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Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera exhibit comes to Heard Museum in Phoenix; only North American stop

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More than 30 works by Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have made their way to Arizona.

The paintings will be on display at the Heard Museum in Phoenix from April 11 - August 20, 2017. Phoenix is the only stop in North America the traveling exhibit -- Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera --  will make, according to a news release.

The exhibition will also feature more than 70 photographs taken by Edward Weston, Lola Alvarez Bravo and Kahlo's father, Guillermo Kahlo.

The works are located within the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery, which is the newest gallery to the Heard Museum, and opened in February.

"Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at the Heard will provide our visitors a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience firsthand some of the most famous and iconic paintings ever created," said David M. Roche, director and CEO of the Heard Museum, in a prepared statement.

General admission is $7.50 - $18 per person. To see the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit, admission is $7 additional. Visit www.heard.org for more information.