealism at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: The frog and the swallow reunited
First ever show bringing together Mexico’s twin stars at the Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Switzerland
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Copenhagen gets treated to exhibition of substantial private Kahlo collection
The Dolores Olmedo Patiño collection—the world’s largest of the artist’s work—is on tour
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Six-figure sum for Frida Kahlo’s journal
Abrams’s winning bid for 170-page illustrated diary
ArchiveBooks
Books: Dangerous (artistic) liaisons examined
A poet married to a painter reviews a survey of creative partnerships including Ernst and Carrington, Pollock and Krasner, Rodin and Claudel, and more
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Major Latin American art exhibition arrives in New York this month
This will be the largest show of modern Latin American art to be presented in the United States