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.
Lauren Ellis, Curatorial Manager at Bendigo Art Gallery, says Kahlo’s husband and fellow artist, Diego Rivera, was the one who decided to preserve her home as a gift to the people of Mexico. ‘At that time, many of her most personal items and sensitive documents were sealed up in the bathrooms, with instructions that they remained concealed for ten years. As it happened, it was 50 years before they were uncovered in 2004,’ says Ellis.
