“Exhibition ‘Frida Kahlo – Her Photos'”

Frida Kahlo is “coming” to MOMus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, from October 3, 2025, to January 4, 2026, for the first time in Greece, as the next destination on the list of the more than twenty cities where the exhibition “Frida Kahlo – Her Photos” has been presented internationally.
The exhibition reveals aspects of the personal world of the internationally renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo through 241 unpublished photographs that represent different periods and people in her life, offering a new perspective on the turbulent life of one of the most mysterious and iconic figures in Latin American art.

An archive – A hidden collection
Despite the importance of photography to Frida Kahlo, a large part of her photo collection remained hidden from the public for several decades. When she died in 1954, her husband Diego Rivera donated their home – known as Casa Azul (Blue House), in Mexico City – to the Mexican people so it could be turned into a museum dedicated to her life and work. This marked the beginning of what is now the Frida Kahlo Museum, one of the most popular museums in the world.
Although Diego Rivera donated Frida Kahlo’s artworks and personal belongings to the museum, he requested that part of them remain away from prying eyes. This is the main reason why this personal archive – which included more than six thousand photographs, some drawings, letters, medications, and clothing – remained sealed for five whole decades, locked in a bathroom at Casa Azul, acquiring an almost mythical aura.
This particular archive was only revealed in 2003. A selected portion of the newly uncovered photographs was turned into the exhibition titled “Frida Kahlo – Her Photos,” which is set to be presented at MOMus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.

Curated by: Pablo Ortiz Monasterio