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Frida Kahlo: The Making of an Icon
25 June 2026 — 3 January 2027
On NowTate Modern's centenary celebration presents over 30 of Kahlo's most iconic paintings alongside 200+ works by her contemporaries and artists she inspired, culminating in an exploration of how she became a global cultural phenomenon and commercial icon.
From Tate Modern
Discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon. Frida: The Making of an Icon will showcase over 30 of Kahlo’s most iconic works that introduce her ‘many selves’ – the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. Alongside treasured garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia,...
Read more at Tate Modern →Critic Reviews (3)
The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
forget her iconic status, just show us more of her art
"Tate's blockbuster show about this rightly beloved artist asks how and why she became an "icon". But I've never seen an exhibition about how Picasso got famous or the cultural invention of Rembrandt. We know they are great artists and how they were historically recognised is for scholars."
Read full review →The Telegraph
Alastair Sooke
Tate's Frida Kahlo show is lacking... Frida Kahlo
"The rest of this show features work – much of it boring and second-rate – by later artists for whom Kahlo was a sort of creative patron saint. Too often, explicit homages appear without the original pieces that inspired them (hence, those reproductions), shifting attention from Kahlo to her imitators, unbalancing art history. The result is peculiar and unsatisfying: a great festive get-together at which the guest of honour is only intermittently present."
Read full review →The Times
Laura Freeman
I'm reeling from her macabre visions
"I'm no Frida fangirl. I find the recent rewriting of her life and art as a sort of #girlboss exercise in self-actualisation stupid and off-putting. I arrived gritting my teeth — seen it all before — and by room two found myself reeling with the dizzying singularity of her vision."
Read full review →About the Artist
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Monday10am–6pm
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Friday10am–9pm
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© Tate Modern
Frida Kahlo: The Making of an Icon
25 June 2026 — 3 January 2027
On NowTate Modern's centenary celebration presents over 30 of Kahlo's most iconic paintings alongside 200+ works by her contemporaries and artists she inspired, culminating in an exploration of how she became a global cultural phenomenon and commercial icon.
From Tate Modern
Discover the extraordinary story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon. Frida: The Making of an Icon will showcase over 30 of Kahlo’s most iconic works that introduce her ‘many selves’ – the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. Alongside treasured garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia,...
Read more at Tate Modern →Critic Reviews (3)
The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
forget her iconic status, just show us more of her art
"Tate's blockbuster show about this rightly beloved artist asks how and why she became an "icon". But I've never seen an exhibition about how Picasso got famous or the cultural invention of Rembrandt. We know they are great artists and how they were historically recognised is for scholars."
Read full review →The Telegraph
Alastair Sooke
Tate's Frida Kahlo show is lacking... Frida Kahlo
"The rest of this show features work – much of it boring and second-rate – by later artists for whom Kahlo was a sort of creative patron saint. Too often, explicit homages appear without the original pieces that inspired them (hence, those reproductions), shifting attention from Kahlo to her imitators, unbalancing art history. The result is peculiar and unsatisfying: a great festive get-together at which the guest of honour is only intermittently present."
Read full review →The Times
Laura Freeman
I'm reeling from her macabre visions
"I'm no Frida fangirl. I find the recent rewriting of her life and art as a sort of #girlboss exercise in self-actualisation stupid and off-putting. I arrived gritting my teeth — seen it all before — and by room two found myself reeling with the dizzying singularity of her vision."
Read full review →About the Artist
Visit
Bankside, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–6pm
Monday10am–6pm
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–9pm
Saturday10am–9pm