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Wednesday, 26 November 2014 10:54

The New York Botanical Garden Announces Exhibition Honoring Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo's 'Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird,' 1940. Frida Kahlo's 'Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird,' 1940. © 2014 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The New York Botanical Garden announces its major 2015 exhibition, "FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life," focusing on the iconic artist's engagement with nature in her native country of Mexico. Opening on May 16, 2015, and remaining on view through November 1, 2015, the exhibition will be the first solo presentation of Kahlo's work in New York City in more than 25 years, and the first exhibition to focus exclusively on her intense interest in the botanical world.

Visitors to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory will walk through a stunning flowershow re-imagining Kahlo's studio and garden at Casa Azul ("Blue House") in Coyoacán, Mexico City.

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