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We’re always trying to save Frida Kahlo from commodification – just ask Salma Hayek

ART: Battles have long raged over how the Mexican artist should be represented in the public sphere. As Tate Modern unveils a new exhibition showcasing (some of) her work and the many products that have made her ‘a global brand’, Adam White looks back at the disturbing making of the…

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Frida Kahlo the icon: a thin line between canonisation and commercialisation

Editorial: The Mexican artist’s legacy is far greater than the kitsch. She is a much loved symbol of rebellion and resilience

The Guardian - UK

Frida Kahlo: London exhibit sheds light on troubled life of Mexican artist

In this edition, we look at Tate Modern's exhibition dedicated to Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It displays her famous self-portraits and works by other artists who were influenced by her. Also: French World Cup fans go crazy for Panini sticker albums as newsstands experience shortages. Meanwhile, the Ghanaian music genre…

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Frida: The Making of an Icon review: Where is Kahlo among all this Fridamania?

3/5 With so few of Frida Kahlo’s paintings on show at the blockbuster Tate Modern exhibition, visitors might feel short-changed, writes Anny Shaw

Evening Standard

‘Rude, heavy-drinking and a committed communist’: the Frida Kahlo you can’t buy in the gift shop

The artist’s likeness has become a symbol of resistance and heroism – but the truth is more complicated. As a major exhibition opens in London, has brand Frida obscured the real Kahlo?

The Guardian - UK

Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern: how a radical artist became a global icon

Frida: The Making of an Icon at Tate Modern is the first major interrogation of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s legacy in London for 25 years. It already has more advance sales than any exhibition in Tate history.

The Conversation

The reason why Tate’s blockbuster Frida Kahlo show has so few works by the Mexican artist

ART: The major summer show looks at how Kahlo has become an icon, writes Annabel Nugent, and it’s something that a leading feminist art historian says the painter actually initiated herself

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The Making of an Icon: How did Frida Kahlo’s face - and monobrow - suddenly end up everywhere?

Stylised and simplified, Kahlo’s likeness can now be found on t-shirts, tote bags, eye masks, phone cases, oven mitts and plant pots.

Euronews

New Tate Modern exhibition examines ‘extreme commodification’ of Frida Kahlo

Frida: The Making of an Icon will feature more than 200 commercial objects that encompass Kahlo’s art, image, style and persona

Evening Standard

Frida: The Making of an Icon review – forget her iconic status, just show us more of her art

Frida Kahlo took self-portraiture to new levels of interior revelation and her work takes you deep into her mystery. So why is this show padded out with responses by lesser artists?

The Guardian - UK

How does the EU ensure pay transparency? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot

The EU is rewriting compensation rules. Member states had until 7 June to implement the Pay Transparency Directive, which addresses pay transparency and gender pay gap. But what does it change in practice? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot.

Euronews

Supergirl, Frida Kahlo and dragons: What to see, do or hear this week in Europe

A major new Frida Kahlo exhibition arrives in London, Supergirl blasts onto the big screen, and House of the Dragon returns for a third season. Here's what to look out for this week.

Euronews

From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Pixar’s enduring animated favourites battle a rogue tablet, and Disney’s anxiety-inducing kitchen drama returns for a final series

The Guardian - UK

Reports of the blockbuster exhibition’s death are premature as Tate’s Kahlo show breaks ticket record

Recent Van Gogh show was National Gallery’s most popular ever and British Museum gears up for arrival of Bayeux tapestry

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Fabulous Frida, classic Constable and a Cornish welcome for Kasuba – the week in art

Tate Modern celebrates everything Kahlo, the British Museum marks John Constable’s 250th birthday, while Claydon prepares for an invasion

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‘Is it true she bombed her school?’ My thrilling week in the footsteps of Frida Kahlo

The bar she drank at, the bed she recuperated in, the canals she daytripped to, the studio she stormed out of, the easel she painted her final masterpiece at … ahead of a major Tate show, our writer finds Kahlo’s spirit alive in Mexico City

The Guardian - UK

Mexico hoping football emerges from the chaos surrounding World Cup

It may just be time to forget the sullied buildup and enjoy the tournament although the co-hosts are not optimistic

The Economic Times

Who was Sophie Faucher? Renowned Canadian actor and author dies at 68 after long illness - Check cause of death

Canadian actress, author, and television host Sophie Faucher has died at 68 after a long illness. Renowned for her roles in 'Le Coeur' and as a voice actress, Faucher also authored children's books inspired by Frida Kahlo. Her extensive career spanned theater, television, and film, leaving a significant mark on…

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The Independent UK

Hugh Laurie compares House to Bach and Frida Kahlo in defence of hit drama

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Digital Camera World

Ishiuchi Miyako photographs completely different things, yet her 50 years of work all looks unmistakably hers

The Japanese photographer's retrospective shows how sticking to one visual principle creates coherence across 50 years of wildly different subjects

Evening Standard

Interiors events and exhibitions in London: What to see, do and buy in June 2026

No matter your next project, June is abuzz with inspiration, writes Olivia Lidbury

The Guardian - UK

‘This is mine, I own it’: how Tracey Emin and Frida Kahlo inspired me to make meaning out of pain

Emin’s unsparing examination of her cancer and Kahlo’s intensely imagined response to traumatic injury moved our writer to take self-portraits while recovering from a serious operation

The Independent UK

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera reunite on Day of the Dead in new Met Opera production

Frida Kahlo returns from the dead in the opera “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” premiering at the Metropolitan Opera this week

Reason

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Vigilantes, less-lethal munitions, and a bananas ID theft case.

Euronews

Why are there protests over plan to send Frida Kahlo masterpieces to Spain?

Officials are trying to reassure Mexicans that a collection of artworks would return by 2028. Still, critics of the move to Spain remain skeptical.

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