Preview the Exhibition

Bernard Silberstein, Frieda Kahlo in Rivera Living Room with Figure of Judas, around 1940.

Gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts. Gift of the artist. Bridgeman Images.

Frida Kahlo, Girl with Death Mask (She Plays Alone), 1938.

Oil on tin. Nagoya City Art Museum. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Jaguar mask, made in Guerrero, late 19th century.

Glass, painted wood, animal teeth, and boar bristle. San Antonio Museum of Art. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Frida Kahlo, My Grandparents, My Parents, and I (Family Tree), 1936.

Oil and tempera on zinc. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Allan Roos, M.D., and B. Mathieu Roos, 1976. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Frida Kahlo, Still Life with Parrot and Fruit, 1951.

Oil on canvas mounted on board. Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Nickolas Muray Collection of Modern Mexican Art. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Tehuana dress (top and skirt), made in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, 1930s–40s.

Cotton, hand-embroidered with a chain-stitch needle or crochet hook. Gift of Michael Phillips.

Frida Kahlo, Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia), 1928.

Oil on canvas. Charles H. Bayley Picture and Paintings Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Sophie M. Friedman Fund, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund, Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund, Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund, and Robert M. Rosenberg Fund. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Trunk, made in Olinalà, Guerrero, late 19th century.

Lacquered and painted wood. San Antonio Museum of Art. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Bernard Silberstein, Frieda Kahlo in Rivera Living Room with Figure of Judas, around 1940.

Gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts. Gift of the artist. Bridgeman Images.

Frida Kahlo, Girl with Death Mask (She Plays Alone), 1938.

Oil on tin. Nagoya City Art Museum. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Jaguar mask, made in Guerrero, late 19th century.

Glass, painted wood, animal teeth, and boar bristle. San Antonio Museum of Art. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Frida Kahlo, My Grandparents, My Parents, and I (Family Tree), 1936.

Oil and tempera on zinc. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Allan Roos, M.D., and B. Mathieu Roos, 1976. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Frida Kahlo, Still Life with Parrot and Fruit, 1951.

Oil on canvas mounted on board. Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Nickolas Muray Collection of Modern Mexican Art. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Tehuana dress (top and skirt), made in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, 1930s–40s.

Cotton, hand-embroidered with a chain-stitch needle or crochet hook. Gift of Michael Phillips.

Frida Kahlo, Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia), 1928.

Oil on canvas. Charles H. Bayley Picture and Paintings Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Sophie M. Friedman Fund, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund, Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund, Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund, and Robert M. Rosenberg Fund. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Trunk, made in Olinalà, Guerrero, late 19th century.

Lacquered and painted wood. San Antonio Museum of Art. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection. Photography by Peggy Tenison.