The Museum of Modern Art Presents Frida and Diego: The Last Dream

The Museum of Modern Art announces an art exhibition, Frida and Diego: The Last Dream.

Frida and Diego: The Last Dream celebrates Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera—two of Mexico’s most beloved icons of 20th-century art—in a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera. Presented in conjunction with the Met’s new production of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego (May 14–June 5, 2026), composed by Gabriela Lena Frank with a libretto by Nilo Cruz, the exhibition features artworks by Kahlo and Rivera in an elaborate installation designed by Jon Bausor, the set and co-costume designer of the opera. For both the opera and exhibition, Bausor weaves visual references from the artists’ lives and artworks into his theatrical designs.

Key participants in a movement to redefine Mexican culture and identity after the revolution of 1910–20—Rivera through monumental murals and Kahlo through intimate self-portraits—the artists were romantically involved from 1928 until Kahlo’s death in 1954. The fictional narrative of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego begins three years after Kahlo’s death and follows an aging Rivera as he summons the deceased Kahlo back to life on the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday honoring passed loved ones. As the opera and exhibition design attest, the pair continue to have an enduring influence on artists across the visual and performing arts.