The Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pa., is pleased to present Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray, an exhibition of photographs of Frida Kahlo, on view from Nov. 14 through Jan. 18, 2021. This exhibition provides an intimate look at Frida Kahlo, Mexicos most prolific and well-known female artist, through the photographic lens of her longtime friend and lover, Nickolas Muray. In May 1931, photographer Nickolas Muray (1892-1965) traveled to Mexico on vacation, where he met Frida Kahlo (1907-54), a woman he would never forget. The two started a romance that continued on and off for the next 10 years and a friendship that lasted until her death in 1954. Approximately 50 photographic portraits taken by Nickolas Muray of Frida Kahlo comprise the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray. The photographs, dating from 1937 to 1946, explore Murays unique perspective; in the 1930s and 1940s he was Frida Kahlos friend, lover and confidant. Murays photographs bring to light Kahlos deep interest in her Mexican heritage, her life and the people significant to her with whom she shared a close friendship. Born in Hungary, Nickolas Muray became a successful New York fashion and commercial photographer known for his portraits of celebrities, politicians, socialites and artists. Having experimented with color in his work from early on, he found his most colorful model in Frida Kahlo. Muray was a prolific photographer, his archives containing over 25,000 images. Muray photographed Kahlo more than any of his other subjects. These portraits of Kahlo have made their way into a variety of media and popular culture and are integral to the worlds understanding of who Frida Kahlo was as an individual behind her artwork. Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, in Coyocon, Mexico City, Mexico. Considered one of Mexicos greatest artists, Frida Kahlo began painting after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929. She exhibited her paintings in Paris and Mexico before her death in 1954. This traveling exhibition has been organized through the Nickolas Muray Archives and is circulated by GuestCurator Traveling Exhibitions located in Santa Fe, N.M. The Reading Public Museum is supported in part by grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and is located at 500 Museum Road, Reading, Pa. The Museum is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For admission or member information or directions, visit www.readingpublicmuseum.org.