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Photographs of Frida Kahlo’s bathroom in a solo exhibition by Graciela Iturbide at SDMA in San Diego
16 February 2026
The Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art opened on Feb. 14th the exhibition "Graciela Iturbide: Photographs from Colecciones Fundación Mapfre".
The exhibition - featuring about 150 photographs, largely from Mapfre’s collection with selections from The San Diego Museum of Art’s permanent collection- covers topics such as Mexican Indigenous communities, celebration and death rituals, international travel to Italy, India, and the US, botanical gardens, landscapes and objects, and self-portraits.
Frida Kahlo's bathroom, which was sealed after her death and opened for Iturbide to photograph fifty years later, is featured in one especially private section. It gives visitors a unique look into Kahlo's life and broadens the exhibition's examination of Mexican cultural identity.
In the late 1960s, Iturbide started her career working with renowned photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo while she was studying filmmaking in Mexico City. She shared Álvarez Bravo's emphasis on capturing Mexico's diverse cultural fusion, but she also added her own unique brand of metaphor and symbolism that was tinted with mortality and dreams.
Her deep involvement in Mexico's Indigenous communities has led her to frequently highlight the experiences of women and provide a more sensitive and balanced representation of marginalized groups.
Her artwork can be found in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide, such as the San Diego Museum of Art, LACMA, MoMA, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She lives in Mexico City's Coyoacán and works there.
Click here for an interesting article about the artist in the Artnet Magazine.
February 14 – June 7, 2026
1649 El Prado, San Diego
Other details about the exhibition and tickets at the link below.
