A new Frida Kahlo museum reveals a warm and loving side of the famed Mexican artist, giving visitors a look at her private life beyond the pain and rawness of her well-known works.

The Casa Kahlo museum, opened a week ago by Kahlo’s descendants in Mexico City, is imbued with the spirit of a family where women set the tone.

“She’s aunt Frida, daughter Frida, a Frida situated in the intimacy and security of family,” said Adan Garcia Fajardo, director of the new museum.

Located in a building that was once Kahlo’s parents’ home and later her sister Cristina’s home, it hosted lively gatherings of family and friends and was a studio for young painters studying with Kahlo.

The exhibition includes nine original works and countless personal items, as well as photographs taken by Kahlo’s father

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