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Frida Kahlo, Still Life (I Belong to Samuel Fastlich) from 1951 and a photograph of Kahlo taken by her father in 1926. Private collection courtesy of Tate/Guillermo Kahlo/Canva

February 12, 2026

How Tate Modern is serving up Frida Kahlo – from canvas to cuisine

Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Nottingham Trent University

This is the challenge of the Kahlo legacy: the more ubiquitous her image becomes, the more its original and liberating meaning risks being flattened.

Nickolas Muray, born Szeged, Hungary 1892, died New York, United States of America 1965, Frida Kahlo on bench #5, 1938, New York, United States of America, carbon print, 45.5 x 36 cm; The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation, © Nickolas Muray Archive.

July 7, 2023

Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution is insightful and beautiful; a reminder of how Anglo‑American our conception of modern art is

Catherine Speck, University of Adelaide

Frida Kahlo devotees, this new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia is your show.

Leonora Carrington at home in Mexico (2000). Daniel Aguilar/Reuters/Alamy Stock Photo

June 15, 2023

New book sheds light on surrealist artist Leonora Carrington’s extraordinary life and work

Susan Harrow, University of Bristol

Surreal Spaces paints a portrait of fragility and strength, passion and determination.

March 9, 2023

Becoming Frida Kahlo: new BBC documentary paints a compelling portrait of the Mexican artist

Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth

A new three-part series brings together a wealth of material and voices to present new films, photographs, stories and theories about the brilliant artist.

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