This unique platform for the promotion of Latin American art will arrive soon to London for the fifth consecutive time. An event which showcases the best modern and contemporary art from Latin America, but also from Spain and Portugal due to the their undeniable influence in the Latin identity. One of the objectives of Pinta London is to engage museum directors and curators to purchase works for their display at their museums back home, contributing to the promotion of Latin American art around the world. Some examples of past attendees are: Tate Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, ESCALA and MIMA amongst other acclaimed names.

The story of Frida Khalo is a story of strength and resilience. The most famous artist of Mexico had a life dominated by pain and suffering. But somehow, she never let pain dominate her and instead she confronted it bravely and expressed it in her paintings. She was a tough woman: smoked, drunk and cursed like men and turned herself into the main theme of her artworks, becoming an acclaimed self-portrait artist.

Frida was born in 1907 and at the early age of 6 she suffered from polio, disease that caused several consequences to her health. At the age of 18, she had a bus crash with her lover, which provoked severe injuries in her spine and pelvis. She was always very politically active and joined The Young Communist League and the Mexican Communist Party, besides she is considered as a feminist icon. In 1929 she married Mexican artist Diego Ribera who was a big fan of her work but this relationship was as well very turbulent and they divorced and re-married several times. It is known that Frida had to coop with the numerous infidelities of her husband, including her own sister. Due to her health issues, she could not be a mother, fact that was hard for her to overcome.