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This exceptional collection captures the multifaceted character of an intriguing artist, by turns playful, sensual, vulnerable and defiant. This exhibition coincides with Making Herself Up; the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition of clothing and personal artefacts belonging to Kahlo (from 16 June). The photographs on view at ATLAS, coinciding with this celebration of the artist, also serve to highlight how Kahlo expressed (through clothing and jewellery) a fierce connection to her Mexican heritage. A 1931 portrait by Imogen Cunningham, for example, shows the artist wearing one of her …