FIVE VIBRANT EXHIBITIONS OF LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO VISIT IN THE U.S. IN 2026

Across different cities in the United States — such as Houston, New York, San Francisco, and Miami — the diverse and rich bodies of work by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Lilia Carrillo, Graciela Iturbide, and Anina Major take center stage.

Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Devoted to Frida Kahlo’s life and legacy, Frida: The Making of an Icon is on view at the museum through May 17, 2026. This monumental exhibition features more than 30 works by the legendary Mexican artist and 120 by five generations of artists she inspired.

Practically unknown to mainstream audiences during her lifetime (1907–1954), Kahlo has been enshrined since the mid-1970s as the only female artist whose instant audience recognition and mass appeal rival those of male artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at the Museum of Modern Art

The museum hosts Frida and Diego: The Last Dream, an exhibition of key works by Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) and Diego Rivera (1886–1957) from MoMA’s collection, together with a small selection of important loans.

The exhibition will take place from March 21 to September 12, 2026, and is presented in conjunction with the premiere of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego (May 14–June 5, 2026) at the Metropolitan Opera.

Lilia Carrillo at Americas Society

Americas Society presents Lilia Carrillo: Rupturas y Premoniciones, opening May 13, 2026. Curated by Tobías Ostrander, the exhibition introduces the work of Lilia Carrillo (1930–1974) to New York audiences, positioning her as a central figure of the postwar Mexican painters’ group known as La Generación de la Ruptura.

On view through August 1, 2026, the exhibition features 25 of her most significant paintings, created between 1960 and 1973, alongside a selection of archival photographs, letters, invitations, and publications that document her active participation in the diverse and often controversial cultural landscape of her time.

Graciela Iturbide at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The museum will host Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds from July 11 to November 29, 2026. This expansive survey of Graciela Iturbide’s black-and-white photographs immerses viewers in her visual world of uncanny scenes and dreamlike traditions.

This retrospective marks Iturbide’s return to SFMOMA, the first U.S. institution to exhibit her work in 1990. Between Two Worlds also testifies to the thoughtful relationships she has developed throughout her life as a photographer, from living with Indigenous communities in Juchitán, Mexico, and Chicanx groups in East Los Angeles to her travels to Delhi, India.

Anina Major at the Pérez Art Museum Miami

On October 8, the museum will premiere Anina Major: The Sacred Mangrove, a show that reflects the tension between the Bahamas’ image as a marketed paradise and the undervalued cultural traditions that define its identity.

Anina Major (b. 1981, Nassau, Bahamas; lives in New York) works at the intersection of ceramics, sculpture, and installation, using clay to eternalize the cultural practice of weaving — a tradition that holds stories of labor and ancestry. By hand-weaving clay to resemble palm-leaf plaiting, she transforms a tradition rooted in softness and impermanence into one of permanence and reverence.