Ana Mendieta
in ‘Frida Kahlo: The Making of an Icon’, Museum of Fine Arts, Huston
18 January – 17 May 2026
Ana Mendieta, La Venus Negra (The Black Venus), 1981/2018 © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Ana Mendieta is included in a major Frida Kahlo exhibition at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opening January 2026, and travelling to Tate Modern, London later that year. The exhibition tells the story of how she became one of the world’s most influential artists, features more than 30 works by the legendary Mexican artist and 120 by artists across five generations that 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 Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol.