FRIDA KAHLO; An EXTENDED ENCORE with exclusive new material

20 May 2026

THIS HUGELY REVEALING FILM EXPLORES THE LIFE AND ART OF A GLOBAL ICON

In Cinemas Nationwide from 19^th May 2026

 Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Award-winning Exhibition on Screen’s film, FRIDA KAHLO – first released during covid to a restricted audience – is back by popular demand with exciting new footage from the blockbuster transatlantic exhibition from Tate Modern and MFA Houston ‘Frida: The Making of an Icon’.

Back in cinemas on 19^th May 2026, one month before the Tate exhibition opens, FRIDA KAHLO allows audiences to watch both the film and see the smash hit show about this much-loved artist whose dreamlike painting El sueño (La cama) recently sold for $54.7 million breaking the record for the most expensive work by a female artist at auction.

Created in close collaboration with world experts and those who knew her, FRIDA KAHLO now features additional new material from the groundbreaking new Tate Modern and MFA Houston exhibition. These experts examine Kahlo’s transformation into a global brand and the new generation of artists and activists, such as Mary McCartney, Amalia Mesa-Bains and Yasumasa Morimura, that have identified with her and carried her legacy. The film culminates by previewing the exhibition’s look at ‘Fridamania’ giving viewers a front row seat to see some of the commercial objects that encompass her art, image, style and persona.

So, who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her face, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of her rebellious, passionate and turbulent life. Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art.

Exhibition on Screen’s trademark combination of interviews with world experts and a detailed exploration of her art, with new special bonus footage from the curators of the blockbuster 2026 exhibition, delivers a treasure trove of colour and emotion. This personal and intimate film offers privileged access to her works, her home, her studio and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience and her unmatched lust for life, beauty and revolution.

FRIDA KAHLO in cinemas nationwide from 19^th May 2026

Directed by Ali Ray and produced by Phil Grabsky.

FRIDA KAHLO has a runtime of 101 mins.

 

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 Frida: The Making of an Icon is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from 19 January – 17 May 2026 and at Tate Modern in London from 25 June 2026 – 3 January 2027. Tickets available at www.mfah.org and www.tate.org.uk

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Exhibition on Screen
2022 represented a milestone for Exhibition on Screen as the award-winning company celebrated a decade of bringing art films to cinemas across the world. It was then in 2023 that it broke box office records with Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, which became the highest grossing art documentary in UK history. Since its launch, Exhibition on Screen has released over 35 films and sold more than six million cinema seats across the globe – from London to Los Angeles, Berlin to Brisbane.

Exhibition on Screen creates cinematic journeys into the personal and creative lives of history’s best-loved artists and their work. Amongst the roster to date are deep dives into the life and careers of Vermeer, Turner and Constable, Edward Hopper, Rembrandt, Matisse, Munch and Monet, to name just a few.

Ali Ray (Director)
Ali Ray is a filmmaker, writer and development producer. She has directed and written Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874 (2024), Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman (2023) and Klimt and the Kiss (2023) for Exhibition on Screen.

Ali has produced both series and singles for Channel 4, Channel 5 and worked on productions for BBC, Discovery and other international broadcasters. Ali has worked primarily in art history programming, directing and producing The Impressionists, Great Artists, High Five, Venice Biennale and Judgement Day. Ali also has a successful career in non-fiction writing, specialising in food and travel. She is a magazine columnist and has travel articles published in The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph and other print and online magazines.

Phil Grabsky (Producer)

Phil Grabsky is a BAFTA-winning British documentary filmmaker who has received multiple awards for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography. He and his company Seventh Art Productions are behind My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan, which won more than a dozen awards including Best Single Documentary at the 2022 Television BAFTAs and was also BAFTA nominated for its cinematography. He has made over 250 films which have played in cinemas and on TV and digital platforms worldwide.

In 2009, Phil and his colleagues began work on a new arts genre for the cinema: Exhibition on Screen. This brings major art exhibitions – and the intimate biographies of the artists – to cinema, mainstream television and home entertainment platforms worldwide. The Guardian newspaper said of Exhibition on Screen: ‘Just occasionally something will crop up that restores your faith in humanity’s future. Exhibition on Screen is a global phenomenon’. Exhibition on Screen now plays in 1500 cinemas and 60+ countries worldwide and has produced 36 films on artists including Turner and Constable, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Hockney, Raphael and many more. 2023’s VERMEER – THE GREATEST EXHIBITION is the UK’s most successful documentary film on an artist ever released and is in the top 20 UK documentaries of any genre.

 

source: DNA PR