TY - JOUR T1 - Exhibition: Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 386 LP - 386 DO - 10.3399/bjgp18X698225 VL - 68 IS - 673 AU - Moira Davies Y1 - 2018/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/68/673/386.abstract N2 - V&A, London, 16 June to 4 November 2018Before there was Tracy Emin and her unmade bed, there was Frida Kahlo.My introduction to her work was reading about a painting of hers owned by Madonna. The title of this was My Birth (1932) and depicts Frida, quite literally, giving birth to herself, watched over by an agonised Virgin Mary. It’s a disturbing, unforgettable image and sums up Frida’s art very aptly: direct, raw, painful, and unapologetic.Madonna later said in an interview with Vanity Fair that she used this painting to suss people out: ‘If somebody doesn’t like this painting then I know they can’t be my friend.’ I am sure Madonna and Frida would have got on well.This exhibition is a real feather in the V&A’s cap. A mighty archive of documents, photographs, and personal … ER -