Upcoming Exhibition

Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds

July 11–November 29, 2026
Member Previews July 9-11
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The retrospective Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds spans more than five decades of work by the celebrated photographer, exploring her poetic commitment to finding the extraordinary in the everyday. Iturbide’s lyrical photographs reflect a vast spectrum of life in her home country of Mexico, including markets and festivals, cultural traditions, symbols and experiences of birth and death, botanical gardens, self-portraits, and more.

Photographing primarily in black and white, she seeks moments of revelation, where imagination, spirituality, and the uncanny converge. While her work remains deeply connected to Mexico, Iturbide has also photographed in places including India, Madagascar, Italy, the United States, and elsewhere, approaching each with the same passionate curiosity and respect. Between Two Worlds highlights the ways in which her photographs function as meditations: acts of attention that honor and contemplate the people, landscapes, and rituals that she encounters.
 
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Exhibition Preview

Graciela Iturbide, Mujer ángel, Desierto de Sonora, México (Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico), 1979, printed later; collection SFMOMA, purchase through a gift of Jane Reed and the Accessions Committee Fund; © Graciela Iturbide
Graciela Iturbide, México, 1969;  Collection Fundación Mapfre; © Graciela Iturbide  
Graciela Iturbide, La Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas, Juchitán, Oaxaca, México (Our Lady of the Iguanas, Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico), 1979; collection SFMOMA, gift of the artist; © Graciela Iturbide 
Graciela Iturbide, Magnolia, Juchitán, México, 1986; collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; © Graciela Iturbide 
Graciela Iturbide, Jano, Ocumichu, Michoacán, México (Janus, Ocumichu, Michoacán, Mexico), 1980; Collection Fundación Mapfre;
© Graciela Iturbide 
Graciela Iturbide, Benarés, India, 1998; Collection Fundación Mapfre; © Graciela Iturbide 
Graciela Iturbide, El baño de Frida, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México (Frida’s Bathroom, Coyoacán, Mexico City), 2006; Collection Fundación Mapfre;
© Graciela Iturbide
Graciela Iturbide, Jardín Botánico de Oaxaca, México (Oaxaca Botanical Garden, Mexico), 1998; Collection Fundación Mapfre; © Graciela Iturbide 
Graciela Iturbide, Carretera 61, de Clarksdale, Mississippi, a Memphis, Tennessee, Estados Unidos (Highway 61, from Clarksdale, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, United States), 1997; Collection Fundación Mapfre; © Graciela Iturbide
Graciela Iturbide, Autorretrato con los seris, desierto de Sonora, México (Self-Portrait with the Seris, Sonora Desert, Mexico), 1979; Collection Fundación Mapfre; © Graciela Iturbide 

Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds is organized by Fundación Mapfre in collaboration with SFMOMA. The San Francisco presentation is curated by Delphine Sims, Assistant Curator of Photography, with Alex Landry, Curatorial Assistant, Photography.

Major support is provided by Kate and Wes Mitchell and Pritzker Exhibition Fund in Photography.

Significant support is provided by Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman.

Meaningful support is provided by The Black Dog Private Foundation Fund and Laurie and Jim Ghielmetti.

Additional support is provided by Kathryn Hall and Tom Knutsen Photography Exhibition and Curatorial Fund.

Header image: Graciela Iturbide, Mujer ángel, desierto de Sonora, México (Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico), 1979 (detail); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase through a gift of Jane Reed and the Accessions Committee Fund © Graciela Iturbide