Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938, Oil on masonite, 16" x 12", Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York In October 1938, Frida staged her first one-woman exhibition at the Levy Gallery ...

Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter who made quite a name ... Adding to the intrigue is that on her shoulders are a black cat and a monkey. At first glance, this portrait looks calm, but a closer ...

Kahlo is named after Frida Kahlo’s sister ... They are very simple, before she started to paint flowers in hair and monkeys. I love the symbolism in My Dress Hangs There (1933).

From left, Frida Kahlo in 1938; Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird, 1940 (detail); Kahlo in 1939. Credit: Photos: Nickolas Muray Photo Archives She would be bored of it all by now.