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Frida: The Making of an Icon

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Audio Description Tour: Frida: The Making of an Icon

25 October 2026 at 17.30–19.30
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Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954), Untitled [Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird], 1940. Oil on canvas mounted to board. Nickolas Muray Collection of Mexican Art, 66.6. Harry Ransom Center.

Blind and partially sighted visitors are invited to join us for an audio description tour of Frida: The Making Of An Icon

This tour is designed for blind and partially sighted visitors and their companions. Our guide Sarah Dibb will describe the story of how Frida Kahlo became one of the most influential artists of all time, a cultural phenomenon, and an internationally recognised commercial icon.

The exhibition showcases over 30 of Kahlo’s most iconic works. Alongside treasured garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia, there are over 200 works by her contemporaries and the artists she inspired from later generations.

Hearing transmitters and earphones will be available for maximum clarity and members of the Tate Volunteer Hosts team will be on hand to support. Guide dogs are welcome and folding stools will be available.

Please arrive from 17.30, the tour will start at 18.00 and last for 90 minutes.

You can also book a place via phone: please call 020 7887 8888 between 10.00–17.00 daily.

If you have any questions about the tours please email us at accessbooking@tate.org.uk

All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner street. There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Natalie Bell buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs.

  • Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
  • A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
  • Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.

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Date & Time

25 October 2026 at 17.30–19.30

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Free with ticket

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Content guidance: This exhibition contains images of dead bodies, and references to sexual violence and miscarriage.

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John J. Studzinski CBE

Further support from

The Dyers' Company

With additional support from

The Frida: The Making of an Icon Exhibition Supporters Circle

François-Xavier and Natasha de Mallmann

Lydia and Manfred Gorvy

Dina Liu

Jake and Hélène Marie Shafran

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