A Self Portrait,” Vanessa Severo plays the artist as well as the key people surrounding her. Zach Rosing Share Today, Frida Kahlo’s image sells everything from socks to stationery. The iconic ...

Her exhibitions are organized extremely rarely and every time they cause a stir. Frida Kahlo`s self-portrait forever determined the main direction of creativity. “I paint myself because I spend ...

Notwithstanding the suggestion of the title, Vanessa Severo’s self-penned solo show at Writers Theatre about the iconic 20th century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is not so much a self-portrait of ...

Frida Kahlo ... half indigenous Tehuana mother – Kahlo purposely mixed Western fashions with traditional garb, using her clothes to craft another kind of self-portrait. Through her dress ...

Frida Kahlo is known for her colorful self-portraits exploring themes of human suffering, identity and Mexican culture. Her iconic appearance, marked by flower crowns and Tehuana dresses ...

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s legendary life unfolds before us in this exquisite, muscular retelling of the ways she wielded her creative genius to survive a debilitating accident, to embody a ...

By Jason Farago A Tehuana huipil and skirt ... to celebrating Communists, sported a Frida Kahlo charm bracelet during a major address. Julien Levy’s portrait of Kahlo, from around 1938.

Since her death in 1954, Frida Kahlo has ... Next to this self-portrait is her drawing of the accident as well as her portrait of Arias. In 1928, Kahlo asked Diego Rivera to assess her paintings.

Chris Jones is a Tribune critic. [email protected] Review: “Frida … A Self Portrait” (2.5 stars) When: Through Feb.