Frida Kahlo — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works23

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

SFMOMA

LACMA

Pompidou

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

Museo Nacional de Arte

Previous Sales 13

Sotheby's

El sueño (La cama), 1940

$54,660,000

Nov 2025

Christie's

Window Display on a Detroit Street ( Aparador en una calle de Detroit), 1931

$7,151,000

Nov 2025

Christie's

Portrait of Cristina, My Sister, 1928

Sotheby's

Christie's

Portrait of a Lady in White

$5,836,500

Nov 2019

Christie's

The Flower Basket, 1941

$3,135,000

Nov 2019

Christie's

Dos desnudos en el bosque (La tierra misma), 1939

Christie's

Christie's

Self-Portrait with Curly Hair, 1935

$1,351,500

Nov 2003

Christie's

Self-Portrait (Very Ugly), 1933

$8,634,000

Nov 2022

Sotheby's

CONGRESO DE LOS PUEBLOS POR LA PAZ, 1952

Sotheby's

Weinstein Gallery · Artsy

Autorretrato en Miniatura, 1938

No longer available

Oil on panel

For Sale 1

VINCE fine arts/ephemera · Artsy

(4) Magazines- 1931 Vanity Fair, 1936 Vogue, 1937 Vogue, 2012 Mexican Vogue, 1931

For sale

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Market73 auction results

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$1.2M – $55M

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$11M

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$22M

12 priced paintings lots

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Nov 2025 · $55M

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Paintings: $22M medianWorks on paper: $325K medianUnclassified lots: $8.6M medianEditioned prints: $446K median

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Sotheby'sChristie's888 Auctions Inc.

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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts How Frida Kahlo Can Change Your Life (for Better or Worse) The Art Angle · Oct 23, 2020

Frida Kahlo is, by every metric, one of the most famous artists in the world. Recently the priciest Latinx painter at auction, she has also been the subject of solo shows at prestigious institutions around the world, and…

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Biennial Selections3

Venice Biennale — Venice

2026 · In Minor Keys · curated by Koyo Kouoh

Venice Biennale — Venice

2024 · Foreigners Everywhere · curated by Adriano Pedrosa

Venice Biennale — Venice

2017 · Viva Arte Viva · curated by Christine Macel

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Publications32

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Catalogue Raisonné 1

Frida Kahlo. The Complete Paintings

Taschen

Monograph 7

Frida Kahlo: Ein Leben wird Kunst

Hatje Cantz · 2022

Kahlo : Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair Author

MoMA Publications · 2019

Hidden Frida Kahlo

Prestel · 2017

Frida Kahlo

Prestel · 2015

Frida Kahlo

Prestel · 2014

Frida Kahlo: New Horizons

Thames & Hudson · 2008

Frida Kahlo

Prestel · 2007

Exhibition Catalog 4

CLOSE-UP

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Frida and Diego

Yale University Press · 2013

Frida Kahlo

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Frida Kahlo: Ein Leben in der Kunst

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Group Catalog 4

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

Prestel · 2005

Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo

Yale University Press · 2001

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican modernism

Thames & Hudson · 2001

Frida Kahlo And Diego Rivera

Prestel

Survey 15

The Militant Muse

Thames & Hudson · 2025

A World of Our Own: Women Artists Against the Odds

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Butterfly: Exploring the World of Lepidoptera

Phaidon Press · 2024

Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby’s History

Phaidon Press · 2024

James Hall on the Self-Portrait

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World

Phaidon Press · 2024

Latin American Artists: From 1785 to Now

Phaidon Press · 2023

Great Women Painters

Phaidon Press · 2022

The World New Made: Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century

Thames & Hudson · 2022

Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement

Thames & Hudson · 2021

A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works

Thames & Hudson · 2018

Seeing Ourselves: Women’s Self-Portraits

Thames & Hudson · 2018

Significant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership

Thames & Hudson · 2018

Artists in Love

Rizzoli · 2016

Great Women Artists (Compact Format)

Phaidon Press

Artist Book 1

The diary of Frida Kahlo Author

Abrams · 2005

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Current Exhibitions1

#7,922 Brewery Arts Centre

Exhibition on Screen Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon

Frida Kahlo

122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE, UK

Jun 5, 2026 — Jul 7, 2026

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Frida Kahlo in 3 Minutes

Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), icône de l'art mexicain, est présentée dans cet article de Beaux Arts Magazine comme une artiste ayant transformé sa souffran…

cultureJun 15, 2026

In Mexico City, the Museo Dolores Olmedo bets on Frida Kahlo

After six years of closure, the Museo Dolores Olmedo in Mexico City reopened on May 30, 2025, following renovations. The museum, housed in the former …

exhibitionsJun 12, 2026

From Football to the Guggenheim Museum

The article, titled 'Du foot au Guggenheim Museum' (From Football to the Guggenheim Museum), appears in Le Journal des Arts and covers a range of topi…

newsJun 12, 2026

Musée mémoriel du Lot

The article titled 'Musée mémoriel du Lot' appears in Le Journal des Arts, issue number 796, dated June 1, 2026. It features a series of stories inclu…

newsJun 11, 2026

A new director in Stockholm

The article announces the appointment of a new director at a museum in Stockholm. It is published in Le Journal des Arts, a French art news outlet, an…

peopleJun 10, 2026

A Major New Contemporary Arts Venue is Opening on London’s South Bank This Month

A new contemporary arts venue, Hypha Gallery South Bank, will open on June 25, 2026, in a disused office building on Southwark Bridge Road in London. …

exhibitionsJun 10, 2026

An opera and an art exhibition in New York focus on Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

The Metropolitan Opera in New York City premiered 'El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego)', an opera about Mexican artis…

exhibitionsJun 10, 2026

There Is No Real Normal State

Neurologe Mario de la Piedra Walter hat ein Buch über das kreative Gehirn geschrieben, in dem er retrospektiv Künstler wie Vincent van Gogh, Wassily K…

cultureJun 9, 2026

Mexico City museum with world's richest collection of Kahlo and Rivera works reopens after years of controversy

The Museo Dolores Olmedo in Xochimilco, Mexico City, reopened on May 30 after six years of closure and controversy over a planned relocation. The muse…

exhibitionsJun 8, 2026

The best museum virtual tours you can take without leaving home

The article highlights a selection of virtual tours offered by major museums worldwide, allowing users to explore collections and exhibitions from hom…

cultureJun 8, 2026

Bounty of Frida Kahlo Art Emerges in Mexico’s Restored Museum

A trove of previously unseen artworks, clothing, and personal belongings by Frida Kahlo has been uncovered during the restoration of her iconic blue h…

exhibitionsJun 8, 2026

PARAÍSO: A NEW FAIR THAT CHALLENGES SIMPLIFIED NARRATIVES ABOUT LATIN AMERICA

A new art fair called Paraíso will launch in London from October 15 to 18, 2025, at Ambika P3, University of Westminster, coinciding with Frieze Londo…

exhibitionsJun 4, 2026

Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder Is Going on Display When This Museum Opens in September

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, will open on September 22, 2026, in Los Angeles' Exposition Park. Its i…

exhibitionsJun 4, 2026

Complaint and Art: Efrén Maldonado’s New Art Exhibit is a Must-See

Efrén Maldonado, a renowned Mexican satirist and political cartoonist, has opened a new exhibition titled "Efrén: Denuncia y Arte" in Mérida, Yucatán.…

exhibitionsJun 4, 2026

2026 Exhibitions in Mexico City to Enjoy in June

This article provides a guide to the most interesting art exhibitions in Mexico City for June 2026, coinciding with the 2026 World Cup kicking off in …

exhibitionsJun 4, 2026

ROD BIGELOW with Joachim Pissarro & Jennifer Stockman

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, will open 114,000 square feet of new galleries, studios, and visitor spaces in June, …

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

Past Exhibits | Pink Dog Creative

Pink Dog Creative in Asheville, North Carolina, has announced a diverse lineup of past and upcoming exhibitions featuring local and international arti…

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

Where to go in June?

The article lists notable art exhibitions and fairs opening in June, including Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst at Kunstsammlungen Düsseldorf, "The World …

exhibitionsMay 31, 2026

Forgotten Women Revered at Grace Hudson Museum exhibit

Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California, has opened 'Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women,' an exhibit featuring woodcut and collage portraits by ar…

exhibitionsMay 31, 2026

Ten London Art Exhibitions Opening June 2026

Ten London art exhibitions opening in June 2026 are previewed, including major shows such as Anish Kapoor at the Hayward, Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern, …

exhibitionsMay 30, 2026

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Past Exhibitions12

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#7,657 Vancouver Fine Art Gallery

Frida Kahlo | Icon of Mexican Art

Frida Kahlo

2233 Granville Street

Jul 23, 2025 — Oct 21, 2025

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Portland Art Museum

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera

1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205, USA

Feb 19, 2022 — Jun 5, 2022

Exhibitions Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism Feb 19, 2022 – Jun 5, 2022

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Rose Art Museum

Frida Kahlo at the Rose Art Museum

Frida Kahlo

415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA

Jan 1, 2022

Frida Kahlo — 2022

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Frick Art & Historical Center

Frida Kahlo—An Intimate Portrait: The Photographic Albums

Frida Kahlo

7227 Reynolds St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, USA

Mar 6, 2021 — May 30, 2021

March 6, 2021 - May 30, 2021 Frida Kahlo—An Intimate Portrait: The Photographic Albums Sponsorship OpportunitiesThis exhibition provides rare and moving insi...

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Rose Art Museum

Frida Kahlo: POSE

Frida Kahlo

415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA

Jan 1, 2021

Frida Kahlo — 2021

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Denver Art Museum

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera

100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, USA

Oct 25, 2020 — Jan 24, 2021

October 25, 2020–January 24, 2021 Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection Tickets go on sale October ...

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