Frida: The Making of an Icon

Step into the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo: revolutionary artist and global icon

Step into the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo: revolutionary artist and global icon.

Discover the extraordinary story of Kahlo―one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognized commercial icon.

Frida: The Making of an Icon showcases over 30 of Kahlo’s 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, jewelry, 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.

Beatriz García-Velasco is Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern. She has worked on a range of exhibitions, live performances, commissions and film programs, 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 (2011–19).