1905 Building

This exhibition—organized and circulated by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services—featured 47 exquisite color and black-and-white photographs of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo by the American photographer Nickolas Muray. Muray and Kahlo first met in Mexico in 1931 and soon began a love affair that lasted ten years and continued as an enduring friendship throughout their lives. The photographs, selected from the Nickolas Muray Archives, capture the exotic mystery and proud beauty of Frida Kahlo through the eyes of this accomplished portrait photographer, who loved her deeply. The installation at the Albright-Knox also included reproductions of Kahlo’s letters to Muray, explanatory wall texts, and an educational brochure.

This exhibition was organized by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services. It was organized at the Albright-Knox by Associate Curator Holly E. Hughes.