Frida Kahlo joins the gold rush

‘Frida Kahlo: In her own image’ at Bendigo Art Gallery in 2025 will paint an intimate portrait of the art matriarch.
L: Frida Kahlo in blue satin blouse, 1939. Photo: Nickolas Muray © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives. R: Cotton blouse embroidered with glass beads; satin skirt with chain stitch and floral motif embroidery; holán (ruffle) and guatemalan waist-sash. Photo: © Museo Frida Kahlo, Casa Azul Collection, Javier Hinojosa, 2017. Portrait of Frida Kahlo and a dress worn by her.

Frida Kahlo: In her own image is heading to Bendigo Art Gallery in an international exclusive with works coming directly from Mexico’s Museo Frida Kahlo located in the revered artist’s hometown of Coyoacán.

A celebrated modern painter, Kahlo is known for her bold revolutionary self-portraits that defied stereotypes of femininity with a surrealist sensibility. Her pieces are both personal and political, especially following the bus accident when she was 18 that left her in pain for most of her life and frequently bedridden.

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_