Frida Kahlo exhibition breaks attendance records in London
A major exhibition of Frida Kahlo's work has broken attendance records in London. The show highlights the artist's enduring global appeal, decades after her death. Kahlo's home in Coyoacán, Mexico, once provided refuge to Leon Trotsky, who fled Stalin's agents. The artist and her husband Diego Rivera initially supported Trotsky's asylum in Mexico in 1937, but later distanced themselves from the revolutionary. The exhibition's record-breaking numbers underscore Kahlo's status as both a revered artist and a commercial phenomenon.
Key facts
- Frida Kahlo exhibition breaks attendance records in London
- Kahlo's home in Coyoacán sheltered Leon Trotsky in 1937
- Diego Rivera and Kahlo initially supported Trotsky's asylum
- The artists later turned away from Trotsky
- Kahlo is both revered and commercially marketed
- The exhibition is in London
- Record-breaking visitor numbers reported
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- London
- Coyoacán
- Mexico