Frida Kahlo’s life was a catalogue of damage. She was born with spina bifida, contracted polio at age six, and at 18 was in a bus crash so violent that a metal handrail pierced her pelvis, shattered her spine in three places, broke her right leg in eleven, and snapped her collarbone and shoulder. Kahlo lived with pain for the rest of her life, and could not have children. Toward the end, she was largely confined to her bed. Like Van Gogh, Kahlo was misunderstood in her own time and since then her suffering has been folded into her mythos. Today, she may be the most exhibited female artist in the world. Analyzing her art and her legend, this exhibition in Houston brings together 120 works by Kahlo and those she influenced. —Elena Clavarino