Frida Kahlo’s Garden Exhibition

Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) is considered one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. Her body of work, consisting of some 250 paintings and drawings, is at once intensely personal and universal in scope, and relies heavily on the natural world. The exhibition Frida Kahlo’s Garden transports visitors to Kahlo’s garden to experience her world as she did. The garden at Casa Azul (or Blue House), Kahlo’s lifelong home in Coyoacán, Mexico City, was a creative refuge and a source of inspiration for the artist and her husband, Diego Rivera. The garden, which was filled with native plants, housed Kahlo and Rivera’s collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts and folk art displayed on a four-tiered pyramid inspired by the Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan. This exhibition offers insights into the ways in which the garden at Casa Azul, the diversity of plant life in Mexico, and the rich cultural history of the country nourished the creativity of the world’s great artists.

Visitors to this immersive exhibition will explore:

• Iconic photographs of the artist and her home and garden
• Reproductions of several of her paintings
• A dress from the Mexican state of Oaxaca where Kahlo sourced many of her dresses
• Examples of folk art collected by Kahlo and Rivera
• Interactive stations to learn about Mexican culture, including festivities, food, and agricultural practices