New York Botanical Garden has struck a chord with audiences who have flocked for five months to see the current exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Art. Garden. Life." Beyond an art exhibition, this is an immersive experience in the artist's life and culture, combining garden recreations, music, food, art-making, lookalike contests, poetry readings and more. 

Half a million people are expected to attend the Frida blockbuster before it closes on Nov. 1, according to the New York Times. That number would far exceed the NYBG's previous record-setting exhibition, Monet's Garden, which drew 373,000 visitors to the Bronx venue.

NYBG's website says the exhibition is the first to examine Frida Kahlo’s keen appreciation for the beauty and variety of the natural world, as evidenced by her home and garden as well as the complex use of plant imagery in her artwork. Featuring a rare display of more than a dozen original Kahlo paintings and works on paper, this examination reimagines the iconic artist’s famed garden and studio at the Casa Azul, her lifelong home in Mexico City.

Beginning October 23, Día de los Muertos, the Mexican celebration of departed family members, will be celebrated with an ofrenda—an altar decorated with traditional Mexican images, flowers, sugar skulls, and other mementos—created in homage to Kahlo. A host of additional events and programs are offered in October, including several Frida al fresco evenings with live mariachi music and textile weaving demonstrations by artisans from Chiapas and Oaxaca.