Informationen zum Autor Tobias Ostrander is Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator-at-Large of Latin American Art at Tate. He was previously Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (2011-2019). Beatriz García-Velasco is Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern. She has worked on a range of exhibitions, live performances, commissions and film programmes, and develops the Tate collection through the Latin American Acquisition Committee. Selected projects include the upcoming Frida Kahlo: The Making of An Icon (2026); Mike Kelley: Ghost & Spirit (2024-5); Capturing the Moment (2023-4); and Cecilia Vicuña: Brain Forest Quipu Hyundai Commission (2022-3). Through her involvement with Tate Film, Beatriz has also worked with pioneering living artists. Klappentext Featuring over 130 works, as well as the work of more than 80 of her contemporaries and artists she inspired from later generations, discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon. Step into the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo: revolutionary artist and global icon. Discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon. Frida Kahlo will showcase works by the artist that introduce her 'many selves' - the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. Featuring over 130 works, including some of her most well-known paintings, the exhibition will also feature documents, photographs and memorabilia taken from Kahlo's archives, as well as the work of more than 80 of her contemporaries and artists she inspired from later generations. Encounter a journey entirely unique to this fearless, revolutionary artist, one that offers fascinating insight into the transformative role of women artists in the 20th century, the intriguing notion of fandom, and the diversity of communities who claim Frida as their own. Zusammenfassung Featuring over 130 works, as well as the work of more than 80 of her contemporaries and artists she inspired from later generations, discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon....

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Tobias Ostrander is Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator-at-Large of Latin American Art at Tate. He was previously Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (2011-2019).

Beatriz García-Velasco is Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern. She has worked on a range of exhibitions, live performances, commissions and film programmes, and develops the Tate collection through the Latin American Acquisition Committee. Selected projects include the upcoming Frida Kahlo: The Making of An Icon (2026); Mike Kelley: Ghost & Spirit (2024-5); Capturing the Moment (2023-4); and Cecilia Vicuña: Brain Forest Quipu Hyundai Commission (2022-3). Through her involvement with Tate Film, Beatriz has also worked with pioneering living artists.

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Featuring over 130 works, as well as the work of more than 80 of her contemporaries and artists she inspired from later generations, discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon.

Step into the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo: revolutionary artist and global icon. Discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon.

Frida Kahlo will showcase works by the artist that introduce her 'many selves' - the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. Featuring over 130 works, including some of her most well-known paintings, the exhibition will also feature documents, photographs and memorabilia taken from Kahlo's archives, as well as the work of more than 80 of her contemporaries and artists she inspired from later generations.

Encounter a journey entirely unique to this fearless, revolutionary artist, one that offers fascinating insight into the transformative role of women artists in the 20th century, the intriguing notion of fandom, and the diversity of communities who claim Frida as their own.