Frida Kahlo Exhibit To Open At Brooklyn Museum

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — The United State's largest Frida Kahlo exhibit, which includes art and artifacts that were locked away for 50 years, is coming to Brooklyn, organizers announced.

"Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving," a collection that includes the artist's iconic self portraits as well as articles of clothing and personal possessions, will be on display at the Brooklyn Museum's Robert E. Blum Gallery from Feb. 8 until May 12, according to themuseum website.

Kahlo's personal possessions, which were locked away when she died in 1954 and only rediscovered in 2004, include her Tehuana clothing, pre-Colonial jewelry, and hand-painted corsets and prosthetics she wore.

The pieces illuminate the Mexican artist's sense of self, according to museum curators.

"The objects shed new light on how Kahlo crafted her appearance and shaped her personal and public identity," Brooklyn Museum curators wrote, "to reflect her cultural heritage and political beliefs, while also addressing and incorporating her physical disabilities."

Kahlo began her painting career after a car accident left her in a full-body cast and she needed a distraction from her painful injuries, according to the Frida Kahlo Foundation's biography.

"I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best," Kahlo once said. "I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."

The Brooklyn Museum exhibit also includes paintings, drawings, and photographs from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of Mexican Art.

Exhibit tickets are slated to go on sale on Dec. 3.

LOA member of the gallery team poses with 'Autorretrato' by artist Frida Kahlo at the Ordovas gallery on September 15, 2016 in London, England. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images