Frida Kahlo – Autorretrato con changuito (Self-Portrait with Small Monkey), 1945. – ©

I stumbled upon this lovely image of a Frida Kahlo self-portrait with small monkey as part of the Bozar Museum’s, FRIDA KAHLO Y SU MUNDO exhibit from Jan 16 – 18 April, 2010. Profound as always, Frida captures a moment of insight and great intensity.

BRUSSELS – Throughout her short life she was shadowed by her powerful lover and husband, Diego Rivera, and had to fight against the consequences of a terrible tram accident. Today, Rivera is in purgatory and she, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), has become an international icon, even enticing Hollywood screenwriters. As incomplete as it may be, an exhibition of her works is bound to attract the crowds. It is the conviction at Bozar, which presents for the bicentennial of the Mexican Independence the private collection from the Dolores Olmedo museum: a mere twenty paintings, but they cover the essential part of Kahlo’s career, from 1927 to 1945, and most of the themes she dealt with, of which of course the self-portrait. At a time when the discovery of Frida Kahlo copies is constantly announced, this is good timing. An ensemble o f photographs presents the famous Blue House in Coyoacán, in Mexico City, and the people who surrounded her, including some well-known personalities such as Trotsky and Gisèle Freund.

•Frida Kahlo y su mundo, at Bozar, from 16 January to 18 April 2010