NEW YORK—In a sprawling, multi-disciplinary show, The New York Botanical Garden focuses on a long-overlooked side of artist Frida Kahlo: her deep connection to Mexico’s plants and flowers, and how they inspired her art.
“Flora is a very important part of her creativity,” said guest curator Ariana Zavala, a specialist in Mexican art and director of Latino Studies at Tufts University. Even those who thought they knew everything about Kahlo, Zavala said, will come away having learned something new.
The New York Botanical Garden shows a fountain and variety of important garden plants from Mexico on display at the "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life" exhibit at The New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, N.Y. The show runs May 16 through Nov. 1, 2015. Ivo M. Vermeulen/The New York Botanical Garden via AP
