Legendary artist Kahlo captures Turkish hearts

Works by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, alongside those of her husband Diego Rivera, have made it to Turkey for the first time in a major show at Istanbul's Pera Museum. "Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection" has been running since late December and with 45,000 visitors in the first 30 days, public interest has surpassed all expectations. Drawing from the extensive collection of Mexican art collectors Jacques and Natasha Gelman, the exhibition builds on the recent "Frida Kahlo – Retrospective" display shown in Berlin and Vienna, where some of Kahlo's most renowned self-portraits were displayed, to include examples of Rivera's canvas paintings and a selection of striking photos from some of the early 20th century's greatest photographers, to whom Kahlo posed an irresistibly exotic subject. The exhibit lasts through March 20.