Madonna collects her. Her work sets auction records for women artists. Netflix is developing a series about her. She’s the subject of an opera. Now, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has another claim to fame. “Frida: The Making of an Icon,” opening this month at London’s Tate Modern, has pre-sold 41,000 tickets, a record for the institution, reports the Guardian. That beats the 32,000 advance sales for the museum’s 2017 David Hockney exhibition. “We’re pretty blown away by it,” Catherine Wood, Tate Modern’s interim director, told the publication. Related Articles The museum is billing the show as the first major exhibition to explore how Kahlo became a “global icon” and a major influence on a generation of artists. Co-organized with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the show will include more than 30 works by the artist alongside documentary photographs, personal effects, and works by a host of artists reflecting her profound influence.  Frida Kahlo, Untitled (Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird), 1940. Courtesy Tate Modern. Highlights will include a selection of Kahlo’s most iconic self-portraits, including 1926’s …