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Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s garden and studio will be recreated at the New York Botanical Garden next year, reports the BBC.

Frida_Kahlo_selfportrait-fair-useOpening May 16, Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life will be the late artist’s first solo show in New York in more than 25 years.

The exhibition will include original paintings by Kahlo, including this Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Humming-bird, all reflecting the use of botanical imagery in her work.

(READ the story from the BBC)

Top Photo, La Casa Azul, where Kahlo lived with Diego Rivera, which is now the Frida Kahlo Museum, by Anagoria (CC license)

Story tip from Sally Meek