Archive footage and animation inspired by the Mexican artist’s work combine in Carla Gutiérrez’s beautiful, intimate tribute
Frida review – intimate dive into artist’s letters is raw and thrilling
Voiceovers of Frida Kahlo’s writing give us unprecedented insight into her life as she dealt with chronic pain, divorce, infidelity, miscarriage and commercial success
November 2023
The big picture
The big picture: campesinos unite in Tina Modotti’s Mexico
The contemporary of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo uses her art to highlight peasant farmers fighting for agrarian reform in this 1927 picture
July 2023
Pass notes
Separate bedrooms: the secret to a happy life – and now with royal approval
Not having to put up with Charles’s snoring or Camilla nicking the duvet has apparently done wonders for the regal relationship. Could it work for the rest of us?
June 2023
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution exhibition – a glimpse of Kahlo’s true genius
This beautiful show is packed with works by Kahlo, Rivera and their Mexican contemporaries – but it is missing the darker side of her life story
March 2023
TV review
Becoming Frida Kahlo review – this joyful celebration makes the artist fascinating in a whole new way
TV tonight
TV tonight: a lively documentary about the brilliant Frida Kahlo
February 2023
Frida Kahlo’s husband may have helped her die, reveals Diego Rivera’s grandson
The revered Mexican artist’s suffering was so great, she ‘probably’ asked her soulmate to assist in ending her life, documentary is told
February 2022
Graphic novel of the month
Diego Rivera by Francisco de la Mora and José Luis Pescador review – rumbustious hymn to a radical artist
The eventful life of Frida Kahlo’s revolutionary husband makes for a rich, energetic graphic biography
January 2022
Brief letters
Another brick in the wall for bees
Brief letters: The buzz about soft clay | Reviving Arturo Ui | Sober evaluation | Chanelling Frida Kahlo
November 2021
Paint the stage red: plays about artists – in pictures
As the Young Vic announces it will premiere The Collaboration, Anthony McCarten’s play about Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, look back at shows about Picasso, Kahlo, Dalí and other great artists
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Fabergé’s trinkets, Frida Kahlo’s third eye and David Shrigley’s balls – the week in art
The V&A luxuriates in Russian craftsmanship, Lubaina Himid comes to Tate Modern, and Shrigley sets up a tennis ball exchange
The Guardian view on Frida Kahlo: forging her own identity
Frida Kahlo self-portrait beats sale record set by cheating husband
The G2 interview
Salma Hayek: ‘Weinstein would scream at me – “I didn’t hire you to look ugly!”’
September 2021
Frida. Viva la Vida review – impressionistic dive into Kahlo’s headspace
Frida Kahlo estimated $30m self-portrait set to smash records
August 2021
Margaret Hooks obituary
Foreign correspondent, human rights activist and author of acclaimed books on women and art
