Which Mexico City museum houses Frida Kahlo’s painting The Two Fridas?

Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas is housed at Mexico City’s Museo de Arte Moderno.

Kahlo painted The Two Fridas in 1939, shortly after her divorce from Diego Rivera. The large double self-portrait shows two versions of Kahlo seated side by side, with their hearts and blood vessels visibly connected.

The painting is widely interpreted in relation to Kahlo’s divided identity and emotional response to her separation from Rivera. One figure wears European-style clothing, while the other wears clothing associated with Mexican traditions. The work’s imagery makes it one of Kahlo’s most recognizable paintings.

The Museo de Arte Moderno is not the same institution as the Museo Frida Kahlo, commonly called Casa Azul. Casa Azul was Kahlo’s family home and is now a museum dedicated to her life, while The Two Fridas belongs to the modern-art museum’s collection.