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Mexican · 1907–1954 · Surrealism
Started painting in a body cast after a bus crash at eighteen, married Diego Rivera twice, and told Breton she was not a Surrealist.
Read full biography →Frida Kahlo's works are held in 11 museums worldwide, including Frida Kahlo Museum, Museo Dolores Olmedo, and Museum of Modern Art.
🇫🇷 France
1 museum
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1 works
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
🇲🇽 Mexico
3 museums
🇺🇸 United States
7 museums
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3 works
Museum of Modern Art
Midtown Manhattan, United States
Daily 10:30–17:30 (Sat until 19:00; first Fri of month until 20:00)Adults $30, students $17Fifth Av / 53 St (E, M)Confirm on museum website before visiting. -
1 works
Harry Ransom Center
Texas, United States
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1 works
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
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1 works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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1 works
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Madison, United States
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1 works
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, D.C., United States
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I see Frida Kahlo paintings?
Frida Kahlo's works can be seen at Museum of Modern Art[4], Frida Kahlo Museum, Museo Dolores Olmedo, and 2 other museums worldwide.Is Frida Kahlo museum worth it?
Frida Kahlo's works can be seen at Museum of Modern Art[4], Frida Kahlo Museum, Museo Dolores Olmedo, and 2 other museums worldwide.Did Frida Kahlo have polio?
Frida Kahlo caught polio at the age of six and was bedbound until she recovered.Why did Frida Kahlo have a unibrow?
The artist's eyebrows made the cult of Kahlo possible. Her eyebrows were the providential condition of her celebrity.Was Frida Kahlo a communist?
Frida Kahlo joined the Communist Party in the 1920s. At that time, the intellectual atmosphere in Mexico was charged with European ideologies, most prominently Marxism tempered with Mexican[8] nationalism.Was Frida Kahlo disabled?
Frida Kahlo endured intense physical pain throughout her life. In 1925[8], she was impaled on a metal handrail in a collision between a bus and trolley, which broke her spinal column and pelvis.When did Frida Kahlo get hit by a bus?
In 1925[8], Frida Kahlo was injured in a collision between a bus and a trolley. She was impaled on a metal handrail that entered her lower torso, breaking her spinal column and pelvis.How did Frida Kahlo paint?
Frida Kahlo loved the company of animals, and many of them made it into her paintings. She included spider monkeys, a hairless dog, parakeets, macaws, and even a fawn in her art.
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Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Frida Kahlo's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum National Museum of Women in the Arts Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Museo de Arte Moderno Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Museum of Modern Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum Harry Ransom Center Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] wikidata Wikidata: Q5588 Used for: identifiers.
- [8] wikipedia Wikipedia: Frida Kahlo Used for: biography.
- [9] book Dorling Kindersley, Artists: Inspiring Stories of the World's Most Creative Minds Used for: biography.
- [10] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.
- [11] book Hodge, Susie, 1960- author, The short story of women artists : a pocket guide to movements, works, breakthroughs, & themes Used for: biography.
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