On occasion of the big exhibition of the mexican artist frida Kahlo in Rome (20-03-2014/ 25-08-2014) I thought to put togheter a little bibliografy about the artist, not only under the artistical and historical point of view to honor her multifaceted personality and also because... it's just more fun. There are plenty of biographies and catalogues you can find, so here's just some suggestion of what i find particularly inspiring. Most of the books reported here are in italian or english but if you would like to know if there's something similar in your language, don't hesitate and ask me, I'll do my best to help you!
Hayden Herrera, "FRIDA KAHLO, THE PAINTINGS", Perennial, 1993
For an artistical and Historical overview of Frida's work, this is the book I would suggest. It goes quite deep without ever being boring and I think it is able to capture the attention of a very wide range of readers. Anyway the exhibition in Rome will be curated by Helga Prignitz Poda, the catalogue is not yet on sale, but maybe that could be a good start point either.
Hayden Herrera, "FRIDA, a biography of Frida Kahlo", Perennial, 2002:
Ok this is really mainstream, it's the book used for the movie, but I have to say, I like both very much, success has a reason sometimes!!! The only thing I can't stand is the image of the actress instead of the real Frida on the cover...but success has his consequences, quite always! You can find this biography in almost every language except of.... italian!
