Step into the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo: revolutionary artist and global icon.
Discover the extraordinary story of Frida Kahlo one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon.
Frida: The Making of an Icon showcases over thirty of Kahlos most iconic works and introduces her many selves the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. Alongside images of treasured garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia, the book features works by her contemporaries and many of the artists she inspired from later generations, celebrating her lasting impact on those who continue to reimagine and reclaim her remarkable story.
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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.
Beatriz Garcia-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.
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 (20112019).
Featuring additional contributions by Regina José Galindo, Martine Gutierrez, Carmen Lomas-Garcia, Nalini Malani, Yasumasa Morimura, Berenice Olmedo, Marie Carmen Ramirez, Francisco Casas Silva, Kiki Smith, Río Yañez, and Nahum B. Zenil.
