How to visit Frida Kahlo exhibition in Madrid: schedules

Frida Kahlo. The experienceIs a immersive and sensory exhibition to discover one of the most popular and beloved artists worldwide.

An exciting visual and sound spectacle made with the technique of videomapping, which projects images on screens, walls and floors to immerse you fully in the universe of Frida.

It is a unique visual representation that allows us to take an intimate and private look at the life and history of this universal Mexican painter.

All this accompanied by moving and enveloping music that takes the visitor on a unique adventure.

The sample also offers us a walk through the Blue house where the artist lived, thanks to digital technology and a unique selection of photographs about the different stages of her existence, stopping at crucial moments, such as the accident that broke her back or the toxic love for Diego Rivera that made him happy and broke his soul.

La Frida Kahlo exhibition you can enjoy it until May's 29 in the Neptune Palace, In the heart of Madrid.

Organized by Next Exhibition, the exhibition lasts about an hour and offers a very varied, comfortable and surprising tour in a privileged environment in Madrid, next to the square of Neptune, in front of Museo del Prado.

What is the Frida Kahlo exhibition like?

The route is divided into two areas, on the ground floor of the palace you will find the photographic exhibition, and on the second floor is the immersive space.

But the first thing is to put on the 3D glasses through which the artist herself welcomes us to the house where she was born, lived and died, the well-known Blue house, riding a Coyoacan, Mexico.

An essential projection to discover with a first-person narration many thoughts and reflections of Frida that inspire and touch you.

A surprising and profound moment to better understand his daily life, his essence and the reason for his work.

Frida Kahlo She was her own muse, “I paint myself because I am the one I know best,” the artist herself tells us as she puts on the digital glasses.

Frida Kahlo photo exhibition

Photography has been very present in Frida's life since she was a child, due to the influence of her father. William Kahlo, who was a photographer by profession.

Being in front of the objectives was something very everyday for her and accompanied her throughout her life.

In this part of the exhibition we discover crucial and very personal moments in his life, with 38 photographs captured by the lens of his father, friends and different photographers that show us his most intimate side.

The exhibition is divided into six chronological panels.

The first stage deals with the Frida's childhood and adolescence with family images that show their growth and adolescence. Here we find a young woman with her sisters, relaxed and happy, enjoying boat rides.

Frida and the animals, love by nature and substitution of motherhood It is the second part of the tour.

In this area we discovered the beginning of her career as a painter and wife of the muralist Diego Rivera, and his approach to surrealism.

It is a moment of intellectual explosion and of being part of a select group of artists and politicians.

Historical photos are shown such as the one in Frida welcomes Leon Trotsky and his wife to the port of Tampico in 1937.

In his Coyoacan house It was common to see all kinds of cats, parakeets and xoloitzcuintles, hairless Mexican dogs, in addition to the iconic monkeys that appear in many of his works and self-portraits.

Numerous pets that the artist took in as a replacement for the children she did not have.

The photographic exhibition also includes a section for Kahlo clothing. Comfortable and geometric garments that allowed her to hide her orthopedic devices and praise the traditions of her country.

Among them, the Huaraches, huipi, rabonous skirts and Tehuana costumes that we have seen so many times in their poses.

Su circle of select friends It is also reflected in these portraits.

Politicians, businessmen, artists or students visited the Blue house, a meeting point for all of them where the doors were always open. Adolfo Best Maugard, Miguel Covarrubias, dolores del rio o Carlos Chavez They are some of them.

But without a doubt it is your accident and illness the most emotional part of the journey.

Images that show his pain and the ordeal suffered by his long illnesses, such as the poliomyelitis, which he suffered at the age of 6, and the spinal cord malformation, which caused problems in his right leg and prolonged periods of isolation, which marked his career.

Numerous medical problems that took her to the operating room up to 30 times, causing a deterioration that ended with her death at the age of 47.

Photographer Juan Guzman He portrayed the artist in the hospital with her plaster corset decorated by herself.

We also see the photo of his coffin covered by the communist flag in the Palace of Fine Arts of Mexico when she was farewelled by hundreds of people in July 1954.

What is the immersive Frida Kahlo experience like?

The central show is found in the main room of the Neptune Palace.

You can immerse yourself in the immersive experience and dive from two angles, the floor or the ceiling.

At the bottom you have seats to look up carefully and immerse yourself in the projection, but the most complete view is in the elevated area where you contemplate the succession of images as a whole from walls, screens and floor.

It is a representation of light, color and sound that awakens the senses and takes you into the life of the Mexican from the beginning.

You will feel that the water or the paints themselves are splashing on you from Kahlo's palette, all with multiple references to her work and her life in a immersive and emotional video.

To the marriage between Frida y Diego Rivera They called it the union between an elephant and a dove, due to his physical corpulence compared to her thinness, something that you will see perfectly represented in this exhibition.

The visit is completed with the projection of the documentary Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti, Peter Wollen y Laura Mulvey, about 29 minutes long.

Finally, there is a didactic area for all audiences, which has tables of various sizes for paint and color a portrait of Frida enjoying a projection about the artist.

Frida Kahlo, keys to her biography

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón He was born in 1907 in the city of Coyoacán. Inexhaustible and universal artist recognized as pop icon of Mexican culture.

Her life was marked by illnesses, polio, her spine and the traffic accident that left her bedridden for long periods in which she learned to paint and breastfeed, turning her pain into hope and the will to live.

His work is mainly biographical, with 150 works, the majority being self-portraits.

Paintings full of symbolism, portraits in which he expresses his pain and loneliness, as we can see in “The broken spine, The two Fridas or Frida and the cesarean section".

Her turbulent marriage with the muralist Diego Rivera It significantly influenced his work.

They both influenced each other by sharing their inspiration for the mexican folk art, becoming her biggest fans and critics even after her divorce.

Politics It was also a source of inspiration for the Mexican, especially in the 1950s.

Kahlo y Rivera they were considered trotskyists, which is why they welcomed into their home Leon Trotsky and his wife. She had a brief affair with the politician, for which she ended up in prison accused of being an accessory to the murder of the Russian revolutionary.

Frida exhibited his paintings in France in 1939, it was difficult for him to admit that his intimate and private work had international interest and that it was labeled in the Surrealist movement.

His work gained worldwide relevance after his death in 1954 from a pulmonary embolism and, above all, at the end of the 80s.

Frida Kahlo's footprint

His transcendence goes beyond his work.

Frida Kahlo He broke taboos, created a unique character due to his way of dressing and grooming, without plucking his eyebrows, and with his Mexican costumes, which gave rise to an enormous merchandising world that you will find in bags, posters, boxes or notebooks.

An icon that attracts all generations and was admired by artists of the time such as Picasso y Marcel Duchamp.

Frida Kahlo exhibition hours in Madrid

La immersive Frida Kahlo exhibition you can visit it until May's 29 in the Neptune's Palace (Cervantes Street, 42), with schedules Thursday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m., with last access one hour before closing.

Frida Kahlo exhibition ticket prices in Madrid

The ticket prices The general price is 19 euros and the reduced rate for people over 73 years of age, children from 65 to 6 years old and students is 12 euros.

If you want to enjoy the experience from a smaller point of view with access to a Mexican cocktail, you have the VIP Room, with an entry price of 35 euros.

Children under 6 years of age have the free tickets.