Editing Frida Kahlo (section)

== Posthumous recognition and "Fridamania" ==
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The [[Tate Modern]] considers Kahlo "one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/frida-kahlo |title=Frida Kahlo |publisher=[[Tate Modern]] |date=2005 |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=30 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730133548/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/frida-kahlo |url-status=live }}</ref> Art historian Elizabeth Bakewell, has stated that Kahlo is  "one of Mexico's most important twentieth-century figures".{{sfn|Bakewell|2001|p=315}} Kahlo's reputation as an artist developed late in her life and grew even further posthumously, as during her lifetime she was primarily known as the wife of Diego Rivera and as an eccentric personality among the international cultural elite.{{sfnm|1a1=Ankori|1y=2002|1pp=3–5|2a1=Deffebach|2y=2006|2p=189|3a1=Pankl|3a2=Blake|3y=2012|3p=2|4a1=Baddeley|4y=1991|4p=10}} She gradually gained more recognition in the late 1970s when feminist scholars began to question the exclusion of female and non-Western artists from the art historical canon and the [[Chicano Movement]] lifted her as one of their icons.{{sfnm|1a1=Ankori|1y=2002|1pp=3–5|2a1=Deffebach|2y=2006|2p=189|3a1=Pankl|3a2=Blake|3y=2012|3p=1}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/frida-kahlo-feminist-and-chicana-icon/ |title=Frida Kahlo: Feminist and Chicana Icon |publisher=[[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]] |access-date=6 August 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202165449/https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/frida-kahlo-feminist-and-chicana-icon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first two books about Kahlo were published in Mexico by [[Teresa del Conde]] and Raquel Tibol in 1976 and 1977, respectively,{{sfn|Ankori|2002|pp=4–5}} and, in 1977, ''The Tree of Hope Stands Firm'' (1944) became the first Kahlo painting to be sold in an auction, netting $19,000 at [[Sotheby's]].{{sfn|Theran|1999|p=6}} These milestones were followed by the first two retrospectives staged on Kahlo's ''oeuvre'' in 1978, one at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and another at the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago|Museum of Contemporary Art]] in [[Chicago]].{{sfn|Ankori|2002|pp=4–5}}

Two events were instrumental in raising interest in her life and art for the general public outside Mexico. The first was a joint retrospective of her paintings and Tina Modotti's photographs at the [[Whitechapel Gallery]] in London, which was curated and organized by [[Peter Wollen]] and [[Laura Mulvey]].{{sfnm|1a1=Wollen|1y=2004|1pp=235–236|2a1=Pankl|2a2=Blake|2y=2012|2p=1|3a1=Baddeley|3y=1991|3p=10}} It opened in May 1982, and later traveled to Sweden, Germany, the United States, and Mexico.{{sfn|Wollen|2004|p=236}} The second was the publication of art historian Hayden Herrera's international bestseller ''[[Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo]]'' in 1983.{{sfnm|1a1=Pankl|1a2=Blake|1y=2012|1p=1|2a1=Wollen|2y=2004|2p=236|3a1=Baddeley|3y=1991|3p=10}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-06-ca-kahlo6-story.html |title=Fighting over Frida Kahlo |first=Christopher |last=Knight |date=6 September 2009 |access-date=17 November 2015 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118153234/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/06/entertainment/ca-kahlo6 |url-status=live }}</ref>

By 1984, Kahlo's reputation as an artist had grown to such extent that Mexico declared her works part of the national cultural heritage, prohibiting their export from the country.{{sfn|Theran|1999|p=6}}<ref name=artnet>{{cite web |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/frida-kahlo-market-scarcity-284667 |title=Frida Kahlo Market Booming Despite Tough Mexican Export Restrictions |publisher=ArtNet News |date=25 May 2015 |first=Eileen |last=Kinsella |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202034340/https://news.artnet.com/market/frida-kahlo-market-scarcity-284667 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, her paintings seldom appear in international auctions, and comprehensive retrospectives are rare.<ref name=artnet /> Regardless, her paintings have still broken records for Latin American art in the 1990s and 2000s. In 1990, she became the first Latin American artist to break the one-million-dollar threshold when ''Diego and I'' was auctioned by Sotheby's for $1,430,000.{{sfn|Theran|1999|p=6}} In 2006, ''Roots'' (1943) reached US$5.6&nbsp;million,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Frida_Kahlo_Roots_$5.6_Million_Record_at_Sothebys.html |title=''Roots'' Sets $5.6 Million Record at Sotheby's |work=Art Knowledge News |date=2006 |access-date=23 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827065411/http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Frida_Kahlo_Roots_$5.6_Million_Record_at_Sothebys.html |archive-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2016, ''Two Nudes in a Forest'' (1939) sold for $8&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asharpeye.com/journey-two-nudes-forest-frida-kahlo-1939-2/ |title=The Journey of "Two Nudes in a Forest" by Frida Kahlo 1939 |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=23 April 2017 |archive-date=24 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424090029/http://www.asharpeye.com/journey-two-nudes-forest-frida-kahlo-1939-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kahlo has attracted popular interest to the extent that the term "Fridamania" has been coined to describe the phenomenon.{{sfnm|1a1=Pankl|1a2=Blake|1y=2012|1p=1|2a1=Baddeley|2y=1991|2p=10–11|3a1=Lindauer|3y=1999|3p=2}} She is considered "one of the most instantly recognizable artists",{{sfn|Wollen|2004|p=236}} whose face has been "used with the same regularity, and often with a shared symbolism, as images of [[Che Guevara]] or [[Bob Marley]]".{{sfn|Baddeley|2005|p=49}} Her life and art have inspired a variety of merchandise, and her distinctive look has been appropriated by the fashion world.{{sfnm|1a1=Pankl|1a2=Blake|1y=2012|1p=1|2a1=Baddeley|2y=1991|2p=10–11|3a1=Lindauer|3y=1999|3p=2}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/style/frida-kahlo-is-having-a-moment.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510034742/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/style/frida-kahlo-is-having-a-moment.html |archive-date=10 May 2015 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Frida Kahlo Is Having a Moment |work=The New York Times |first=Guy |last=Trebay |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=mencimer>{{cite web |url=http://www.dalestory.org/LATINAMERICA/Mexico/KahloAndRivera/Kahlo,FridaTheTroubleWithFridaKahlobyStephanie%20Mencimer.pdf |title=The Trouble with Frida Kahlo |first=Stephanie |last=Mencimer |work=[[Washington Monthly]] |date=June 2002 |access-date=20 August 2016 |archive-date=22 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222025127/http://www.dalestory.org/LATINAMERICA/Mexico/KahloAndRivera/Kahlo,FridaTheTroubleWithFridaKahlobyStephanie%20Mencimer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> A Hollywood biopic, [[Julie Taymor]]'s ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]'', was released in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/today/ |title=Understanding Frida Today |publisher=[[PBS]] |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-date=10 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010002730/http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/today/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Based on Herrera's biography and starring [[Salma Hayek]] (who co-produced the film) as Kahlo, it grossed US$56&nbsp;million worldwide and earned six [[Academy Award]] nominations, winning for [[Academy Award for Best Makeup|Best Makeup]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<ref name="Frida 2002">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=frida.htm |title=Frida (2002) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=21 November 2016 |archive-date=5 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205192153/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=frida.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2017 [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]-[[Pixar]] animation ''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]'' also features a fictionalized Kahlo as a supporting character, voiced by [[Natalia Cordova-Buckley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/nolan-gerard-funk-berlin-i-love-you-natalia-cordova-buckley-coco-1202194115/ |title=Nolan Gerard Funk Joins 'Berlin, I Love You'; Natalia Cordova-Buckley Set In 'Coco' |last=N'Duka |first=Amanda |website=Deadline |date=24 October 2017 |access-date=25 October 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025000526/http://deadline.com/2017/10/nolan-gerard-funk-berlin-i-love-you-natalia-cordova-buckley-coco-1202194115/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Coyoacán día de muertos 08.jpg|thumb|right|Effigy of Kahlo for [[Day of the Dead]] at the Museo Frida Kahlo]]
Kahlo's popular appeal is seen to stem first and foremost from a fascination with her life story, especially its painful and tragic aspects. She has become an icon for several minority groups and political movements, such as feminists, the [[LGBTQ]] community, and [[Chicanos]]. [[Oriana Baddeley]] has written that Kahlo has become a signifier of non-conformity and "the archetype of a cultural minority", who is regarded simultaneously as "a victim, crippled and abused" and as "a survivor who fights back".{{sfn|Baddeley|2005|pp=47–49}} Edward Sullivan stated that Kahlo is hailed as a hero by so many because she is "someone to validate their own struggle to find their own voice and their own public personalities".{{sfn|Lindauer|1999|pp=1–2}} According to [[John Berger]], Kahlo's popularity is partly due to the fact that "the sharing of pain is one of the essential preconditions for a refinding of dignity and hope" in twenty-first century society.{{sfn|Berger|2001|pp=155–165}} [[Kirk Varnedoe]], the former chief curator of MoMA, has stated that Kahlo's posthumous success is linked to the way in which "she clicks with today's sensibilities&nbsp;– her psycho-obsessive concern with herself, her creation of a personal alternative world carries a voltage. Her constant remaking of her identity, her construction of a theater of the self are exactly what preoccupy such contemporary artists as [[Cindy Sherman]] or [[Kiki Smith]] and, on a more popular level, [[Madonna]]... She fits well with the odd, androgynous hormonal chemistry of our particular epoch."<ref name=Collins />

Kahlo's posthumous popularity and the commercialization of her image have drawn criticism from many scholars and cultural commenters, who think that, not only have many facets of her life been mythologized, but the dramatic aspects of her biography have also overshadowed her art, producing a simplistic reading of her works in which they are reduced to literal descriptions of events in her life.{{sfnm|1a1=Lindauer|1y=1999|1pp=3–12|2a1=Dexter|2y=2005|2p=11|3a1=Ankori|3y=2005|3p=31|4a1=Baddeley|4y=2005|4pp=47–53}} According to journalist Stephanie Mencimer, Kahlo "has been embraced as a poster child for every possible politically correct cause" and {{blockquote|like a game of telephone, the more Kahlo's story has been told, the more it has been distorted, omitting uncomfortable details that show her to be a far more complex and flawed figure than the movies and cookbooks suggest. This elevation of the artist over the art diminishes the public understanding of Kahlo's place in history and overshadows the deeper and more disturbing truths in her work. Even more troubling, though, is that by airbrushing her biography, Kahlo's promoters have set her up for the inevitable fall so typical of women artists, that time when the contrarians will band together and take sport in shooting down her inflated image, and with it, her art."<ref name=mencimer />}}
Baddeley has compared the interest in Kahlo's life to the interest in the troubled life of [[Vincent van Gogh]] but has also stated that a crucial difference between the two is that most people associate Van Gogh with his paintings, whereas Kahlo is usually signified by an image of herself&nbsp;– an intriguing commentary on the way male and female artists are regarded.{{sfn|Baddeley|1991|p=11}} Similarly, Peter Wollen has compared Kahlo's cult-like following to that of [[Sylvia Plath]], whose "unusually complex and contradictory art" has been overshadowed by simplified focus on her life.{{sfn|Wollen|2004|p=240}}

=== Commemorations and characterizations ===
[[File:Museo Frida Kahlo.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Frida Kahlo Museum|La Casa Azul]], which has been open to the public since 1958 as a museum dedicated to Frida Kahlo]]
Kahlo's legacy has been commemorated in several ways. [[Frida Kahlo Museum|La Casa Azul]], her home in Coyoacán, was opened as a museum in 1958, and has become one of the most popular museums in Mexico City, with approximately 25,000 visitors monthly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/esp/1/el-museo/la-casa/la-casa-azul |title=La Casa Azul |publisher=Museo Frida Kahlo |access-date=15 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119141243/http://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/esp/1/el-museo/la-casa/la-casa-azul |archive-date=19 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city dedicated a park, Parque Frida Kahlo, to her in Coyoacán in 1985.<ref name=sfgate>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/mexico/mexicomix/article/Frida-Kahlo-and-Diego-Rivera-s-Mexico-City-6496626.php |title=Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's Mexico City |publisher=SFGate |first=Christine |last=Delsol |date=16 September 2015 |access-date=15 November 2016 |archive-date=15 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115063543/http://www.sfgate.com/mexico/mexicomix/article/Frida-Kahlo-and-Diego-Rivera-s-Mexico-City-6496626.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The park features a bronze statue of Kahlo.<ref name=sfgate /> In the United States, she became the first Hispanic woman to be honored with a [[U.S. postage stamp]] in 2001,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_048.htm |title=Stamp Release No. 01-048&nbsp;– Postal Service Continues Its Celebration of Fine Arts With Frida Kahlo Stamp |publisher=[[USPS]] |access-date=29 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717182928/http://www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_048.htm |archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> and was inducted into the [[Legacy Walk]], an outdoor public display in Chicago that celebrates [[LGBT]] history and people, in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Salvo |first1=Victor |title=Legacy Project Chicago |url=https://legacyprojectchicago.org/legacy-walk |website=legacyprojectchicago.org |access-date=29 November 2014 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008221720/https://legacyprojectchicago.org/legacy-walk |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kahlo received several commemorations on the centenary of her birth in 2007, and some on the centenary of the birthyear she attested to, 2010. These included the [[Bank of Mexico]] releasing a new [[Mexican peso|MXN$]] 500-peso note, featuring Kahlo's painting titled ''Love's Embrace of the Universe, Earth, (Mexico), I, Diego, and Mr. Xólotl'' (1949) on the reverse of the note and Diego Rivera on the front.<ref name=Banxico>{{cite web |url=http://www.banxico.org.mx/billetes-y-monedas/informacion-general/billetes-y-monedas-de-fabricacion-actual/billete-de-500-pesos/material-educativo/%7B601FEB0F-63F6-A3AF-C803-A064AC6BEE74%7D.pdf |title=Presentación del nuevo billete de quinientos pesos |work=[[Bank of Mexico]] |access-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923004604/http://www.banxico.org.mx/billetes-y-monedas/informacion-general/billetes-y-monedas-de-fabricacion-actual/billete-de-500-pesos/material-educativo/%7B601FEB0F-63F6-A3AF-C803-A064AC6BEE74%7D.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> The largest retrospective of her works at Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes attracted approximately 75,000 visitors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Se cumplen 100 años del nacimiento de Frida Kahlo |trans-title=100 years since the birth of Frida Kahlo |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2007-07-06/se-cumplen-100-anos-del-nacimiento-de-frida-kahlo_739544/ |website=elconfidencial.com |date=6 July 2007 |access-date=25 November 2021 |language=es |archive-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125174146/https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2007-07-06/se-cumplen-100-anos-del-nacimiento-de-frida-kahlo_739544/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition to other tributes, Kahlo's life and art have inspired artists in various fields. In 1984, [[Paul Leduc (film director)|Paul Leduc]] released a biopic titled ''[[Frida, naturaleza viva]],'' starring [[Ofelia Medina]] as Kahlo. She is the protagonist of three fictional novels, Barbara Mujica's ''Frida'' (2001),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58567-074-1 |title=Frida |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=January 2001 |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202040710/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58567-074-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Slavenka Drakulic]]'s ''Frida's Bed'' (2008), and [[Barbara Kingsolver]]'s ''[[The Lacuna]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/nov/08/the-lacuna-barbara-kingsolver |title=The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (book review) |author=Alice O'Keeffe |publisher=theguardian.com |access-date=4 June 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 November 2009 |archive-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709193024/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/nov/08/the-lacuna-barbara-kingsolver |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1994, American jazz flautist and composer [[James Newton]] released an album titled ''Suite for Frida Kahlo''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valley-entertainment.com/suite-for-frida-kahlo-2.html |title=Suite for Frida Kahlo |work=[[Valley Entertainment]] |access-date=6 July 2010 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911045133/http://www.valley-entertainment.com/suite-for-frida-kahlo-2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Scottish singer/songwriter, [[Michael Marra]], wrote a song in homage to Kahlo entitled ''Frida Kahlo's Visit to the Taybridge Bar''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Marra sings ''Frida Kahlo's visit to the Taybridge Bar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTJSc8N6uNQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211027/xTJSc8N6uNQ |archive-date=27 October 2021 |website=YouTube| date=20 May 2018 |access-date=24 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2017, author Monica Brown and illustrator [[John Parra (illustrator)|John Parra]] published a children's book on Kahlo, ''Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos'', which focuses primarily on the animals and pets in Kahlo's life and art.<ref>Brown, Monica and Parra, John (Illustrator). 2017. ''Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos''. New York: NorthSouth.</ref> In the visual arts, Kahlo's influence has reached wide and far: In 1996, and again in 2005, the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC coordinated an "Homage to Frida Kahlo" exhibition which showcased Kahlo-related artwork by artists from all over the world in Washington's [[Fraser Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Michael |date=2 December 1996 |title=Putting the Best Face on Frida Kahlo |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/12/02/putting-the-best-face-on-frida-kahlo/84e82b79-f55d-4fa0-b247-c32fff109791/ |access-date=21 July 2020 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=18 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818113127/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/12/02/putting-the-best-face-on-frida-kahlo/84e82b79-f55d-4fa0-b247-c32fff109791/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2004 |title=News 2004 – 2003 |url=http://www.fridakahlo.it/en/scheda-news.php?id=15 |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=www.fridakahlo.it |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731234625/http://www.fridakahlo.it/en/scheda-news.php?id=15 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, notable artists such as [[Marina Abramović|Marina Abramovic]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homage to Frida Kahlo Portrait with Scorpion par Marina Abramović sur artnet |url=http://www.artnet.fr/artistes/marina-abramovic/homage-to-frida-kahlo-portrait-with-scorpion-a-Fpe-5ZyKShA_V0yCRNt8mg2 |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=www.artnet.fr |archive-date=22 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722063552/http://www.artnet.fr/artistes/marina-abramovic/homage-to-frida-kahlo-portrait-with-scorpion-a-Fpe-5ZyKShA_V0yCRNt8mg2 |url-status=live }}</ref> Alana Archer,<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2020 |title=Famous paintings come to life in these quarantine works of art |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-these-quarantine-tableaus-household-items-turn-into-art-history-props |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721002335/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-these-quarantine-tableaus-household-items-turn-into-art-history-props |url-status=live }}</ref> Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homage to Frida Kahlo (self-portrait) by Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso |url=https://www.artrenewal.org/artworks/homage-to-frida-kahlo-self-portrait/gabriela-gonzalez-dellosso/68054 |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=Art Renewal Center |language=en |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721195723/https://www.artrenewal.org/artworks/homage-to-frida-kahlo-self-portrait/gabriela-gonzalez-dellosso/68054 |url-status=live }}</ref>  [[Yasumasa Morimura]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo {{!}} PAMM {{!}} Pérez Art Museum Miami |url=https://www.pamm.org/photography/photograph/inner-dialogue-frida-kahlo |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=www.pamm.org |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809075809/https://www.pamm.org/photography/photograph/inner-dialogue-frida-kahlo |url-status=live }}</ref> Cris Melo,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why a California Artist Is Taking the Frida Kahlo Corporation to Court |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11793388/why-a-california-artist-is-taking-the-frida-kahlo-corporation-to-court |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=KQED |date=17 January 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721210112/https://www.kqed.org/news/11793388/why-a-california-artist-is-taking-the-frida-kahlo-corporation-to-court |url-status=live }}</ref> Rupert Garcia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frida Kahlo / Rupert Garcia '75. |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2014645245/ |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=Library of Congress |archive-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928182138/https://www.loc.gov/item/2014645245 |url-status=live }}</ref> and others have used or appropriated Kahlo's imagery into their own works.

Kahlo has also been the subject of several stage performances. [[Annabelle Lopez Ochoa]] choreographed a one-act ballet titled ''[[Broken Wings (ballet)|Broken Wings]]'' for the [[English National Ballet]], which debuted in 2016, [[Tamara Rojo]] originated Kahlo in the ballet.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/mar/22/frida-kahlo-tamara-rojo-she-said-sadlers-wells-english-national-ballet |title=Frida Kahlo's brush with ballet: Tamara Rojo dances the artist's life |first=Judith |last=Mackrell |newspaper=The Guardian |date=22 March 2016 |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114224045/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/mar/22/frida-kahlo-tamara-rojo-she-said-sadlers-wells-english-national-ballet |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Dutch National Ballet]] then commissioned Lopez Ochoa to create a full-length version of the ballet, ''[[Frida (ballet)|Frida]]'', which premiered in 2020, with [[Maia Makhateli]] as Kahlo.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/arts/dance/frida-dutch-national-ballet.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117153006/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/arts/dance/frida-dutch-national-ballet.html |archive-date=17 January 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Frida Kahlo Could Barely Walk. In This Ballet, She Dances. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 January 2020}}</ref> She also inspired three operas: [[Robert Xavier Rodriguez]]'s ''[[Frida (opera)|Frida]]'', which premiered at the [[American Music Theater Festival]] in [[Philadelphia]] in 1991;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/16/theater/review-music-venerating-frida-kahlo.html |title=Venerating Frida Kahlo |first=Edward |last=Rothstein |newspaper=New York Times |date=16 October 1992 |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827090729/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/16/theater/review-music-venerating-frida-kahlo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kalevi Aho]]'s ''Frida y Diego'', which premiered at the [[Helsinki Music Centre]] in [[Helsinki]], Finland in 2014;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fennicagehrman.fi/fileadmin/tiedostot/highlights/Highlights_4-2012_koko_lehti.pdf |title=p. 3. |publisher=fennicagehrman.fi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502002124/http://www.fennicagehrman.fi/fileadmin/tiedostot/highlights/Highlights_4-2012_koko_lehti.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> and [[Gabriela Lena Frank]]'s ''El último sueño de Frida y Diego'', which premiered at the [[San Diego Opera]] in 2022.<ref name="sfgate-20jun2023">{{cite news |last1=Crawford |first1=Caroline |title=Review: San Francisco Opera's 'El Último Sueño De Frida Y Diego' A Riveting New Spanish Language Work |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/review-san-francisco-opera-s-el-ltimo-18160625.php |access-date=22 June 2023 |work=[[SFGate]] |date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623052143/https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/review-san-francisco-opera-s-el-ltimo-18160625.php |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Kahlo was the main character in several plays, including Dolores C. Sendler's ''Goodbye, My Friduchita'' (1999),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/13/theater/theater-review-sympathetic-but-don-t-make-her-angry.html |title=Theater Review: Sympathetic, but Don't Make Her Angry |first=Anita |last=Gates |date=13 July 1999 |access-date=16 November 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202040008/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/13/theater/theater-review-sympathetic-but-don-t-make-her-angry.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Robert Lepage]] and Sophie Faucher's ''La Casa Azul'' (2002),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/oct/14/theatre.artsfeatures |title=She was a big, vulgar woman with missing teeth who drank, had an affair with Trotsky and gobbled up life |first=Lyn |last=Gardner |date=14 October 2002 |access-date=16 November 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202042612/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/oct/14/theatre.artsfeatures |url-status=live }}</ref> Humberto Robles' ''Frida Kahlo: Viva la vida!'' (2009),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaellecornec.com/press/ |title=Gael Le Cornec Press |year=2011 |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118173126/http://www.gaellecornec.com/press/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Rita Ortez Provost's ''Tree of Hope'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.backstage.com/casting/tree-of-hope-the-frida-kahlo-musical-25776/ |title=Tree of Hope: The Frida Kahlo Musical |publisher=Backstage |date=16 March 2014 |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118153705/http://www.backstage.com/casting/tree-of-hope-the-frida-kahlo-musical-25776/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2018, [[Mattel]] unveiled seventeen new [[Barbie]] dolls in celebration of [[International Women's Day]], including one of Kahlo. Critics objected to the doll's slim waist and noticeably missing [[unibrow]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/arts/design/frida-kahlo-barbie-mattel.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309220220/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/arts/design/frida-kahlo-barbie-mattel.html |archive-date=9 March 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Frida Kahlo Is a Barbie Doll Now. (Signature Unibrow Not Included.) |first=Colin |last=Moynihan |date=9 March 2018 |access-date=10 March 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

In 2014 Kahlo was one of the inaugural honorees in the [[Rainbow Honor Walk]], a [[List of halls and walks of fame|walk of fame]] in San Francisco's [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro neighborhood]] noting [[LGBTQ]] people who have "made significant contributions in their fields".<ref name=":022">{{Cite web |url=https://quirkytravelguy.com/lgbt-walk-fame-rainbow-honor-san-francisco/ |title=The Rainbow Honor Walk: San Francisco's LGBT Walk of Fame |last=Shelter |first=Scott |date=14 March 2016 |website=Quirky Travel Guy |language=en-US |access-date=28 July 2019 |archive-date=28 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728105852/https://quirkytravelguy.com/lgbt-walk-fame-rainbow-honor-san-francisco/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/ |title=Castro's Rainbow Honor Walk Dedicated Today: SFist |date=2 September 2014 |website=SFist – San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810075052/https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/ |archive-date=10 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gaysonoma.com/2016/07/second-lgbt-honorees-selected-for-san-franciscos-rainbow-honor-walk/ |title=Second LGBT Honorees Selected for San Francisco's Rainbow Honor Walk |last=Carnivele |first=Gary |date=2 July 2016 |website=We The People |access-date=12 August 2019 |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812121249/http://www.gaysonoma.com/2016/07/second-lgbt-honorees-selected-for-san-franciscos-rainbow-honor-walk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to rename Phelan Avenue to Frida Kahlo Way. Frida Kahlo Way is the home of [[City College of San Francisco]] and [[Archbishop Riordan High School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Citing-racist-connection-SF-changes-Phelan-13008868.php |title=Citing racist connection, SF changes Phelan Avenue to Frida Kahlo Way |first=Dominic |last=Fracessa |date=20 June 2018 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516175306/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Citing-racist-connection-SF-changes-Phelan-13008868.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, Frida was featured on a mural painted by [[Rafael Blanco (artist)|Rafael Blanco]] in downtown Reno, Nevada.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In 2019, Frida's “Fantasmones Siniestros” (“Sinister Ghosts”) was burned to ashes, publicizing an [[Ethereum]] [[NFT]].<ref name="nytimes/kahlo-nft">{{cite news |last1=Small |first1=Zachary |title=Setting a Kahlo Drawing Aflame in Search of an NFT Spark |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/arts/design/frida-kahlo-nft-martin-mobarak.html |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=8 November 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108161032/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/arts/design/frida-kahlo-nft-martin-mobarak.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, as part of a collaboration with [[Centre Pompidou]], [[Swatch]] released a watch based on ''The Frame''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2022 |title=These New Swatches Are Actual Wearable Art |url=https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a39465501/swatch-centre-pompidou-collaboration-collection/ |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=Esquire |language=en-us |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103075614/https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a39465501/swatch-centre-pompidou-collaboration-collection/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Snell |first=Zoe |date=12 April 2022 |title=Watch Out: The Latest Swatch Collaboration |url=https://themarketherald.com.au/fancy/watch-out-the-latest-swatch-collaboration/ |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=The Market Herald Fancy |language=en-US |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103075614/https://themarketherald.com.au/fancy/watch-out-the-latest-swatch-collaboration/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>