Vanessa Severo’s solo show about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is most effective when it’s about Severo’s own journey to ...

One of Frida’s credited consultants is Kahlo’s great-niece, Cristina Kahlo, 64, who is an artist in her own right. A photographer for 35 years, she has documented many different subjects, such as ...

Frida … A Self Portrait,” which opened Friday at Glencoe’s Writers Theatre, digs deep into her life. In the 75-minute, ...

Installation view of Frida Kahlo ... Like many of Kahlo’s works, it has inspired more tote bags and children’s books than scholarship. I scan the painting, breathe it in, and wander ...

Ask one person about Frida Kahlo and they’ll point you toward ... “So this play is a biography of Frida, but it has my kind of personal fingerprints all over it.” The biggest changes with ...

At some point, theater artist Vanessa Severo will let go of Frida Kahlo, the beloved Mexican painter whom she has portrayed ...

Notwithstanding the suggestion of the title, Vanessa Severo’s self-penned solo show at Writers Theatre about the iconic 20th century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is not so much a self-portrait of ...

One of the best-known museums in Mexico City exhibits the life and work of its most famous artist: Frida Kahlo. The museum ... documents, books and furnishings, the house also displays personal ...

“Self-Portrait with Monkey,” 1945, Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954), oil on masonite. Private Collection © 2025 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo ...

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