In the manner of Frida Kahlo
Mexican, 1907–1954
Self-Portrait with Insulin Pump, 2026
Oil on masonite
50 × 40 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.21.1
Room 21: Self-Portraits Without a Mirror
In the manner of Frida Kahlo · Mexican, 1907–1954 · Mexican modernism
Kahlo painted herself because, she said, she was the subject she knew best. Her self-portraits are direct, botanical, unsentimental about pain. The self-portrait is now the most common image on earth. She would have had opinions.
In the manner of Frida Kahlo
Mexican, 1907–1954
The Two Fridas, Front Camera, 2026
Oil on masonite
50 × 40 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.21.2
In the manner of Frida Kahlo
Mexican, 1907–1954
Self-Portrait with Rescue Dog, 2026
Oil on masonite
50 × 40 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.21.3
In the manner of Frida Kahlo
Mexican, 1907–1954
The Scan, 2026
Oil on masonite
50 × 40 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.21.4
In the manner of Frida Kahlo
Mexican, 1907–1954
Self-Portrait on the Bus, 2026
Oil on masonite
50 × 40 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.21.5
Moving, 16-second loop ·
The brief for this room
Modern bodies, modern medicine, modern selfhood. Frontal, symbolic, unsentimental.