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Frida Kahlo

Renowned for her colorful self-portraits, the painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is an emblem of Mexican and indigenous culture and of feminism.

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Classics by Van Gogh, Monet, and Kahlo are transformed into huge immersive video installations.
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A worker wearing a Sotheby's apron holds up the painting in front of their face.

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $35 million

Frida Kahlo's "Diego and I" sold at auction for the highest price ever paid for a painting by a Latin American artist.
ArtsNovember 17, 2021
Painting of Frida Kahlo sitting on a wheelchair with paintbrushes and a palette on her lap and there's an easel with a portrait of a man facing her

Frida Kahlo: up close and personal

A new compilation of her 152 paintings directs focus on her works and stories behind them.
CultureAugust 9, 2021
Priscylla Beaulieu sitting at a desk writing a letter to Elvis Presley, with a picture of him in front of her

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Ausstellung | Frida Kahlo, Making Her Self Up

How Frida Kahlo's German dad influenced her

As Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up opens at London's V&A, DW explores how her Gernan father helped her become an artist.
CultureJune 15, 2018
Ausstellung | Frida Kahlo, Making Her Self Up

Highlights from the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up

With Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, London's Victoria and Albert Museum shows how the artist constructed her image.
CultureJune 15, 20188 images
An image released by Barbie shows dolls in the image of pilot Amelia Earhart, left, Mexican artist Frida Khalo and mathematician Katherine Johnson, part of the Inspiring Women doll line series

Sale of Frida Kahlo Barbie blocked in Mexico

A descendant of the painter has been granted an injunction against Mattel.
CultureApril 21, 2018
Barbie puppen von Pilotin Amelia Earhart, künstlerin Frida Kahlo und Mathematikerin Katherine Johnson

New Barbie dolls pay tribute to inspiring women

A day before International Women's Day, Mattel releases a collection of dolls honoring 17 inspiring women.
CultureMarch 9, 2018
Frida Kahlo

Barbie: Frida Kahlo descendants clash with Mattel

The artist's family has threatened to sue the toy company over the right to use Kahlo's image in its new Barbie series.
CultureMarch 9, 2018
DW Euromaxx-Spezial zum Bundespresseball 11/2017

Flowers: a fashion trend

Many fashion designers are into flowers right now and use them in their collections.
LifestyleNovember 25, 201703:29 min
Ausstellung Geschlechterkampf. Franz von Stuck bis Frida Kahlo

Battle of the Sexes

Male fantasies and female artistic endeavor. The battle of the sexes carries on into the museum.
CultureDecember 12, 2016
Kahlo's 'Two Nudes in the Forest (The Land Itself)' - Copyright: Getty Images/AFP/K. Betancur

Kahlo work sets auction record for artist

A painting by Frida Kahlo has fetched a record sum for the iconic Mexican artist at a Christie's auction in New York.
May 13, 2016
Austellung Frida Kahlo - Ihre Fotos Ausstellungsansicht

Frida Kahlo's private photos

Artist Frida Kahlo only rarely allowed herself to be photographed without her traditional Mexican dress.
CultureApril 7, 201510 images
Still life by Frida Kahlo

Kahlo in Berlin

Germany's largest-ever retrospective of Frida Kahlo marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution.
May 4, 2010