Frida … A Self Portrait,” which opened Friday at Glencoe’s Writers Theatre, digs deep into her life. In the 75-minute, ...

La Razón adds that symptoms of post-polio syndrome usually appear 50 years after contracting the disease, and Kahlo had polio at age six. El País Uruguay notes that the researchers found no ...

Her one-woman show, “Frida … A Self Portrait,” about the iconic Mexican artist, is making its local debut at Writers Theatre.

Frida Kahlo had a lot of illnesses in her lifetime. When she was six years old, she found out she had an illness called polio. When she was 18 years old she was injured when a bus that she was ...

At some point, theater artist Vanessa Severo will let go of Frida Kahlo, the beloved Mexican painter whom she has portrayed ...

Frida Kahlo was a painter and feminist who is considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists. Born in the summer of 1907, she ...

One of Frida’s credited consultants is Kahlo’s great-niece, Cristina Kahlo, 64, who is an artist in her own right. A photographer for 35 years, she has documented many different subjects, such as ...

Frida Kahlo proudly wore long skirts embroidered with colorful flowers, showing off her Mexican indigenous heritage but also hiding a body contorted by childhood polio and a horrific bus crash.