The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA)’s major exhibition, Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution, has recently opened and is attracting strong audiences. One of its main drawcards is modern art icon Frida Kahlo.
This leads to a somewhat puzzling question: how and why has appreciation for Kahlo’s work risen to such stratospheric levels since her death? And why has her work, and not that of other women artists of her generation – many of whom also had famous artist-partners – gained the lion’s share of the attention?
