The Facts
On November 5, 2026, the Getty Museum announced 'Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography' at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, on view through January 3, 2027. Curated by Julieta Pestarino, the exhibition surveys a century of Mexican photography by Rodrigo Moya, Flor Garduño, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Graciela Iturbide, Cecilia Salcedo Méndez, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Many of the gelatin silver prints are Getty collection gifts from Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. Highlights include Moya's 1957 portrait of Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Iturbide's 'Angel Woman,' and Álvarez Bravo's 'Two Pairs of Legs.' The images explore chance encounters and the political and artistic tensions of 20th-century Mexico.
The Signal
The show positions photography as a vital record of Mexican cultural history, pairing Graciela Iturbide with earlier masters like Manuel Álvarez Bravo. For collectors, it signals the Getty's deepening commitment to Latin American photography, a genre with growing market significance. Linking Rivera and Siqueiros also places the medium in broader debates of modern Mexican art.
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- Artists: Rodrigo Moya, Flor Garduño, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Graciela Iturbide, Cecilia Salcedo Méndez, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Isabel Villaseñor
- People: Julieta Pestarino, Daniel Greenberg, Susan Steinhauser, Pablo Neruda
- Museums: Getty Museum
- Locations: Los Angeles
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