Best of Budapest & Hungary

Probably the most defining and iconic female artist of the 20th century, Frida Kahlo is the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery until November 4.

Thanks to the kind generosity of the Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City, and several other important Mexican collections, more than thirty pieces by the artist will be on show in Budapest. The selection features the artist’s hallmark self-portraits, in addition to such major works as her very first canvas, painted in 1927. Thru the paintings, portraits, drawings and photographs, works suffused with symbolism, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the evocative, yet physically and mentally tormented inner world of Frida Kahlo, and shows the mythical reality that she experienced and recreated.