Frida Kahlo’s Family to Open New Museum in Mexico City

The family of Frida Kahlo announced plans on Wednesday to open a new museum dedicated to the life and legacy of the Mexican painter, marking the most significant expansion of the Kahlo family’s cultural footprint in decades.

The new institution, Museo Casa Kahlo, is set to open to the public on September 27, 2025, on the family’s historic property in Coyoacán, Mexico City. The museum will be housed in Casa Roja, a previously private residence acquired by Kahlo’s parents and now gifted to the project by her grand-niece, Mara Romeo Kahlo. Located next door to the famed Casa Azul, the original family home and longtime museum, Casa Roja will offer what the family calls “a more personal and previously unseen side” of Kahlo’s life.

“This is a dream long held by our family,” said Mara Romeo Kahlo in a statement. “Frida’s legacy belongs to the world, but it begins here—on this land, in these homes, and in the culture that shaped her.”

Announced during a private event at the Manhattan home of Christine and Stephen Schwarzman, the museum launch coincides with the establishment of a new nonprofit, Fundación Kahlo for Mexican Art and Culture. Based in New York City and conceived by the Kahlo family, the foundation will oversee the development and operations of Museo Casa Kahlo, and will support a broader mission to promote Mexican, Indigenous, and Latin American art and culture globally.

The museum, which will be directed by Adán García Fajardo, currently the Academic Director of Mexico City’s Museum of Memory and Tolerance, aims to provide visitors with a “deeply personal and richly contextual experience.” Core exhibitions will explore Kahlo’s early years, creative evolution, and intimate family connections. Rotating exhibitions will feature contemporary artists, particularly women, Latin American, and Mexican voices, whose work aligns with Kahlo’s fearless and uncompromising vision.

The chief curator of Museo Casa Kahlo is Adriana Miranda, with consulting support from the New York-based Rockwell Group, Pentagram, and Ileen Gallagher.

In addition to its museum programming, the foundation plans to launch several cultural initiatives, including:

• The Kahlo Art Prize, a biennial award honoring visionary contemporary artists

• Las Ayudas, a grantmaking program supporting Indigenous creatives, educators, and grassroots changemakers

“The museum is only the beginning,” said Rick Miramontez, the foundation’s newly appointed chair. A longtime arts advocate and public relations figure in New York, Miramontez was personally selected by the family to guide this next chapter. “With Fundación Kahlo, we’re creating an engine for cultural impact—something Frida would be proud of: bold and inclusive. It is rooted in Mexico’s heritage and traditions at a time when the nation’s rich cultural offerings take their rightful place on the world stage.”

J.P. Morgan has been named the financial custodian and advisor for the foundation.

More details on the museum’s inaugural exhibitions and the foundation’s public programming are expected in the coming months.

For more information, visit www.kahlofoundation.org