An international-exclusive exhibition Frida Kahlo: In her own image is comping to the Bendigo Art Gallery in 2025 – featuring objects and artworks that have never been seen before in Australia direct from Mexico’s Museo Frida Kahlo.
The artist’s vibrant works will be showcased alongside her personal belongings including her clothing, make up, accessories and even medical items – many of which were withheld from public exhibition for decades after her death.
The exhibition explores the intricate connections between Kahlo’s clothing and styling, her home, her ground-breaking paintings and drawings, and the iconic photographic images which immortalised her in public consciousness.
A celebrated modern painter, Kahlo is known for her bold revolutionary self-portraits that defied stereotypes of femininity with a surrealist sensibility. Her pieces are both personal and political, especially following the bus accident when she was 18 that left her in pain for most of her life and frequently bedridden.
Bendigo Art Gallery Director, Jessica Bridgfoot said: “Frida Kahlo: In her own image will shed a light on Kahlo’s carefully crafted appearance in the world, and how her vibrant clothing, poetic use of make-up and adornment constructed her captivating public image.”
Frida Kahlo: In her own image will run from Saturday, 15 March to Sunday, 13 July 2025 at Bendigo Art Gallery.
